Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her daughter Estelle looked radiant in new ultra-glamorous official portraits shared online this week. The Swedish royal family launched a new website which features newly-shot portraits of the entire family in ball-gowns and glittering tiaras. The photographs, which include snaps of Victoria, 44, Estelle, 11, and …
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Prince William and Kate Middleton today appointed former Bafta boss Amanda Berry as the new chief executive for their charitable Royal Foundation in what experts said was an ‘inspired’ choice. The 60-year-old from Darlington announced three months ago that she was leaving Bafta and she is known to be very friendly …
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The Luxembourg royal family has become the latest European monarchy to pledge to provide housing to Ukrainian refugees. Henri, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 66, and his family will give up private property owned by the Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg to families fleeing the Russian invasion. The Dutch and Belgian …
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‘Defiant but isolated’ Prince Andrew was ‘shunned by the royal family and didn’t interact warmly with them’ at Prince Philip’s memorial, a body language expert has claimed. The Duke of York, 62, accompanied the Queen, 95, to the Thanksgiving of Life service but had little interaction with the rest of …
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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 …
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“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.” …
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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’ …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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