For years, Prince Andrew has been fighting to rebuild his image, first because of his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and then after his car-crash Newsnight interview. Netflix’s film Scoop, about his Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis and based on the book by ex-BBC producer Sam McAlister, came out yesterday. …
Read More »The insider’s guide to Balmoral for those who missed out on a £100 ticket! ROBERT HARDMAN on what it’s really like inside – and what tourists won’t see as it opens its doors for the first time…
For all the portraits, busts and fine furniture, I have no doubt that it will be the personal stuff which lingers longest in the public’s memory. As in any stately home, it is the tell-tale signs of family life — a wedding photo, perhaps, or even a trampoline in a …
Read More »EMMA COWING: A precious glimpse into the Queen’s happy home
It’s a picture that has been burnished into the collective memory. Queen Elizabeth II smiling, a little frail, clutching her late husband’s shepherd’s crook while a roaring fire blazed behind her, just 24 hours before she died. We all remember the time, and indeed the place: September 8, 2022, at …
Read More »King Charles is opening his residences to the public to make the Royal Family ‘more transparent and cost effective’ – and is acknowledging ‘the need for the monarchy to evolve’, claims royal expert
King Charles III’s decision to open his royal residences to the public indicates he has realised ‘the need for the monarchy to evolve’, a royal expert has claimed. Earlier this week, in an unprecedented move, His Majesty, 75, announced that Balmoral Castle – the late Queen’s favourite retreat in Scotland, will …
Read More »King Charles speaks to a royal fan about her King Charles spaniel named Camilla at Easter service
King Charles shared a comical exchange with a royal fan about her 17-year-old spaniel named ‘Camilla’ as he greeted members of the public on Easter Day. Charles and Camilla shook hands with dozens of people who lined up outside St George’s Chapel in Windsor yesterday, in what was the most …
Read More »Kate Middleton conspiracy theories are the ‘curse of being a modern royal’, former palace aide claims
The conspiracy theories surrounding the Princess of Wales in recent months are the ‘curse of being a modern royal’, a former Palace aide has claimed. The royal, 42, announced in an emotional video message that she is undergoing ‘preventative’ chemotherapy after cancer was discovered following her major abdominal surgery earlier …
Read More »Sarah Ferguson shares heartwarming Easter message after making surprise appearance at Windsor service with King Charles as she’s welcomed back into the royal fold
Sarah Ferguson has shared a heartwarming Easter message after attending a church service with the Royal Family yesterday. The Duchess of York, 64, arrived at St George’s Chapel in Windsor for Easter Sunday service with her ex-husband Prince Andrew and his three siblings yesterday. The mother-of-two matched Queen Camilla and …
Read More »ROBERT HARDMAN: No one is being complacent about the King’s cancer treatment, but Charles’s firm, ungloved handshakes were the clearest sign yet that our monarch is getting better
Would he or wouldn’t he? It wasn’t just the crowd waiting patiently outside St George’s Chapel this morning who were wondering if the King might exchange a few words with the public for the first time since his cancer diagnosis. Every right-minded royalist will have been having similar thoughts. In …
Read More »Moment King Charles is wished ‘Happy Easter’ by royal fan before telling them ‘and to you’ – as cancer-stricken monarch arrives at Easter Sunday service at St George’s Chapel with Camilla by his side as he makes ‘gentle’ return to public life
This is the moment King Charles is wished a ‘Happy Easter’ by royal fans before cheerily telling them ‘and to you’ as he arrived alongside Queen Camilla for Easter Service at Windsor. The 75-year-old was in high-spirits this morning as he made a ‘gentle’ return to public life in his …
Read More »Revealed: King Charles sat inside St George’s Chapel for Easter service in the Sovereign’s Seat while the Royal Family were seated in the stalls – after cancer-stricken monarch delighted fans with a smile and a wave
King Charles sat in the Sovereign’s Seat inside St George’s Chapel today, while the Royal Family sat in the stalls, as per tradition, during the Easter Sunday service. The cancer-stricken monarch had earlier delighted fans as he wishes them a happy Easter after arriving alongside Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle, …
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