Features

Goodbye Buckingham Palace? The Royal Family are slowly but surely abandoning London

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8th December 2025
The proposed relocation of the Royal Mews may seem like a simple matter of logistics, but symbolically it speaks to something far larger: the Royal Family’s gradual retreat from the capital. For an institution so tightly bound to the image of Buckingham Palace, every shift away from London raises the same question – are the royals quietly leaving their historic heart behind? Buckingham…
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Features

As a royal watcher, I'm beyond excited by Kate's jewel pick and I've got one ask. Please bring these tiaras out of the jewel vault next!

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4th December 2025
Was anybody expecting the Princess of Wales to show up to the German State Banquet in Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet tiara? I definitely wasn’t! But now that I’ve picked my jaw up off the floor, I’ve been thinking: there are more tiaras hiding away in the vault that I’d love to see get some sunlight soon. Here are a few that I can’t wait to see again. EMPRESS MARIE…
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Features

The story of a princess who was almost blown up on her wedding day is still shocking

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2nd December 2025
The portrait of a beautiful queen loomed large over King Felipe today. The royal in question was his great grandmother, Victoria Eugenia, who had to leave Spain when her husband, King Alfonso XIII, was forced into exile. She only returned when Felipe was born to act as his godmother. Now, her story is being told in a huge new exhibition in Madrid and it’s quite a tale. In fact, it’s hard to…
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Opinion

The grim hypothetical that shows just how little power The King really has

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26th November 2025
As a one-time student of constitutional law, I remember all too well the shocking hypothetical scenarios lecturers loved to propose. For example, what if Parliament passed a law requiring all blue-eyed babies to be killed at birth? It is absurd, horrifying, and – crucially – impossible in practice. This one stuck with me, thanks to my lecturer, the inimitable Jeff Murray, who used it to…
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