Opinion

Message to Princess Anne: Put your feet up ma’am and enjoy your birthday - you deserve it

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12th June 2025
Royal Central’s Editor-at-Large, Charlie Proctor, is hopeful that Princess Anne will put herself first for just one day, and celebrate her 75th birthday in August in style. Hard-working, self-effacing and utterly dedicated to duty. These are the words I would use to describe the Princess Royal. Despite being well past retirement age, she remains a constant in the royal diary, carrying out…
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Prince Harry: From crown jewel to royal outcast

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19th February 2024
Charlie Proctor offers his thoughts on Prince Harry’s fall from grace, ten years on from a 2014 article praising his dedication to work and duty. As I was settling down for breakfast one day last week, I decided it would be fun to take a dive into Royal Central’s…
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Why I long to see royals lean into the fantasy of royalty

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8th July 2023
Some royal moments really make their mark. When the Prince and Princess of Wales visited Pakistan several years ago, they spent time at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital. They met with many children with serious illnesses including Wafia Rehmani, a seven-year-old girl battling a kidney tumour. Wafia had set up a fun tea party complete with tiaras. William and Catherine joyfully participated, and…
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The Royal Family is in crisis - step up Lady Louise?

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17th May 2023
Charlie Proctor says The Royal Family is approaching fast crisis point with an ever ageing monarchy. Could Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor offer a possible solution. This time last week, we all gasped in awe as the official portraits were released to mark the Coronation…
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It’s about time Princess Anne’s hardworking husband, Sir Tim Laurence, is properly recognised by The King

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25th January 2023
To the average person, Sir Timothy Laurence will not be a familiar name, nor will his face invoke many memories. However, he is undoubtably one of the harder working members of The Royal Family, and indeed, is married to the person many consider to be the hardest working royal – Princess Anne. Her Royal Highness has enjoyed a busy start to 2023, visiting Cyprus and Estonia, in addition…
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Danish Royal Family refuses to pussyfoot around the issue of ‘Queen Camilla’

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23rd November 2022
The Danish Royal Family have refused to entertain the notion of Camilla being styled as ‘Queen Consort’, instead referring to Her Majesty as ‘Queen of Great Britain’. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, official statements have referred to Camilla as ‘The Queen Consort’, despite there being no previous precedent for this. Ditching the ‘Consort’ title, a…
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