Features

Queen Letizia lends her most important tiara to an exhibition - here's how you can see it up close

Queen Letizia of Spain has lent one of the most famous tiaras in Europe to an exhibition and royal fans a few weeks left to see it up close. The tiara, the Flor de Lis, is on loan to Spain’s National Collection for a special display on Queen Victoria Eugenia who was consort to King Alfonso XIII and is a great grandmother of King Felipe VI. The diadem is also known informally as…
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Features

This is why Kate's green dress is the ultimate soft diplomatic move

The Princess of Wales wore the colours of Nigeria’s flag as she joined King Charles for a State Banquet in honour of the country’s president. Kate, along with Prince William, was among the royal guests at the gala dinner held at Windsor on the first day of the State Visit by President Bola Tinubu. The Princess chose a deep green dress and matched it with the cream and white of…
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Opinion

No, William isn’t about to be King — and we’ve heard this before

Rumours about the imminent end of one reign and the beginning of another are as old as monarchy itself. And yet, every few months, they resurface with renewed certainty: this time, we are told, it really is about to happen. The latest version claims that King Charles III will soon step aside and that Prince William will take the throne within months. Here we go again. These whispers tend to…
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Features

Countdown to a Centenary: in April 1926, everyone was talking about a royal writing a book

One hundred years ago this month, the Royal Family was big news. In a country still recovering from World War One and negotiating the new social set up that had ushered in, they had become what they always were at their best. A focal point. And what was drawing everyone’s focus was the arrival of a baby. .Despite the lack of formal announcement, everyone knew that the wife of the second son…
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