Prince Harry was so keen on quitting the royal family that he initially refused the offer of a trial period which could have seen him and Meghan return to the UK after Megxit, royal sources have claimed. The review was insisted upon by courtiers and other royals, with the Queen keen to let Harry know … Read more
Princess Beatrice made a ‘last minute request’ to borrow the Queen’s gown for her surprise wedding, a source has revealed. The Queen’s granddaughter, 31, affectionately known as ‘Bea’, borrowed a Norman Hartnell gown from Her Majesty, 94, to wed Italian property developer Edo Mapelli Mozzi, 36, in a surprise service in the grounds of the … Read more
Princess Beatrice isolated with Prince Andrew and her family at their home in Windsor Park’s Great Lodge ‘for some time’, an insider has claimed. Princess Beatrice tied the knot to Italian property developer Edo Mapelli Mozzi in a surprise ceremony on Friday, releasing pictures alongside the Queen and Prince Philip on Saturday – but the shamed … Read more
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi tied the knot in a surprise secret ceremony at All Saints Chapel in Windsor on Friday, and on Sunday, Buckingham Palace shared two new pictures from the special day. Taking to Instagram, the official Royal Family account penned: ‘Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York and Mr. Mapelli Mozzi have … Read more
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi tied the knot in a surprise secret ceremony on Friday, and on Sunday, the groom shared three new pictures for the special day. However, moments after they were shared to the newlywed’s Instagram page, it appears that Italian property developer Edo took them down – but not before excited royal … Read more
Princess Beatrice has married Italian property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a surprise secret ceremony at Windsor Castle. The couple were due to tie the knot at the Chapel Royal of St James’s Palace on 29 March. But their ceremony was postponed due to Covid-19 and no new date was given by the palace at the time. It … Read more
The Queen was not told Gough Whitlam was about to be dismissed as Australian Prime Minister to protect her from a constitutional crisis. Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked the Labor PM on November 11, 1975, after a protracted fight to pass the budget between him and Malcolm Fraser. In the leadup to his decision, Sir … Read more
Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin has joined calls to redesign one of the Queen’s honours, which he received last year, after a petition was launched claiming its insignia is ‘racist’ and ‘looks similar to George Floyd‘s killing’. The insignia for the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George – one of the … Read more
Prince Philip’s low-key 99th birthday: Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen will mark the milestone with a simple lunch at Windsor Castle Sources said there were no plans for a party to celebrate Prince Philip’s birthday He will instead have a simple lunch with the Queen and phone calls from family Philip has been in … Read more
The Royal Family have shared remarkable black and white pictures of a young Queen visiting the Chelsea Flower Show as it becomes a virtual festival for the first time in its history. Posted to the Queen’s Instagram account, the pictures see the monarch stepping across a pond at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1949, aged 23, … Read more
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and baby Archie have held a video call with the Queen to wish her a happy birthday – just days after only a ‘vague discussion’ with her of their plans to boycott Britain’s most popular newspapers. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were joined by their 11-month-old son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor to speak … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
The Queen will address the nation in a special televised broadcast about the coronavirus outbreak from Windsor Castle which will air this Sunday at 8pm. Buckingham Palace said the broadcast to ‘the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth’ by the 93-year-old monarch has already been recorded. Expectation has been growing about when the head of state would … Read more