It’s a picture that has been burnished into the collective memory. Queen Elizabeth II smiling, a little frail, clutching her late husband’s shepherd’s crook while a roaring fire blazed behind her, just 24 hours before she died. We all remember the time, and indeed the place: September 8, 2022, at …
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King Charles III’s decision to open his royal residences to the public indicates he has realised ‘the need for the monarchy to evolve’, a royal expert has claimed. Earlier this week, in an unprecedented move, His Majesty, 75, announced that Balmoral Castle – the late Queen’s favourite retreat in Scotland, will …
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Would he or wouldn’t he? It wasn’t just the crowd waiting patiently outside St George’s Chapel this morning who were wondering if the King might exchange a few words with the public for the first time since his cancer diagnosis. Every right-minded royalist will have been having similar thoughts. In …
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Most families have firm traditions that they mark each year – and the British Royal Family is no different. One of the most important occasions of The Firm’s social calendar is Easter, which the late Queen Elizabeth II was said to love. The Royal Family usually celebrate the holiday at Windsor Castle, …
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The King’s Guard has left royal fans bemused yet again when they shouted ‘make way’ at a pair of pigeons blocking the pavement outside Buckingham Palace. The soldiers hilariously confronted the birds after they marched out of the palace gates, shouting at them as they walked forward. Their booming voices …
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King Charles today carried out official duties for the first time since the Princess of Wales shared her cancer news with the nation. The monarch smiled warmly at the public as he left Windsor Castle this morning after a difficult weekend for the Royal Family. Today, Buckingham Palace confirmed Charles, 75, …
Read More »King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend this weekend’s Easter Sunday service in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace confirmed today. Royal aides also revealed this morning that the couple would be ‘accompanied by other members of the Royal Family’, although no further names were given. The …
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We’ve been told that Meghan’s syrupy new lifestyle brand ‘will reflect everything she loves – family cooking, entertaining and home decor’. But the bizarrely named American Riviera Orchard is better described as a timebomb for the Royal Family. Despite the homely talk of cutlery, recipes and upmarket jam, this has …
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Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle will plunge into darkness for Earth Hour tonight as the Royal Family continues its public duties amid a series of health crises. The Princess of Wales announced yesterday that she has cancer in an unprecedented video address shared on the Royal Family’s X account. But today the …
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Tragedy is no respecter of class or privilege. But while this is a deeply worrying time for the Royal Family on a personal level, in a paradoxical way, I am convinced there is optimism for the future of the monarchy. For the past couple of months have powerfully reminded us …
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