When Elizabeth Emanuel designed the world’s most famous wedding dress, no one could have predicted the devastation that lay ahead. Anna Pursglove hears her extraordinary story of dodgy investors, poverty and that troublesome ex-husband It’s 1981 and in a small studio on Mayfair’s Brook Street, a 28-year-old fashion designer is …
Read More »Kate: A Queen in the making
As Kate marks her 39th birthday this weekend, Hannah Betts looks back at the decade that saw Miss Middleton become a Royal force to be reckoned with Yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge turned 39. In April, she will celebrate her tenth wedding anniversary, 20 years after she and her husband …
Read More »Elizabeth Day: The problem with Meghan & Harry
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Read More »The mother of all roles… A celebration of Royal mums
What does it take to raise a future king or queen? Only a handful of women in history truly know and we’re celebrating them today in a pictorial Mother’s Day special The Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in Germany, 2017, moments before Charlotte threw a tantrum …
Read More »Travel: By Royal invitation at the Royal Mansour, Marrakech
Luxury seekers take note, Marrakech needs to be next on your wish list. In a destination fast becoming synonymous with opulence, I have found the gold standard for luxury hotels in this already impressive city. Designed by none other than King Mohammad VI himself, so rest you can rest assured …
Read More »Travel: A new age in Cruising with the Royal Caribbean
Exclamations of ‘you are doing what?!’ combined with sky high eyebrows was without doubt the most common response to sharing my plans to go on a cruise. When unpacking the responses it appeared people’s main bone of contention was my age, I won’t lie it was novel to be told …
Read More »The secrets of Sandringham: an intimate insight into the Queen’s Christmas celebrations
Who is (and isn’t) on the guest list, who gets stuck in the smallest bedroom and the festive TV special everyone has to watch… YOU is given an intimate insight into the Queen’s Christmas celebrations – plus nostalgic, rarely seen snapshots from the royal album With lights twinkling on …
Read More »Mary Berry teaches William and Kate to cook a festive charity meal
‘I did have to tell Prince William off for cheating during a roulade competition,’ laughs Mary Berry as she recounts the ‘magical’ moments of cooking with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a special BBC programme to provide a festive feast for charity workers. A Berry Royal Christmas gives …
Read More »This classic has royal pedigree
This classic has royal pedigree By Edwina Ings-chambers For You Magazine Published: 00:02, 15 December 2019 | Updated: 00:02, 15 December 2019 It’s one of my mum’s favourites – and rumoured to be on the royal radar, too One of the things that may have skipped your notice about beauty …
Read More »Passion, pain & sheer perfection… Inside Sleeping Beauty, Royal Ballet’s most lavish production
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty is one of the world’s most lavish – and challenging – productions. So what does it take to stage this showstopping Christmas spectacular? Hannah Betts is given an exclusive peek behind the scenes. First soloist Anna Rose O’sullivan gets ready to make one of ballet’s …
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