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 …
Read More »King Charles is opening his residences to the public to make the Royal Family ‘more transparent and cost effective’ – and is acknowledging ‘the need for the monarchy to evolve’, claims royal expert
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 …
Read More »Small businesses and greetings card firms blast ‘drastic’ Royal Mail plan to end daily second class deliveries and cut the 85p-a-letter service to five times a fortnight
Royal Mail has come under fire from small businesses and greetings card firms over plans to slash daily second-class letter deliveries. The company revealed plans yesterday to scrap the deliveries on Saturdays and cut the service to just five times every two weeks. But critics including the Federation of Small Businesses …
Read More »Five-bedroom mansion once owned by mastermind of £70m Royal Mail fraud can be yours for £2.75million – and you’ll have Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne for neighbours too
A five-bedroom mansion once owned by a scammer who fleeced the Royal Mail out of £70million has gone up for sale after being seized. Complete with a detached pool house, the sprawling property is the former home of Narinder Sandhu, 62, who used the proceeds of an elaborate postage scam to buy …
Read More »Royal Mail could cut 1,000 jobs if it is allowed to scrap second-class letters on Saturdays and only deliver them every other weekday
Royal Mail has warned up to 1,000 jobs could be axed under bombshell plans put forward to slash its second-class letter delivery service. The company has outlined cuts to non-first class letters by delivering them only on every other weekday – and scrapping Saturday deliveries entirely. The postal giant said …
Read More »Royal Mail finally vows to investigate fake stamp farce after hundreds of Britons were wrongly fined £5 to receive letters sent using stamps that postal service claims are ‘counterfeit’
By Katherine Lawton Published: 20:09 EDT, 2 April 2024 | Updated: 20:33 EDT, 2 April 2024 Royal Mail has vowed to investigate a problem with barcoded stamps after hundreds of Britons were wrongly fined to receive letters sent using stamps the postal service deemed counterfeit. People have complained they …
Read More »Attention! Adorable moment King’s Guard gives special nod to young royal fan after he salutes him while wearing his own uniform and bearskin
This is the adorable moment a King’s Guard gives a special nod to a young royal fan after he salutes him while wearing his own uniform and bearskin. The heartwarming clip, shared to TikTok, sees Little Frank, who has gained a huge following on social media for his videos where he …
Read More »King Charles speaks to a royal fan about her King Charles spaniel named Camilla at Easter service
King Charles shared a comical exchange with a royal fan about her 17-year-old spaniel named ‘Camilla’ as he greeted members of the public on Easter Day. Charles and Camilla shook hands with dozens of people who lined up outside St George’s Chapel in Windsor yesterday, in what was the most …
Read More »Kate Middleton conspiracy theories are the ‘curse of being a modern royal’, former palace aide claims
The conspiracy theories surrounding the Princess of Wales in recent months are the ‘curse of being a modern royal’, a former Palace aide has claimed. The royal, 42, announced in an emotional video message that she is undergoing ‘preventative’ chemotherapy after cancer was discovered following her major abdominal surgery earlier …
Read More »Sarah Ferguson shares heartwarming Easter message after making surprise appearance at Windsor service with King Charles as she’s welcomed back into the royal fold
Sarah Ferguson has shared a heartwarming Easter message after attending a church service with the Royal Family yesterday. The Duchess of York, 64, arrived at St George’s Chapel in Windsor for Easter Sunday service with her ex-husband Prince Andrew and his three siblings yesterday. The mother-of-two matched Queen Camilla and …
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