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For families across the country, separated by lockdown, it’s the little things that make such a difference at the moment. And it’s clear just what a home-made gift means to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. This beautiful image, shared by Buckingham Palace today to mark their 73rd wedding anniversary, shows the couple looking … Read more
The creator of hit series The Crown believes the Queen was a better mother to two younger children as she was still ‘trying to find her feet’ when Prince Charles and Princess Anne were young. Peter Morgan said the Queen was probably ‘much more ready to be a mother’ to Prince Andrew, born in 1960, and Prince … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are growing further apart from the royal family because they ‘do things their own way whatever the cost, while the Firm refuses to bend the rules’, a royal expert has claimed. Katie Nicholl noted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to publicise a visit to Los Angeles National Cemetery on … Read more
The man who broke into the Queen’s Buckingham Palace bedroom in 1982 has criticised Netflix for making him ‘too ugly’ in The Crown. Michael Fagan, now 70, who came face-to-face with Her Majesty after climbing the railings of her London residence, also said Tom Brooke, the actor who played him has ‘no charisma’ and needed to … Read more
Netflix has sparked controversy after eagle-eyed military viewers noticed Olivia Colman’s salute was ‘limp’ in The Crown’s season trailer. In the trailer for the fourth season of the hit show, the Queen gave a salute as she watched the Red Arrows perform a flypast at Buckingham Palace in London. But General Lord Dannatt, former head … Read more
Cheers, Ma’am! UK gets extra bank holiday for a four-day weekend to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 Britons will be given Friday, June 3 off as an additional bank holiday in 2022 Forms part of celebrations for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in her 70th year of rule Late May Bank Holiday will be put back to … Read more
The new series of The Crown will tell the tragic story of the Queen’s ‘hidden’ cousins who were locked up in an asylum and registered as dead after being born with severe learning difficulties. The Netflix drama returns to our screens this weekend and offers its take on the shameful scandal that saw sisters Katherine … Read more
Although not known for cracking jokes in public, Her Majesty the Queen could not resist a light-hearted exchange with the comedy duo Cannon and Ball after the Royal Variety Performance of 1987. The previous week they had been introduced to the Duke of Edinburgh at a charity dinner. ‘We were told to address him as … Read more
Princess Diana thought her husband should ‘stand aside’ to let William succeed the Queen because he wasn’t up to the job, a documentary reveals. Speaking before her bombshell TV interview with Martin Bashir, Diana also made plain her ‘hatred’ for Prince Charles and described their marriage as ‘hell from day one’. Details of the extraordinary … Read more
Omid Scobie accused the Royal Family of wasting an opportunity to present a ‘strong visual’ today amid the country’s fight against coronavirus after the Queen and Prince William appeared in public not wearing face masks. The 94-year-old monarch, who falls into the ‘at risk’ age bracket for Covid-19, was joined by her grandson at the Defence … Read more