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REVEALED: The sailor sent by China to serve in Royal Navy on D-Day. ROBERT HARDMAN tells the remarkable story of Lam Ping-yu’s role in the invasion and beyond… and his possible fling with a British girl called Violet

He writes of watching the first salvos blasting over the heads of the troops in landing craft heading – like ‘ants’ – for the French coast. He describes German torpedo attacks ‘narrowly’ missing his Royal Navy ship – three times. But what makes this previously unseen witness account of D-Day …

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From Princess Charlotte’s sell-out birthday dress to Prince George’s iconic outfit: British designer behind brand favoured by William and Kate for their children reveals how royal connection has boosted sales

When Rachel Riley first saw nine-month-old Prince George wearing her Sailboat Smocked Dungarees, she couldn’t have foreseen the fame that would follow. George was accompanying his parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2014 when he wore a total of four outfits from …

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Royal family will be horrified by Rebel Wilson’s claim a member of The Firm invited her to a drug-fuelled orgy after it revives memories of cocaine use by Prince Harry, Lord Frederick Windsor and Camilla’s son

Members of the Royal Family will be recoiling today, as Australian actress Rebel Wilson has claimed a person in the Firm invited her to a drug-fuelled orgy at the home of a US tech billionaire in 2014. In her new book, Rebel Rising, the Pitch Perfect star, 44, says a male member …

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It was one of the most joyous – and most glamorous – royal visits of all time. So, can YOU tell what’s wrong with this magnificent photograph of the Queen?

It is monumental in sweep, mixing formal dignity with vast scale and, even today, unmatchable glamour. This famous black and white panorama by photographer Bert Hardy captures the young Queen Elizabeth at the Paris opera house, the Palais Garnier, on her first state visit to France in April 1957. It …

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Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco both sport smart blazer and trouser combos as they step out with their son Prince Jacques, 9, at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters

They’re a famously sporty husband and wife duo who have both represented their countries at the Olympics.  So it’s no wonder Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco were eager to spend Sunday taking in a game of tennis, as they attended the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament. Putting on …

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Royal Marines are poised to lead ‘Dunkirk-style’ evacuation of Britons living in the Middle East after Iran launched massive drone and missile attack against Israel

Royal Marines are poised to lead a ‘Dunkirk-style’ evacuation of thousands of UK nationals from the Middle East after Iran launched a huge drone and missile attack against Israel last night. Commandos have already conducted reconnaissance along the Lebanese coastline ahead of a potential maritime rescue mission. The daring mission …

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ROBERT HARDMAN: No one is being complacent about the King’s cancer treatment, but Charles’s firm, ungloved handshakes were the clearest sign yet that our monarch is getting better

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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