Charlie Proctor

King Charles has sent a deeply personal message of sympathy to the people of Hong Kong as the city enters a three-day mourning period following its deadliest fire in nearly eight decades. A solemn minute’s silence was held by officials on Saturday to honour those who died in the catastrophic blaze, which tore through seven residential towers in Tai Po earlier this week. Local authorities have…

The late Duchess of Kent approached her wardrobe with an discipline that would not be out of place in a Paris atelier. According to her daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, Katharine’s love of clothes was matched only by her insistence on renewal: at the close of each season, everything went. Rather than archive gowns, box up dresses or rotate outfits in the modern royal manner, the duchess sold the…

The Princess of Wales’s ability to put people at ease has been praised by the broadcaster Roman Kemp, who has described the strikingly informal way she conducted herself during a private visit to his parents’ home while working on a mental-health project. Kemp, who collaborated with the Princess on a short film highlighting the importance of mental wellbeing and early childhood, recalled in…