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In an effort to quash Thomas Markle’s public attacks on the Royal Family, the Queen suggested Meghan Markle should visit her father in Mexico.  But almost as quickly as the subject was broached, Meghan shut it down according to a royal author.   Tom Bower wrote about the relationship between the estranged …

As her first major event on behalf of the Royal Family, the spotlight was shining firmly on the former actress. Just a month before the royal wedding, Meghan Markle joined Prince Harry to meet youth delegates taking part in the high-profile Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London. It marked …

Many of us like to imagine we are distantly related to royalty and that like Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries we will be whisked away to live in a castle. Some celebrities are known to have a royal lineage, including actor Hugh Grant, who is the ninth cousin once removed of …

Meghan Markle took a starring role during her first overseas royal engagement as the Duchess of Sussex, according to a body language expert. In July 2018, Prince Harry and Meghan undertook a two-day visit to Dublin, shortly after their wedding at St George’s Chapel.  During their visit, they signed the visitor’s book at the …

Catching the Queen’s eye as she chatted to guests in the drawing room at Birkhall, the Prince of Wales’s summer retreat in Aberdeenshire, I let her know that dinner was served. ‘Oh, very good,’ she said and immediately started walking with me along the corridor leading to the dining room. …

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix deal is a ‘slap in the face’, a royal expert has claimed on Palace Confidential. The Sussexes signed a new ‘multi-year, first look deal for film and television projects’ with the streaming giant – understood to be worth less for the couple than their …

Princess Anne, often hailed as the hardest-working royal, is equally celebrated for her commitment to rewearing and repurposing her favourite pieces. Over the decades, she has given new life to an array of coats, dresses, hats and handbags – some of which have been in her wardrobe for decades. Speaking …

In no uncertain terms, Princess Anne has been a trailblazer within the Royal Family. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics she became the first member of the family to take part in the tournament when she competed in the equestrian event.      The Princess Royal turns 75 today but has …

Royal watchers might have expected Buckingham Palace to celebrate Princess Anne’s 75th birthday with a gun salute, the release of an official photograph or an equestrian event. What they definitely didn’t expect was the palace to mark Friday’s milestone by announcing that King Charles’s sister had two secret stepchildren. Yet, …

Tomorrow is Princess Anne’s 75th birthday. But due to an unusual ‘rule’ the Princess Royal adheres, to the Windsors might not need to bring out the cake and balloons to mark the occasion.  Indeed, the notoriously private Anne is known for her rather unconventional approach to royal life, having decided …