With yesterday’s announcement from Buckingham Palace that Prince Philip will be retiring from his public role this autumn, talk has quickly turned to what this means for the rest of the family. With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge already planning to relocate to London full-time this fall, the time has clearly come for the younger generations to increasing their contribution to supporting The…
A new exhibition displaying iconic images of Diana, Princess of Wales has opened at the Althorp Estate, Northampton, the princess’s final resting place and the family seat of the Earls of Spencer since 1508.
The images – fifteen in total, taken in 1997 by legendary…
New BBC2 drama King Charles III portrays a British Royal Family descending into chaos following the ascension of Prince Charles to the throne. Adapted from Mike Bartlett’s West End and Broadway hit of the same name, the show features a full-blown constitutional crisis and…
Mayor Mircea Hava of former capital city Alba Iulia, in Transylvania, has extended a formal invitation to Prince Charles to take on the honorific title of Prince of Transylvania.
In a letter to the Prince of Wales Mayor Hava said: “We know how much you love Transylvania. It has become your second home and you have been the region’s most valuable ambassador. Moreover, you claim your roots from…
During a three-day visit to strengthen UK ties to the Middle East, Prime Minister Theresa May visited the royal palace in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman and hold talks on a wide range of subjects.
At the top of the agenda was security and business. A spokesperson for…
King Maha Vajiralongkorn has signed a new constitutional document in Bangkok with paves the way for a return to democracy in Thailand while still allowing the army to have an influential role in politics.
The document commits government to follow the 20-year development plan…
Prince Charles speaks to Holocaust survivors about his grandmother who hid Jewish family
7th April 2017
Speaking with Holocaust survivors at the Jewish Museum in Vienna, Prince Charles shared his pride for his ‘amazing’ grandmother, who sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis during World War Two.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were in Vienna on the final stop on their nine-day European tour, which saw them visit Romania, Italy and Austria. Their visit to the Jewish Museum gave…
Heir Force One! Aides to Prince Charles deny he bumped the Prime Minister off her plane for his European visits
6th April 2017
Royal sources have dismissed suggestions that Prince Charles inconvenienced British Prime Minister Theresa May by taking a Royal Air Force plane for his official visits with the Duchess of Cornwall in Europe.
Sources speaking to the Evening Standard newspaper said that the…
New book on Prince Charles sheds light on his personality and relationship with Diana
4th April 2017
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, publishing this Thursday, 6 April.
After four years interviewing 300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
Documentary reveals MI5 spied on the Duke of Windsor during his reign & after his abdication
3rd April 2017
In a Channel 4 documentary, Spying on the Royals, which aired Sunday night in the UK, it was revealed that during and after his brief reign as King, Edward VIII was under surveillance by the British secret service.
Adrian Phillips, author of The King Who Had to Go, has said that ‘putting MI5 onto Edward VIII was to treat the unchallenged and legitimate head of state as a potential threat to…
