‘Harry’s bloody book!’ Despite a plethora of problems and crises, behind-the-scenes at the royal households, the royal autobiography to end all royal autobiographies has become a persistent talking point. There is now a widespread acceptance that Prince Charles, Camilla and Prince William are likely to be left battered and bruised …
Read More »CHRISTOPHER WILSON: For everyone who cares about future of the Monarchy, these are dangerous times
Our Monarchy is a treasured but ultimately fragile jewel. The events of the past few days have shown that all too clearly. There are widespread concerns about the Queen’s health, while William and Kate endured several awkward moments during their Caribbean tour. The couple returned home today having acquitted themselves …
Read More »‘The pursuit of relevance is the bane of modern Royalty’ argues PATRICK JEPHSON
Damaging winds are once again buffeting the Monarchy. Gales of mockery and criticism threaten to topple the Queen’s two eldest sons like shaky palace chimney pots. Meanwhile, far to the west lurks Hurricane Harry, whipping up a storm with lawsuits and memoirs. Calm amid the tempest, the frail Queen with …
Read More »DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The Royal Shakespeare Company should be ashamed of its woke campaign
More than 30 years after my first visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, I can still recall my awe as the last words died away in the darkness. The occasion was a school trip to see Romeo And Juliet, and I can’t pretend I understood every word. But …
Read More »The Queen was RIGHT to axe Prince Andrew for the sake of the monarchy, says AN WILSON
Prince Andrew has finally been stripped of his honorary military titles, and of his royal patronages. He has also agreed to no longer to use the honorific HRH. The Queen has been extremely reluctant to wield the axe but, as her predecessor Henry VIII knew, monarchs sometimes need to use …
Read More »The Queen revealed herself to us as she never has before, says royal biographer ROBERT LACEY
In one sense, it never really matters what the Queen actually says in her Christmas Day broadcast. The important thing is she has joined us personally for those few minutes of chat beside the fire, in the snug, round the kitchen table or wherever, inside our own homes. It’s that …
Read More »RICHARD KAY: Sussexes are to blame for race slur witchhunt
This was never going to be the ideal week for Prince Charles to learn from a new book that he was being accused of questioning the future skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan’s children. He was, after all, arriving in Barbados representing the Queen at a momentous ceremony to …
Read More »PLATELL’S PEOPLE: How the BBC’s golden boy Amol Rajan conned me into royal hatchet job
Eight months ago, I was introduced to the BBC’s rising star Amol Rajan who asked me to be interviewed for a TV documentary he was making. It was about Princes William and Harry and their relationship with the media after the death of their mother Diana. He said the working …
Read More »RICHARD KAY: The timing of this new royal documentary isn’t just awful, it’s incendiary
Even by the crass standards of the BBC, there is something supremely ironic for it to broadcast a major two-part documentary about briefing wars between members of the Royal Family while the embers of the Martin Bashir affair are still glowing. And how counter-productive and foolish of the Corporation to …
Read More »DAN WOOTTON: Jemima Khan’s loyalty to Diana should shame Prince Harry into cutting ties with Netflix
Jemima Khan is one of Princess Diana’s few remaining genuine friends who has never betrayed her publicly since that tragic Paris car accident. The pair were close, with the then wife of Imran Khan hosting Di on several major trips to Pakistan throughout key moments in her personal life during …
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