British Royals

King Charles reveals he's ''recovering'' from a shock as he arrives for COP28

King Charles has said he’s getting over the shock of turning 75 in light hearted comments at the start of COP28. His Majesty also said he was ‘very much all right’ as he arrived in Dubai for the meeting. His Majesty’s first engagement ahead of the summit was an audience with the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinibu. At the meeting, he was asked how he was. King Charles replied…
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Spain

Spain's future queen attends opening of parliament amidst political controversy

Princess Leonor has attended the opening of Spain’s new legislative session for the first time as political controversy continues to swirl. The heir to the throne, who swore allegiance to the country’s constitution when she turned 18 at the end of October, was at the Cortes in Madrid with her parents, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. The opening session comes just days after…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William presents Tusk awards

The Prince of Wales has said there can be no pause in the work to protect endangered species as he presented the annual Tusk Conservation Awards in London. Prince William, who has been patron of the Tusk Trust for almost 20 years, also praised rangers working to stop poachers and illegal traders targeting animals in the wild. The Prince said, in his speech, that they are ”guardians…
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Features

The princess who wore blue to say I do to a prince who waited decades to marry her

It’s one of my all time favourite royal wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since Prince Bertil of…
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