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The day Sophie Wessex was offered a job at Waitrose because she was so good at packing her weekly shop! As the Duchess of Edinburgh turns 60, palace insiders reveal the surprising reasons she’s fast becoming the Royal Family’s safest pair of hands

She’s widely seen as one of the monarchy’s safest pairs of hands, but should she ever decide on a change of career, the Duchess of Edinburgh would, I can confidently predict, be snapped up by her local Waitrose. Packing her bags on a supermarket trip with her great friend Mary …

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Their royal heightnesses? Our unique chart shows which monarchs meet our lofty expectations, who falls sadly short… and which gigantic Royal puts even 6’3″ Prince William in the shade

It’s easy to think of monarchs as larger-than-life figures, the sort who might tower over us mere mortals. There’s an awful lot to be said for being tall, after all. Numerous studies have linked height to success climbing the career ladder, earning more money and overall physical wellbeing. Tall men …

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Kate Middleton says she is in remission from cancer and is ‘looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead’ as she thanks staff at the Royal Marsden Hospital for her ‘exceptional’ care

The Princess of Wales has said ‘it is a relief to now be in remission’ from cancer and ‘looking forward to a fulfilling year’.  In a message on social media, signed ‘C’, Catherine said she was ‘looking forward to a fulfilling year as she thanked staff at the Royal Marsden Hospital for …

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The truth behind Princess Margaret’s ‘promiscuous’ and ‘bisexual’ ex-husband: From ‘sleeping with her friends’ to ‘leaving the royal packets of drugs around’, the society photographer is remembered eight years on from his death

Charming and seductive, Antony Armstrong-Jones was a talented photographer whose creative appetite was just as strong as his sexual desires.  The first Earl of Snowdon, a title he acquired after marrying Princess Margaret, passed away eight years ago today aged 86. The couple spent 18 years together and though the marriage …

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