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Members of the Royal Family will do less tours overseas and focus on places where they feel they can make a real difference, a royal commentator has said. The future of the monarchy and the Commonwealth has come under scrutiny in recent weeks after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s …

“In Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas, that future is for the people to decide upon. But we have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with communities in all three countries, understanding more about the issues that matter most to them.” William reaffirmed he and the Duchess of Cambridge are “committed to service.” …

Prince William wants to modernise the monarchy by ending its long-standing ‘never complain, never explain’ policy. He is said to ‘respect’ the approach favoured by his father and grandmother but believes the monarchy should be ‘agile’ to survive and thrive. Sources close to the 39-year-old prince laid out his kingship ‘blueprint’ …

The Duke of Cambridge insisted that the Royals’ friendship with Caribbean nations will endure and acknowledged that the former colonies’ relationship with the monarchy was evolving in a speech last night following some criticism of their tour.  Prince William signalled that any decision by Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas to …

Whoopi Goldberg has joined the chorus of people calling on the royal family to apologize for their colonial past, insisting that the crown cannot ‘ignore the fact that Britain ran roughshod over India for years’ – just one month after she was suspended from her ABC talk show The View for …

The Royal family has announced a 70-day picture countdown to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration weekend.  Sharing a photo of the Queen’s coronation at Westminster Abbey, in 1953, to Instagram, to kick things off, each photo will represent a year of the monarch’s seven-decade reign.  In today’s black and white …

‘William would have gone bananas’ over royal tour ‘clangers’ and what the Queen REALLY thinks about Harry… all this plus lots more on our unmissable Palace Confidential royal talk show The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s tour of the Caribbean has attracted its fair share of negative attention Mail on …

A portrait of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, which was taken in 1986 by Terence Donovan when the princess was 25 years old, is being auctioned this month at Bonhams. The photograph, a 20ins by 16ins portrait which depicts the young royal in a rich purple gown, is expected …

Belgian royal family says it will host three Ukrainian families in two of its houses King Philippe and Queen Mathilde have decided to open up two of their homes owned by the Belgium’s Royal Trust to Ukrainian refugees The two houses are in Brussels and in the southern region of …

Harry’s ‘slap in the face to the Queen’ and has he been got by the ‘California goblins’ over his Europe plans?… all this plus lots more on our unbeatable Palace Confidential royal talk show Prince Harry will not attend Duke of Edinburgh’s service of thanksgiving, despite travelling to Europe to …