Kate Middleton flies over Banbury in royal helicopter

The Duchess of Cambridge was meeting the families of the stabbing victims in South Port on Thursday, October 10. This was her first community visit since her cancer diagnosis marking an important outing for the royal. Last week the helicopter was seen flying over Banbury on the route with residents …

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How Diana won the hearts of Australians – despite a very dismissive prime minister – on her first royal foreign tour

On Princess Diana’s first ever foreign tour, to Australia and New Zealand, she was just 21 with a ten-month-old Prince William in tow – and faced a barrage of anti-royal sentiment.  She and Prince Charles touched down in Australia in March 1983. The Daily Mail reported at the time how Australian prime minister Bob Hawke …

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Jilly Cooper’s Rivals TV series takes a leaf out of Princess Diana’s style book, signifying the late royal’s enduring fashion legacy

Since the release of photograph stills from Rivals, fans of Dame Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles series have eagerly anticipated the Disney+ adaptation which comes to our screens on Friday 18 October. The cast, starring Emily Atack, Nafessa Williams, Katherine Parkinson and Victoria Smurfit, has undergone a magnificent 80s makeover, which is …

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Guernsey Post’s myUKaddress scheme to help online shoppers

A new initiative designed to make online shopping easier and more accessible for islanders has been launched, Guernsey Post has said. The service, known as myUKaddress and launched on Thursday by Guernsey Post, provides island residents with a unique UK delivery address which they can use for their online purchases. …

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