
Inside the Royal Family's gruelling 2024 and how it's overtaken their 1992 crisis - from shock cancer diagnoses, secret finance woes, the Chinese 'spy' scandal and TWO embarrassing TV shows about disg
Daily MailBack in 1992, Queen Elizabeth II endured the lowest point of her reign after a year of royal scandal and turmoil which she famously dubbed her 'annus horribilis'. A barrage of bad news in 2024 - including King Charles's cancer diagnosis - has caused the Royal Family to face what some have called its deepest crisis since the 1936 abdication of Edward VIII Prince William, who lost his mother aged 15 and walked behind her coffin six days later, said in November that this year was 'the hardest year of my life' The original 'annus horribilis' of 1992 The Royal Family's original 'annus horribilis', happened in 1992 after the late Queen's children Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne all announced the ends of their respective marriages that year. King Charles' shock cancer diagnosis Fast forward to 2024 and the Royal Family's year got off to a terrible start. Prince Harry has grown estranged from Prince William over recent years, putting further strain on the monarchy The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their son Archie, and the Queen Consort, the King, Ms Doria Ragland, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and the Prince and Princess of Wales at Windsor Castle after his christening in July 2019 William, Harry, Meghan and Charles at a Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in 2019 Since stepping down as working royals in 2020 and moving to California with their family, the Sussexes have aired allegations and grievances against the monarchy and members of Harry's family. Another tragedy to befall the Royal Family in 2024, came in February when Thomas Kingston, the husband of their daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, was found dead at his parents' home Queen Camilla, King Charles III, Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston watch the racing from the Royal Box at Royal Ascot in 2023 Prince Michael of Kent and Lady Gabriella Windsor at her wedding to Thomas Kingston at St George's Chapel on May 18, 2019 Thomas Kingston was close friends with Pippa Matthews, the Princess of Wales' sister, with the pair being said to have dated in 2011.
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