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The arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in England for the first time in almost 1000 years has put a different kind of royalty in the spotlight. This summer is about to get medieval as the Conqueror, his queen and the crown he won and made his own are all anyone wants to talk about, Chainmail is all the rage for clothing and interiors, there are online queues for tapestry tickets and no autumn party…

As summer approaches, royal watchers are once again looking ahead to one of the most established traditions in the Royal Family’s calendar – King Charles III’s annual stay at Balmoral Castle. While Buckingham Palace does not announce the exact date of the King’s arrival in advance, the monarch typically travels to the Aberdeenshire estate in mid to late August, shortly after official…

Prince Harry has every right to disagree with a judge. He has every right to appeal. He has every right to say he believes the court reached the wrong conclusion. What he does not have the right to do – at least not without inviting serious criticism – is accuse a High Court judgment of being a “complete and obvious whitewash”. That is no longer an attack on a decision. It is…

We’re used to seeing royals at Wimbledon, with the Princess of Wales now patron of the All England Club. But rewind nine decades and another royal was a familiar face on Centre Court. A princess known to her family as Thora regularly appeared on Pathe newsreels presenting trophies and cheering on the tennis stars of the day. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, a keen sportswoman and a…