British Royals

Will Prince William give up one of the oldest titles associated with the English Monarchy?

Questions have arisen over whether one of the oldest titles associated with the English monarchy is about to disappear. A new book debates whether the Prince of Wales will be known as Defender of the Faith when he eventually takes the throne. The issue arises in Robert Hardman’s book Charles III. In it, the differences in spirituality between The King and his heir are widely talked…
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British Royals

How Charles III discovered he was king

Charles III found out he was King in a simple but heartbreaking way. The Monarch wasn’t with his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, when she died. He had spent a long time with her on the afternoon of her death but had gone out for a walk to allow his sister, Princess Anne, some time alone with their mother whose health had declined rapidly in the hours before her passing. Now, a new book by…
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Princess Anne and Family

The Princess Royal in Sri Lanka in first royal overseas trip of 2024

The Princess Royal and her husband, Vice Admiral Sit Timothy Laurence, are in Sri Lanka for an official visit at the request of King Charles III and his government.  Her Royal Highness landed in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on 10th January, and she was welcomed at the airport by the British High Commissioner to the country, Andrew Patrick, as well as the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign…
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British Royals

The very royal history of the first tiara ever worn by the Princess of Wales

The Cartier Halo Tiara gained a new chapter in a special history when it was worn by Catherine Middleton when she married Prince William in 2011. Commissioned by the Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth II’s father in 1936, from the House of Cartier, the tiara is made from 1000 diamonds and platinum. [getty src=”119552851″ width=”594″ height=”401″ tld=”com”] Three narrow bands…
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