By EMILY COOPER Published: 04:07 EDT, 4 September 2025 | Updated: 04:33 EDT, 4 September 2025 Britain went above and beyond to celebrate the dawn of a new millennium on New Year’s Eve in 1999. More than 10,000 VIPs were invited to the Millennium Done in Greenwich, London, for a …
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King Charles’ former chef has opened up about the royals’ summer holidays, including their surprisingly normal routine at Balmoral. Darren McGrady, who worked for the royals for 15 years, travelled around the world with the family ensuring they had their favourite, high-quality meals wherever they went. Speaking to Heart Bingo, …
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During her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II presided over every State Opening of Parliament, bar three. She faced the tricky task of flawlessly reading the Government’s legislative programme while wearing the Imperial State Crown, which weighs 2.3lb (1kg). The Mail’s Robert Hardman revealed in his book Charles III: New King. …
Read More »King Charles Launches New Royal Product Made at Balmoral — And the Late Queen Would’ve Loved It
King Charles has upheld his late mother Queen Elizabeth’s legacy of discipline and loyalty to the Crown. As he inherited her many royal residences, he launched his own entrepreneurial ventures at some of these homes, which are open to visitors. On August 1, Charles launched a new line of Royal …
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Although the Prince and Princess of Wales have only just returned from their summer holiday in Greece, the trip already looks destined to become one of the Royal Family’s most iconic vacations. It is understood that William and Kate holidayed in the idyllic Ionian Islands on a luxury £40million yacht. The …
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TEA WITH PADDINGTON BEAR While the late monarch put duty at the centre of her life, the Queen wasn’t afraid to show her funny side on occasion – and in the final months of her life, appeared in a skit alongside Paddington Bear to mark her Platinum Jubilee In the …
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A vessel literally fit for royalty chalked up a first for Plymouth when it visited Britain’s Ocean City this week. The Hebridean Princess became the first cruise ship to berth at Plymouth’s Barbican Landing Stage. The vessel, operated by Hebridean Island Cruises, has called at Plymouth many times in the …
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He has spent the past year trying to persuade his disgraced brother Prince Andrew to move out of Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, where he has lived for the past two decades, since the death of the Queen Mother in 2002. The King has cut Andrew’s private security and …
Read More »Prince Harry’s striking claim that his mental health struggles were passed on through ‘bad parenting’
He has always been a vocal campaigner on mental health, having grown up under the scrutiny of the media and the Royal Family. But Prince Harry has done even more work on the issue since stepping down as a working royal and relocating to California. Just last year, Harry called …
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For those marrying into the Royal Family, adapting to life as a working member of the Firm can be difficult. Indeed, royals from Prince Philip to Princess Diana faced their own trials and tribulations while they tried to navigate the complicated life of a working royal. More recently, writing in her …
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