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Prince Andrew has finally been stripped of his honorary military titles, and of his royal patronages. He has also agreed to no longer to use the honorific HRH. The Queen has been extremely reluctant to wield the axe but, as her predecessor Henry VIII knew, monarchs sometimes need to use …

Princess Beatrice went shopping with her baby yesterday just hours before the Queen stripped her disgraced father Prince Andrew of his honorary military roles and he gave up his HRH style – which she is still allowed to use. The 33-year-old royal was photographed out in London at 2.30pm yesterday, …

The Queen was ‘saddened’ at having to force Prince Andrew out of the Royal Family but backed Prince Charles in saying he had ‘run out of road’, insiders have revealed. Explaining why the monarch forced her son to stop using his HRH title in order to face his sex case …

The Queen last night cast Prince Andrew out of the Royal Family, stripping him of all his military titles and patronages. In a brutal two-line statement Buckingham Palace also forced him to drop his HRH title and dashed his hopes of resuming public duties. It said the ninth in line …

Prince Andrew will no longer be known as His Royal Highness ‘in any official capacity’ in a stunning downfall as his family tonight abandoned him to fight his sex abuse lawsuit in America as a private citizen. Andrew, who remains Duke of York, also loses his military titles and royal …

All a-Bard! Shakespeare plays take to the high seas in RSC deal with British cruise line Cunard The Royal Shakespeare Company has signed a three-year deal with Cunard Actors from the company will perform on board the British cruise liner’s vessels Several different pieces will be performed while the vessels …

The Duchess of Cambridge paid tribute to the history of royal photography in her birthday portraits by drawing on the work of Cecil Beaton, famous for capturing the Queen, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother.  To mark Kate’s 40th birthday yesterday, Kensington Palace released three portraits revealing sides of the …

First the Victoria Sponge, then Coronation chicken – and now the Queen’s Platinum Pudding. Taking inspiration from dishes created to mark previous royal events, Buckingham Palace today announces a nationwide baking competition to find a dessert fit for the Queen to mark her historic jubilee. Launched with Fortnum and Mason and …

The royal family have wished the Duchess of Cambridge a happy birthday on their social media accounts – highlighting the strong bond Kate Middleton shares with the Queen and Prince Charles in a series of touching photographs.   The birthday posts to mark the Duchess of Cambridge celebrating turning 40 today even …

The appointment of the Duchess of Cornwall to the prestigious Order of the Garter is, at its heart, a unifying gesture. It comes at the beginning of what will be the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year, binding together the inner circle of the Royal Family after 12 months of turbulence, controversy …