Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no strangers to cameras. The Duke of Sussex, 40, was brought out of the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital to hordes of paparazzi just hours after he was born in 1984, while the Duchess, 43, opted for a glittering career in television and …
Read More »Former close aide to King Charles and Princess Diana dies aged 91: Senior soldier who lasted less than a year as private secretary amid the collapse of royal couple’s marriage
A former private secretary to King Charles and Princess Diana has died aged 91. Major General Sir Christopher Airy was hired to bring stability to the warring royal couple’s marriage in 1990, but he lasted less than a year in the role. Sir Christopher, a former Grenadier Guards officer and …
Read More »Revealed: The words Harry and Meghan used to tell the Queen they were calling their daughter Lilibet – told for the first time by an insider
When Meghan Markle issued advice to expectant mothers this week to never tell anyone what you’re planning to call your child, it was a timely reminder that she has experienced the furore a baby name can cause. In June 2021, Harry and Meghan announced the birth of their daughter Lilibet …
Read More »Why the lead-up to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding was labelled as a ‘s*** show’ by royal insider
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle emerged from St George’s Chapel as husband and wife, their wedding was already being touted as a picture-perfect affair. The Royal Family looked more united than ever. Prince William was best man and Prince Charles even walked Meghan down the aisle. But behind the idyllic scenes …
Read More »Meghan Markle ‘expected a billionaire and got a millionaire’ when she married Prince Harry, according to royal expert
Many little girls grow up dreaming of being a princess and living in a fairytale castle. For Meghan, this dream began to materialise when she was 36 years old – but the reality was very different from how she imagined. As the Duchess of Sussex celebrates her 44th birthday in her …
Read More »How Meghan shunned a former friend and business partner who warned her about marrying into the Windsors, royal insider book claims
Even before Meghan Markle had married into the Royal Family – and long before ‘Megxit’ – the soon-to-be Duchess of Sussex was already allegedly ruffling feathers. It was February 2018 and Prince Harry and Meghan were on their first trip to Scotland together. According to Tom Bower’s biography ‘Revenge’ – which …
Read More »Gifts fit for a King! The astonishing presents given to the Royal Family are revealed – from a £340,000 Rolls-Royce for Charles and platinum and diamond brooches for Elizabeth II – but they’re not all glamorous
What do you give the family who has everything? Well, in the case of the late Queen Elizabeth, at least two platinum and diamond brooches to celebrate her landmark 2022 jubilee. And for her new heir, King Charles? How about a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II, which starts at a mere …
Read More »Royal fans speculate about awkward mistake in Meghan Markle’s ‘garden haul’ of vegetables
Meghan Markle has shared a wholesome picture of a ‘garden haul’ of fruit and vegetables – but royal fans have already noticed something unusual about them. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posted a sweet image of the Sussexes’ beagle Mia sniffing a basket of fresh produce seemingly grown in the garden of her Montecito …
Read More »Prince Harry wanted Princess Diana’s sisters to see similarities between Meghan Markle and his mother – but they didn’t think she fit in with Royal Family, according to royal expert
Heartbreakingly, Prince Harry never had the chance to introduce the woman he fell in love with to his mother, the late Princess Diana. Harry was just 12 years old when Diana died in a car accident and the prince has spoken openly about the pain of losing his mother at …
Read More »The Crown Jewels Heist: New Mail podcast tells the story of ‘one of the greatest crimes of all time’
On the latest episode of the Mail’s ‘Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things’ podcast, royal biographer Robert Hardman and historian Kate Williams discuss the figure of Colonel Blood and his audacious plot to steal the Crown Jewels. The episode is the first in a three-part mini-series that tells the stories of …
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