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The arrest of the King’s brother at a private residence on the Sandringham estate was carried out without prior notification to Buckingham Palace. Shortly after eight o’clock on Thursday morning, six unmarked vehicles and a number of plain-clothes officers from Thames Valley Police arrived at Wood Farm, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had taken up residence only weeks ago. By…

Among the many curiosities of royal life, few were as quietly surprising as the late Duchess of Kent’s affection for gangsta rap – a musical enthusiasm that sat far from public expectation yet perfectly captured her lifelong devotion to sound in all its forms. After Princess Anne declined the chance to learn how to rap this week, we take a look back at a rare interview the Duchess of…