By Natasha Livingstone Royal Correspondent Published: 02:22 EDT, 24 October 2024 | Updated: 02:58 EDT, 24 October 2024 Not so long ago, TikTok was a marginal video app for teenagers dancing in their bedrooms. Now it has more than one billion users from presidents to painters – with Sarah Ferguson, …
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The royal family has been criticised for failing to declare official gifts which have been handed over for the past four years. Buckingham Palace says records are still being updated and would be provided in future – but had been hampered by the change of reign, with Charles becoming King …
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He was a member of the Royal Household for more than three decades and inspired one of Queen Victoria’s most famous retorts: ‘We are not amused.’ Now two of the uniforms worn by the Honourable Alexander Grantham Yorke when he was a Buckingham Palace equerry and groom-in-waiting are being auctioned …
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One may imagine the dinner table at Buckingham Palace features a spread of the world’s finest delicacies and luxurious dishes. However, the reality of what the Royal Family enjoys to eat seems very different to a regal feast. For breakfast, porridge topped with honey is on the menu for Queen Camilla , …
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The King’s doctors are allowing him to ‘pause’ his cancer treatment in order to fly to Australia for a high-profile royal visit next week. The 75-year-old monarch will undertake a significant official visit beginning on October 18, taking in Sydney and Canberra, immediately followed by a State Visit to Samoa …
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Richard Colville was first employed by Buckingham Palace in 1947 as press secretary to King George VI and dedicated more than 20 years to royal service. However, the former Royal Navy commander had no experience with journalists – and it showed. He treated the media ‘with a mixture of intolerance, scorn and …
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Prince Harry hailed the ‘little legends’ at the WellChild awards in London this evening after sharing a laugh with a brave six-year-old winner during a rare trip to the UK without Meghan. The Duke of Sussex met little Noah Nicholson – who has cerebral palsy and chronic lung disease – during …
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Yesterday’s display of warmth will be seen as an olive branch from the King after the feud sparked by his Harry’s 2021 interview with US chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, experts say Reports suggest that Harry intended to celebrate his birthday with loved ones at home in Montecito, followed by …
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The King and the Prince and Princess of Wales publicly wished Prince Harry a happy 40th birthday yesterday in what some may see as a carefully co-ordinated peace offering. Both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace posted on their social media channels within hours of each other, as the Duke of …
Read More »King Edward VIII was famed for his vanity. As a young man he flouted tradition by wearing the latest fashions, especially flannel trousers with sports coats, ‘turn-ups’ on his trousers and plus-fours for golf. His distinctive way of fixing his necktie has gone down in the history books as the …
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