Behind the scenes of Queen Elizabeth’s last ever Buckingham Palace balcony appearance: Royal experts reveal how the moment was planned – and King Charles’ touching reason for encouraging his mother to take part

The late Queen’s final Buckingham Palace balcony appearance demonstrated the monarch’s commitment to duty above all else, royal experts have said – and showed a sweet insight into her relationship with her son. Speaking on Channel 5’s Secrets of the Royal Palaces, broadcaster and historian Wesley Kerr said that Elizabeth …

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Isle of Wight post office to close amid Royal Mail decision

Island Community Ventures, owned by local charity Community Action IW, has made the ‘difficult decision’ to close the Totland Post Office outreach service. The decision comes in response to a recent notification from Royal Mail that it will stop collecting parcels from Totland Post Office on April 1. The withdrawal …

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REBECCA ENGLISH: How Queen Camilla went from one of the most unpopular women in Britain to the monarchy’s leading lady who’s now keeping the royal show on the road during King Charles’s cancer battle

The transformation of Queen Camilla from understudy to centre-stage star will, no doubt, continue to be discussed by historians many decades from now. When she married the King almost 19 years ago, royal aides were at pains to stress that the then Duchess of Cornwall very much saw herself as …

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The Church Times and the Royal Mail: a potential threat

AT THE Church Times, we share subscribers’ frustrations when their copies arrive late. Copies are sent out first class on Thursdays, and yet last year’s reader survey suggested that only 80 per cent reach subscribers on Fridays or Saturdays. We are dependent on the Royal Mail to deliver copies to …

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