When Meghan Markle issued advice to expectant mothers this week to never tell anyone what you’re planning to call your child, it was a timely reminder that she has experienced the furore a baby name can cause. In June 2021, Harry and Meghan announced the birth of their daughter Lilibet …
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As Prince Philip was laid to rest at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on April 17, 2021, the commentators stressed that he had personally chosen every detail of his farewell. ‘Throw my coffin in the back of a Land Rover,’ the Duke of Edinburgh had said, according to biographer Robert …
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Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle on a blanket surrounded by electric candles and white flowers in the walled garden of Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace in November 2017. ‘I wanted to do it earlier,’ he explained in their 2022 Netflix documentary Harry And Meghan. ‘Because I had to ask permission …
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From Rocket Man to Tiny Dancer and all the hits in between, members of the British Royal Family have been long-time fans of Sir Elton John, who turns 78 today. For Elton (real name Reginald Kenneth Dwight), mingling with royalty was a far cry from his working-class childhood in a council house …
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She’d never even kissed her husband properly before they married. And so on her wedding night, Princess Marie Bonaparte was shocked by what occurred in the bedroom. ‘You took me that night in a short, brutal gesture, as if forcing yourself,’ she later wrote to her spouse, Prince George of …
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During a welcome celebration in honour of the Invictus Games, Prince Harry and Meghan sipped on beers together as they were serenaded by their close friend Michael Buble. At the party in Whistler, Canada, the couple clasped a glass of beer each with Harry opting for a lager in a tall …
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The Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie Wessex, has confessed that she initially struggled to find a meaningful role within the Royal Family, fearing she might be “treading on toes”. After marrying Edward, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip, in 1999, Sophie became the Countess of …
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King Constantine of Greece shared multiple links with British royals and the two families formed a close relationship that continues as they mark the second anniversary of his death. Tied by both blood and long-standing friendships, Constantine’s connection with the Royal Family was strengthened by his 40 years spent in London …
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The Queen used to buy 1,500 members of staff a £6 Christmas present with a personal note each and every year. The late Queen Elizabeth II, who died back in September 2022, has been praised for her generosity after the annual tradition. The Queen would buy £6 Christmas puddings from …
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As worshippers remembered Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in their roll-calls of the faithful departed during All Souls services across Britain last week, it was hard not to think how upset our late monarch would have been at the latest outbreak of hostilities between her two elder sons. For …
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