It was an idle boast made amid the Royal Family’s grief following the death of King George VI. At a party at his home, Lord Louis Mountbatten had proclaimed that the ‘house of Mountbatten now reigned’. It was a reference to how his nephew Prince Philip, as the husband of …
Read More »Camilla at 77: Her credentials for joining the Royal Family were impeccable, but Camilla had to survive a torrent of abuse to get there – and this year she has been King Charles’ rock, writes BRIAN HOEY
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 …
Read More »As David and Victoria Beckham celebrate 25 years of marriage, the hilarious reasons why Buckingham Palace was inundated with letters for them… and why the Queen and Philip avoided their thrones at 2012 Jubilee pageant writes CLAUDIA JOSEPH
Their £1million union was splashed across the pages of OK! magazine and was described as the ‘wedding of the decade’ after it outshone the nuptials of Prince Edward and his bride Sophie Rhys-Jones. Now, as David and Victoria Beckham celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, it has emerged that Buckingham Palace …
Read More »The royal love palace: How Birkhall is ‘as close as it comes’ to being Charles and Camilla’s marital home and has hosted more than one royal honeymoon (including the King and Queen’s)
It was once described by King Charles as ‘a unique haven of cosiness’. Birkhall, on the Balmoral estate in Scotland, was the holiday home of the Queen Mother and has long been a favourite of His Majesty. So it is no surprise that one source said it is ‘as close …
Read More »King Charles did not meet with Prince Harry as he was busy rewarding senior peer who masterminded his Coronation and Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, EMILY PRESCOTT reveals
It was a packed day of royal engagements that kept the King from meeting Prince Harry during his whistle-stop visit to the UK. Now I can reveal that one of the items of business which kept the monarch from seeing his son was rewarding the senior peer who masterminded both …
Read More »Prince Edward says death of Queen Elizabeth so soon after Prince Philip made it ‘far more emotional’
The Duke of Edinburgh, flanked by First Minister John Swinney and Edinburgh Lord Provost Robert Aldridge, said he was “really touched and comforted” by how chaplains helped the Royal family “behind closed doors and away from the public gaze and the scrutiny”. “I know it’s part of the job description, …
Read More »Prince Edward ‘forever grateful’ for ‘overwhelming’ and ‘touching’ support from royal chaplains after death of late Queen – as he recalls ’emotional’ months
The Duke of Edinburgh has said he will be ‘forever grateful’ for the ‘outpouring’ of comfort and support the royal family experienced after the death of the late Queen. Prince Edward, 60, opened up about the death of Queen Elizabeth II while deputising for his brother King Charles as Lord …
Read More »Lady Gabriella Windsor’s heartbreak: How the royal is marking wedding anniversary without her beloved husband Thomas Kingston – five years after they dazzled in glorious Windsor nuptials, writes CLAUDIA JOSEPH
The daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent today faces her fifth wedding anniversary without her beloved husband by her side. Instead of waking up with her late husband Thomas Kingston at their flat in Notting Hill, west London, Lady Gabriella Windsor has moved back in with her parents …
Read More »Side-by-side: King Charles’ first year as head of state compared to the late Queens’ in pictures
A year ago today, King Charles succeeded his late mother Queen Elizabeth II as monarch and was crowned in a regal ceremony inside Westminster Abbey. King Charles’ Coronation was watched by more than 20 million people in the UK and millions more around the world, yet today, His Majesty wishes to mark …
Read More »Lady Louise Windsor beams as she arrives at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in a carriage alongside her mother, the Duchess of Edinburgh
Lady Louise Windsor beamed as she arrived at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in style on the final day of the four-day event. The 20-year-old royal, who had been working as an official at the event over previous days, was free to enjoy the final day as a spectator as …
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