British Royals

King Charles has sent a deeply personal message of sympathy to the people of Hong Kong as the city enters a three-day mourning period following its deadliest fire in nearly eight decades. A solemn minute’s silence was held by officials on Saturday to honour those who died in the catastrophic blaze, which tore through seven residential towers in Tai Po earlier this week. Local authorities have…

The Princess of Wales’s ability to put people at ease has been praised by the broadcaster Roman Kemp, who has described the strikingly informal way she conducted herself during a private visit to his parents’ home while working on a mental-health project. Kemp, who collaborated with the Princess on a short film highlighting the importance of mental wellbeing and early childhood, recalled in…

Visitors to the British Library’s Secret Maps exhibition are being treated to one of the more unexpected curiosities of the Second World War: a lingerie set created for Lady Mountbatten from genuine wartime escape maps printed on silk. During the conflict, Allied airmen were issued with silk maps because the fabric was quiet, durable, and water-resistant – ideal for evading capture…