Royal News

The king and queen who did the Olympics like the rest of us - with snacks

The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are almost over but with just hours to go until the closing ceremony, two royals have made a late bid for best Games appearance. King Harald and Queen Sonja, both 87, have shared how they have been following every moment of Norway’s attempts at Olympic gold and it turns out that royals are just like the rest of us. While other kings and queens not to…
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British Royals

A queen's favourite tiara that hides a history of family feuds and unlucky stones

It was created by a very creative prince during a family drama and this tiara has seen plenty of changes thanks to the right royal row surrounding it. Many of the stones that were originally included in it have been changed and yet it remains a sparkling example of beautiful royal jewellery. It was so stunning that one queen in particular became so fond of it, she forgot to hand it back when…
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Features

An evening at home with two empresses in an ancient castle

Every ten years in the UK, a census is held. All households in the country are required to fill in a form with details of everyone living in that one unit to give a picture of the population and help plan future services. The information is held securely and can’t be released publicly for another 100 years. But that means that, a century on, we get wonderful snapshots of life long ago. I…
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British Royals

Another first for the reign of King Charles III and this time it's golden

Team GB’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics brought a special royal moment with it and it’s been 76 years in the making. After their win the the team eventing, Laura Collett, Tom McEwen and Ros Canter stood on the podium to hear the national anthem played. And for the first time since 1948, that was God Save The King. While the winners were singing for Charles III, it was…
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