British Royals

Princess Anne offers help to James, Earl of Wessex as the Duchess of Edinburgh has to miss royal Easter

The Princess Royal was on hand to help her nephew, the Earl of Wessex, as they both attended the Easter Sunday service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. James walked to the chapel with his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, but without his mum or sister. The Duchess of Edinburgh was missing from the Royal Family line up. it was reported she was ”under the weather” and had had to…
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King Charles leads Royal Family as they gather in Windsor for Easter Sunday service

King Charles was given a warm welcome by the Royal Family as they headed to church on Easter Sunday. The King and Queen arrived at St. George’s Chapel by car where the rest of the family was waiting for them. The Prince and Princess of Wales had led the royal party who walked to the doors of St. George’s. Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10 and Prince Louis, 7, were with…
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Features

The Letters Patent of King George V ensured a very popular royal baby had a royal title

They were one of the most talked about royal documents of the last years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II but they had already had a major impact on her own life. The Letters Patent of 1917 became global news as various members of her Royal Family hit the headlines for the wrong reasons and talk turned to taking away titles. However, the late Queen herself had found her own first title dictated…
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Countdown to a Centenary: in April 1926, a royal was writing a book and the papers were far from kind about it

One hundred years ago this month, the Royal Family was big news. In a country still recovering from World War One and negotiating the new social set up that had ushered in, they had become what they always were at their best. A focal point. And what was drawing everyone’s focus was the arrival of a baby. Despite the lack of formal announcement, everyone knew that the wife of the second…
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