A former Director General of the BBC has
apologised to Earl Spencer after a new enquiry found that Martin
Bashir used ”rogue methods” to secure his 1995 interview with
Diana, Princess of Wales. The report, made public on May 20th 2021,
looked at the methods used by Bashir to gain the confidence of the
princess for the Panorama interview which is widely seen as a
catalyst for the…
The Duchess of Sussex has said, in court
papers, that she allowed a third party to pass personal information
to the authors of Finding Freedom. The Duchess said she allowed a
friend to speak to Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand because she was
concerned that her…
Margaret Thatcher & The Queen - What was their relationship like?
15th November 2020
It was May 1979, and Margaret Thatcher
had just been elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Queen
Elizabeth II was 27 years into her reign, and for the first time in
history, the country was ruled, at the highest level, entirely by
females. When Elizabeth II acceded…
Our Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, and
our News Editor, Lydia Starbuck, debate on whether or not Belgium
should have added a new princess to the Belgian Royal Family. Lydia
Starbuck, News Editor I can’t help feeling that the decision to
create Delphine, daughter of Albert II, a princess of Belgium is a
step too far. The illegitimate child of the former King of the
Belgians will be…
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli
Mozzi have shared the first images of their surprise wedding. The
couple married on July 17th 2020 at the Royal Chapel of All Saints
in the grounds of the Windsor estate. The official photos were
taken immediately after the 11am…
The Countess was born Sophie Helen
Rhys-Jones in Oxford on 20 January 1965; she was given the name
Helen after her paternal aunt who had sadly died five years earlier
following a riding accident. She has an elder brother, David. One
of her godfathers, Thane Bettany is the…
This article was written by Oskar Aanmoen
and originally published in 2016. It has been republished in honour
of Halloween. His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Denmark formerly
lived with his family in a dignified villa in the district of
Klampenborg in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. There, the family
lived for two years after they moved from Schackenborg Castle in
Jylland. Now, the family…
Royal engagements set to be carried out
by the Duke of York in Northern Ireland have been cancelled
according to reports from Sky News. Prince Andrew is due to visit
this month but Sky is reporting that parts of his planned itinerary
have been scrapped over the ongoing…
Royal Central’s website has undergone a
design change for the first time in four years. The new design,
which makes navigation easier and loading quicker for readers,
launched on 25th July – Royal Central’s seventh birthday. A few
features of the new site…
If you’ve ever wondered how the Royal
Monarchy is funded, or where the Queen and the Royal Family get
their spending money, rejoice, because you’ve just found a simple
guide that should help you understand this commonly overlooked
aspect of British government! There are three primary sources of
public and private funding for the Royal Monarchy – The Sovereign
Grant, The Privy Purse…
