So much for silly season! August is
typically the time for royal websites to run stories about
back-to-school or speculate about the most minute royal details,
but with Wednesday’s shock announcement that the Duke and Duchess
of Sussex and their children are moving back to the United Kingdom,
it’s now breaking news season! With new information coming to light
minute by minute, we’ve…
Forever or for now? Fresh questions as Prince Harry and Meghan begin journey back to UK
20th August 2026
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be
moving back to the UK within days. Prince Harry and Meghan’s
surprise move will see them settle in the country by the end of
August with their children starting school somewhere in Britain in
early September. But several details…
Prime Minister says security arrangements for Prince Harry and Meghan are private as they head back to the UK
20th August 2026
Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has refused
to enter the debate about security arrangements for Prince Harry
and Meghan as they prepare to move back to the UK. The Duke and
Duchess of Sussex pulled yet another surprise on Wednesday when
they announced they want to return to…
Joan of Kent, also known as the ‘Fair
Maid of Kent’, was the first royal bride to hold the title Princess
of Wales, and she set a scandalous standard that seems to have
echoed down the centuries through its usage. Joan of Kent was born
during a time of tumult and treachery. As a granddaughter of King
Edward I through her father, she was of noble birth and grew up in
close proximity to her…
Princess Eugenie's baby name pick, Adelaide, has a long royal history and links her daughter to an over looked queen
17th August 2026
Princess Eugenie has shared the name
she’s chosen for her baby daughter and it’s got some very regal
connections. The newest member of the Royal Family has been named
Adelaide Elizabeth Annina with the princess sharing that the choice
celebrated ”three…
This princess has just overseen a major
change to royal history as she and her husband oversee an
alteration to succession laws that will brig a tiny nation into the
21st century. But this royal, called Sophie, has another strange
succession claim to her name. For this…
She served Queen Elizabeth II for almost 50 years - now her remarkable unicorn jewel is going to auction
10th August 2026
A spectacular unicorn brooch once owned
by one of Queen Elizabeth II’s longest-serving ladies-in-waiting is
heading to auction in London with an estimate of up to £30,000. The
extraordinary jewel belonged to Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy,
Dowager Countess of Airlie, who served Queen Elizabeth II as a Lady
of the Bedchamber for almost five decades. But while the brooch’s
royal…
Why King Charles and Queen Camilla couldn't get married in Windsor Castle - even though they announced they could
9th August 2026
It was a marriage for the history books
but the bride and groom soon discovered that even royalty has to
play by some rules. When King Charles and Queen Camilla announced
their engagement in February 2005, they said almost straight away
that they would marry in April…
When history judges a monarch, it
remembers the Crown; but rarely remembers the person standing just
behind it. Yet, behind every successful reign is someone the public
seldom sees – the Private Secretary. It is one of the most powerful
jobs in Britain. No…
King Charles has continued the
long-standing tradition of spending part of every August at the
Castle of Mey, the remote Caithness retreat loved by his
grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. But alongside its
royal history, the castle is also home to one of Scotland’s most
enduring ghost stories. For generations, visitors and staff have
spoken of “The Green Lady”, a…
