If love is blind, it is also anosmic as far as King Charles is concerned, as he put up with Queen Camilla’s smoking habit for years before she finally quit. In fact, there is no greater sign of his ‘devotion’ to Camilla Parker Bowles than his patience for her past …
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After losing his mother at just 15 years old, Prince William has spoken about the importance of keeping Princess Diana’s legacy alive. He has done this by supporting the causes she championed, such as child bereavement and homelessness. Gyles Brandreth, a close friend of Prince Philip, even went as far …
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Joining the Royal Family as an ‘outsider’ himself, Prince Philip could understand the challenges Princess Diana was facing. Diana and Philip – or ‘Pa’ as he was known to his daughter-in-law – exchanged a series of letters in 1992 through which the Duke of Edinburgh attempted to counsel the Princess, signing …
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TEA WITH PADDINGTON BEAR While the late monarch put duty at the centre of her life, the Queen wasn’t afraid to show her funny side on occasion – and in the final months of her life, appeared in a skit alongside Paddington Bear to mark her Platinum Jubilee In the …
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As she reaches 77 today, Camilla has a great deal to look back on in just the past year. The Coronation in Westminster Abbey – where our Queen wore a dazzling array of diamonds and other jewels as she was crowned alongside her husband King Charles – was the crowning …
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