Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepping down as working royals was one of the biggest scandals in modern monarchical history. In what became known as ‘Megxit’ the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to part ways with the firm in early 2020 and in the three and half years since have …
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It was Elsa Schiaparelli, the great Italian designer, who first made the jumpsuit fashionable in the 1940s. Then, in the 1970s, came Yves Saint Laurent and a different approach with long sleeves and palazzo trousers. And even today, the jumpsuit has its influential advocates – including Europe’s royals. It is …
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Evening dresses with cape detailing have been favoured by royals around the world, with Kate the Princess of Wales, Meghan Markle and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands all wearing them. Cape dresses are a royal classic as they exude elegance and simple sophistication you can dress up with dazzling jewels. The Princess …
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Inexpensive, functional and easy-to-wear, there’s nothing much regal about the humble espadrille. But if millions find the braided sandals impossible to ignore in the holiday season, the same applies to the royals – who seem to choose even for formal occasions (and when the sun is hiding). Sophie, the Duchess …
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The Dutch royal family have released very relaxed snaps for their annual portraits, leaving their dog Mambo to steal the show. Queen Maxima, 52, and King Willem-Alexander, 56, beamed as they posed with their three daughters, Princesses Catharina-Amalia, 19, Alexia, 18, and Ariane, 16, in the pictures taken on the Zuiderstrand …
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It’s increasingly normal for commoners to have had a career before marrying into one of Europe’s royal families. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands was a Wall Street banker. Queen Letizia of Spain was a broadcast journalist at ABC and CNN. None of them, however, quite matches the colourful past of Princess …
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From Queen Victoria and Albert, Diana and Charles to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, we’ve compiled a timeline of Royal Wedding portraits from around the world. Some of the most notable include the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria and Albert, who had a wedding cake measuring nine feet tall by 16 inches wide, …
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Elegant and stylish as Royal wardrobes might be, ‘modesty’ is normally a watchword. But there is one adventurous style that does make an appearance or two at public events – the glamorous thigh-high split. Carefully calibrated, of course. A flash of the leg was an integral part of the £3,000 …
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