It’s one of the most recognisable symbols
of royalty in the world, and with hundreds of years of royal
history and coronations behind it, St Edward’s Crown is a priceless
national treasure … but really, what is it actually worth? As The
Crown returned to Netflix this past weekend, personal finance blog
SavingSpot virtually deconstructed The Queen’s coronation crown to…
Newsnight achieves record viewing figures for Prince Andrew interview
18th November 2019
BBC Newsnight has achieved its biggest
audience since the programme’s inception 40 years ago as almost 2
million people tuned in to see Emily Maitlis interview the Duke of
York. The hour-long broadcast with Prince Andrew over his
friendship with convicted sex…
The Duke of York has been embroiled in
further controversy after a former Downing Street aide alleged that
he used a racially insensitive term of phrase. The allegation
published by the London Evening Standard is denied by Buckingham
Palace, with sources telling the paper…
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of
Cornwall have kicked off their six-day New Zealand tour. The royals
arrived on Sunday morning at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base
Whenuapai, just north of Auckland. Governor-General Dame Patsy
Reddy and Auckland Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore greeted them at the
airport before they headed off to rest before the tour began. The
tour will see them meeting Prime…
Duke of York tells friends of his sympathy for victims of Epstein and regret for not stating it in interview
18th November 2019
The Duke of York has reportedly told
friends of his sympathy for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his
regret for not mentioning it in the BBC Newsnight interview that
aired Saturday night. According to an exclusive in the Daily Mail,
Prince Andrew told friends he…
Prince Andrew walked to Sunday church service separately so he and The Queen were not pictured together
18th November 2019
The Duke of York walked to church on
Sunday morning to avoid photographers snapping pictures of him next
to The Queen. Her Majesty arrived by car to the Royal Chapel of All
Saints, while Prince Andrew walked separately. A source told The
Sun: “He walked to the church…
Prince Andrew's 'cock-a-hoop' remarks to The Queen about his Newsnight interview cause surprise
18th November 2019
The Duke of York’s interview with BBC
Newsnight on Saturday has been widely condemned as calamitous, with
royal commentators universally calling the 50-minute discussion a
PR disaster. However, there is at least one person who thought the
interview went well – Prince Andrew himself. According to The Sun,
the 59-year-old prince told his mother, The Queen, that his
interrogation by…
There is intense pressure on the Duke of
York to heavily reduce his diary following his recent interview on
BBC Newsnight which was widely seen as calamitous. In a poll of
Royal Central readers, a significant majority of respondents
said that the Duke of York should step…
Election - what election? Prince Andrew's interview leads the newspapers for a third consecutive day
18th November 2019
It’s manifesto week in the UK – a time
when the main political parties release their plans and promises to
voters in the hope of winning the upcoming general election. But at
a time when one would expect the media to be dominated with
wall-to-wall coverage of…
The Duke of York has been subject to
plenty of ridicule this weekend following his extraordinary
interview to BBC Newsnight on Saturday. During the season premiere
of ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’, presenters Ant & Dec
referred to Prince Andrew within the first couple of minutes. Ant
Mcpartlin welcomed viewers to the show, saying: “Good evening.
