British Royals

Every place King Charles has delivered a Christmas broadcast - and what each one signalled

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23rd December 2025
When King Charles III delivers his Christmas broadcast, the words matter – but so too does the setting. Since ascending the throne, the King has made a series of deliberate choices about where he speaks from on Christmas Day, each location offering a subtle clue to how he understands the monarchy, faith and his own role as sovereign. Taken together, the settings form a quiet narrative…
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Queen Camilla releases emotional statement following Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman's Strictly departures

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20th December 2025
Queen Camilla has released a heart-warming message bidding Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman a fond farewell as they step away from the BBC’s flagship entertainment show. In a message shared on social media, Her Majesty paid tribute to the presenting duo’s decades of service, thanking them for the joy they have brought to millions of viewers. In full, the…
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Royal News

Prince William takes on major new royal role

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19th December 2025
The Prince of Wales has quietly taken on one of his most significant military roles to date, agreeing to serve as patron of the SAS Regimental Association, the charity that supports serving and former members of Britain’s most secretive special forces unit and their…
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Queen Camilla’s protective role highlighted in King Charles’ first public engagement since diagnosis

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18th December 2025
King Charles and Queen Camilla made their first joint public appearance since the monarch’s moving cancer announcement last week, hosting a reception at St James’s Palace for the crew and families of HMS Prince of Wales. The warship returned to Portsmouth last month following a six-month Indo-Pacific deployment covering 40 countries across the Mediterranean, Middle East, South East Asia…
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Features

The groom who turned down an Earldom: Why Princess Alexandra’s husband chose life as a royal commoner

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18th December 2025
In April 1963, the nation paused to witness the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent, Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin, to British businessman Angus Ogilvy. The union captured public imagination not only for its splendour, but also for the quietly unorthodox choices made by the groom. The couple first met at a ball at Luton Hoo in 1955, and seven years later Buckingham Palace confirmed…
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