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The Queen had to step in to resolve a row after Prince Andrew took a bathroom that was reserved for Prince Charles, a former maid has claimed.   Janette McGowan, a former Buckingham Palace maid, claimed the Duke of York refused to remove his toiletries from a bathroom at Sandringham intended for …

A former maid at Buckingham Palace has spoken out about working for Prince Andrew, calling the Duke of York ‘demanding and entitled’. Charlotte Briggs claimed on Thursday that she was ‘left in tears’ by Andrew’s foul-mouth rants, and on one occasion faced his wrath over a tiny gap in his …

Prince Andrew and Prince Harry are both ‘likely’ to receive the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee commemorative medal next month, royal sources told MailOnline today after it had been claimed the duo would be snubbed. The medals will be awarded on February 6 to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne …

Prince Andrew and Prince Harry face a new double humiliation as royal officials are mulling ways to remove another of their significant roles, while also denying them Jubilee medals like other veterans.  Buckingham Palace officials are now considering how to remove the role of Counsellors of State from the Duke of …

The Queen last night cast Prince Andrew out of the Royal Family, stripping him of all his military titles and patronages. In a brutal two-line statement Buckingham Palace also forced him to drop his HRH title and dashed his hopes of resuming public duties. It said the ninth in line …

Prince Andrew has given up his military affiliations and will no longer use the title “His Royal Highness” as he battles a lawsuit over allegations of sexual assault. “With The Queen’s approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to The Queen,” Buckingham …

First the Victoria Sponge, then Coronation chicken – and now the Queen’s Platinum Pudding. Taking inspiration from dishes created to mark previous royal events, Buckingham Palace today announces a nationwide baking competition to find a dessert fit for the Queen to mark her historic jubilee. Launched with Fortnum and Mason and …

The Queen is personally awarding the Duchess of Cornwall the highest honour possible thanks to her ‘service to the sovereign’, it was announced last night. Camilla is to be made a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior of the Orders of …

Buckingham Palace ‘sleepwalked’ into the Prince Andrew crisis and has been paralysed with indecision over to how to handle things, it was claimed last night. Senior royal insiders said the duke operated with ‘impunity’ as a member of the Royal Family because staff were ‘too scared’ to stand up to …

As first cousins they are whisper-close confidants whose lives have shared in the ups and downs of so many royal dramas — and countless family secrets. She was present at his christening in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace and eight-and-a-half decades later, when the Queen faced her first birthday parade …