On the night of March 20, 1974, Inspector
Jim Beaton – then a Metropolitan Police protection officer assigned
as a royal bodyguard – stepped out of a Royal limousine and into
history. “I’ve still got a bit of bullet lodged in my hand,” he
recalled in a BBC interview in 2024. “In fact, it’s just about
there somewhere.” Beaton had been assigned as Princess Anne’s…
Fifty years after one of the most
audacious attacks on the Royal Family, Ian Ball – the man who tried
to kidnap Princess Anne – walks free and insists he is innocent. It
was a quiet March evening in 1974 when Princess Anne, then just 23,
was being driven back…
The man who attempted to kidnap Princess
Anne at gunpoint more than 50 years ago has been quietly released
from a secure psychiatric hospital. Ian Ball, now 77, was released
from Broadmore Hospital in 2019, and has quietly been living in the
community since. The news…
As the monarchy prepares, in time, for
the transition from King Charles III to his heir, the Prince of
Wales, questions of royal protocol and constitutional formality
inevitably begin to surface. Among them, one matter of subtle yet
significant consequence awaits a decision by the future King
William V: what title will Queen Camilla bear should she outlive
her husband? The answer lies in a…
As the modern monarchy continues its
evolution under King Charles III, attention is already beginning to
turn toward the future reign of his heir, the Prince of Wales.
Among the constitutional considerations that will inevitably arise
is a delicate and significant decision…
He was the outsider who never truly felt
he belonged – a man of charm, culture, and conviction, who walked
several paces behind a Queen but longed, quietly and then not so
quietly, to be recognised as her equal. Prince Henrik of Denmark,
the French-born husband of…
Nestled amidst twelve acres of
meticulously tended gardens lies Ray Mill House, the discreet
country residence of Queen Camilla. The Grade II listed property,
located in the English countryside, has long been a private
sanctuary for the Queen Consort, far from the public eye and royal
duties. Constructed circa 1860, Ray Mill House is a striking
example of 19th-century Italianate architecture…
While the titleQueen Consortis
well-established as the official designation for the wife of a
reigning king, the male equivalent –King Consort– is notably absent
from British royal tradition. Why does the monarchy have
aQueen…
As the Monarchy continues to evolve under
King Charles III, attention has inevitably turned toward the future
reign of his son, Prince William, the Prince of Wales. Among the
constitutional and ceremonial considerations that will arise with
this transition is the question of…
The King has arrived in Scotland to begin
his traditional summer holiday, marking a key moment in the royal
calendar that echoes decades of tradition. The King left
Sandringham on Sunday following the Sunday church service. The
royal plane took off from the nearby RAF Marham, landing at Wick in
the northern-most part of mainland Britain. His Majesty is
understood to be spending a week at…
