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It was a decade quite like any other for the Windsors. There had been difficult times before, not least the abdication crisis of 1937 and the dark war time years of the 1940s. But the 1990s brought a new problem to the fore – the breakdown, often very public, of …

Even today, it ranks as one of the most bizarre pieces of royal television ever to be broadcast. It’s A Royal Knockout featured senior member of the Royal Family wearing fancy dress and playing silly games with celebrities, a spin off from the BBC’s long-running Saturday night game show. Devised …

Sarah Ferguson was seen as ‘the single greatest threat to the monarchy’ by a senior royal aide who tried to stop her from publishing her first children’s book, a writer has claimed. A new memoir by publishing industry stalwart John Sargent, who was head of the children’s book division of Simon …

Do you scoop or bob? Or must it be conducted with deepest humility and drama? The royal curtsy is a bit of a minefield, particularly for newcomers. And over the years there have been some memorable attempts at this traditional acknowledgement – effective at times, ridiculous at others – as …

The Royal Family are ‘very united’ according to Sarah Ferguson, who revealed they enjoy bonding over a game of Scrabble. The Duchess of York made the comments during the latest episode of her podcast Tea Talks, which she hosts with her close friend Sarah Thomson. The topic of this week’s instalment …

It would be hard to imagine any member of the royal family scrubbing toilets, selling fish and chips from a van, or serving drinks. But for a few who had humble beginnings and married into The Firm, these very normal and not very glamorous jobs were their reality. While the Princess …

For the past decade, royal observers have watched Princess Eugenie and her older sister Beatrice stumble through their 20s leaving a trail of style blunders. The pair received an onslaught of criticism for their experimental fashion choices at Kate and Prince William’s wedding in 2011 where Eugenie’s fussy blue Vivienne …

It is difficult to imagine members of the Royal Family conforming to the wild traditions of the stag and hen do, with their obscene costumes and heavy drinking. But royals have enjoyed their last days of freedom with as many antics as any other bride or groom-to-be. Some young royals …

The  Coronation has sent clicks for royal wedding dresses soaring, says a new study. Searches have shot up by more than 1000 per cent and for weddings by more than 500 per cent as the public embraces romance and nostalgia. A spokesperson for Karen Millen, which compiled the figures, told The …

The Duchess of York has revealed she ‘mirrored’ Princess Diana when she first became a member of the royal family, as her late sister-in-law ‘worked a room’. Sarah Ferguson, 63, revealed on the Tea Talks podcast that she and Diana loved each other ‘with all our hearts’ due to their …