Royal News

Royal Mews to relocate from Buckingham Palace to Windsor in a major change to royal operations

The Royal Mews is to leave its historic home at Buckingham Palace and relocate to Windsor, marking the most significant change to the monarchy’s transport headquarters in two centuries. According to the Sunday Times, the move, long discussed privately within royal circles, reflects the changing rhythm of royal life. Senior members of the Royal Family now spend considerably less time in…
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Queen Elizabeth's savage comeback after Princess Michael said her corgis 'should be shot'

For all the pageantry that surrounded Elizabeth II, little spoke more plainly of her private affections than the low-slung procession of corgis that padded faithfully after her. From Susan – presented to the then-Princess Elizabeth on her 18th birthday in 1944 – sprang a canine dynasty more enduring than many a court appointment; the Queen ultimately kept more than 30 of Susan’s…
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British Royals

King Charles sends heartfelt message to Hong Kong as city begins mourning for victims of Tai Po fire

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…
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British Royals

REVEALED: How the Duchess of Kent sold her clothes each year to fund new ones

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…
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