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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle documentary about Megxit to air in Germany next week - as film crew investigates the Sussexes' new life in Montecito
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle documentary about Megxit to air in Germany next week - as film crew investigates the Sussexes' new life in Montecito

Daily Mail  

Germany's first major documentary on the fallout from Megxit will hit television screens in just a few days, claiming to delve into shocking insights that could reshape perceptions of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Here her new documentary sees Grunewald examining the seismic shifts in the British royal family since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back from their duties …

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Empress Masako of Japan - who was dubbed 'a broken butterfly' due to ill health and struggles to adapt to imperial life - takes time out of UK state visit
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Empress Masako of Japan - who was dubbed 'a broken butterfly' due to ill health and struggles to adapt to imperial life - takes time out of UK state visit

Daily Mail  

Empress Masako, a talented economist who became only the third commoner to marry into the royal family, has long been seen as Japan's 'reluctant royal'. The Empress wore a mask due to a horse hair allergy Prince William greets Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at their hotel in London yesterday Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako sign the visitor's …

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King Charles 'enormously' enjoyed first steps back into public life at Easter service, offering his trademark 'gestures of humour' to well-wishers - while Queen Camilla cast 'no anxious glances' towar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

King Charles 'enormously' enjoyed first steps back into public life at Easter service, offering his trademark 'gestures of humour' to well-wishers - while Queen Camilla cast 'no anxious glances' towar

Daily Mail  

The King's body language as he attended the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel Windsor this morning showed he was delighted to be back in the company of his people, claims a leading body language expert. Right: A lingering wave: King Charles waved four times before entering St George's Chapel for the Easter service, suggesting he wanted a little …

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Crystal Cascades death prompts suggestion of lifeguards to improve inland swimming spot safety
9 months, 1 week ago

Crystal Cascades death prompts suggestion of lifeguards to improve inland swimming spot safety

ABC  

In short: New data shows more than 60 people have died in Far North Queensland's inland waterways in the last two decades, including a tourist last week. New data shows more than 60 people have died in Far North Queensland's inland waterways in the last two decades, including a tourist last week. Royal Life Saving Australia's national fatal drowning database …

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Review of Ruby Lal’s Vagabond Princess — The Great Adventures of Gulbadan: The Mughals’ memory keeper
9 months, 1 week ago

Review of Ruby Lal’s Vagabond Princess — The Great Adventures of Gulbadan: The Mughals’ memory keeper

The Hindu  

Most people tend to have cliched ideas about the role of women in the Mughal empire. Historian Ruby Lal’s book, Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan, is an account of Gulbadan Banu Begum, literally ‘Rosebody’, Babur’s daughter and an exceptional but under-appreciated figure. Gulbadan wrote a historical memoir of the Mughals when she was in her sixties, ‘Ahval-i Humayun …

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The Mountbatten beauty and Canadian welder who are engaged after a twist of fate made them fall in love. So what do her family - who are more royal than the royals - have to say?
9 months, 1 week ago

The Mountbatten beauty and Canadian welder who are engaged after a twist of fate made them fall in love. So what do her family - who are more royal than the royals - have to say?

Daily Mail  

Plans for Maddison Brudenell’s wedding day are slowly taking shape. Maddison pictured as a baby with her aunt India Hicks and and grandmother Lady Pamela So how does a hunky, down-to-earth Canadian adapt to a family where everyone is a ‘somebody’? ‘Being in the committal service you could hear a pin drop in between the speeches.’ Maddison with her first …

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Almost 100 people drowned in Australia over summer, a quarter between Christmas and New Year
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Almost 100 people drowned in Australia over summer, a quarter between Christmas and New Year

ABC  

In short: Records show there was a 10 per cent rise in the number of drownings this summer compared to last summer. And more than a quarter of the deaths occurred in the week between Christmas and New Year, according to the Summer Coastal Drowning Report released by Surf Life Saving Australia. Chair of lifesaving at Surf Life Saving Australia …

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What the frenzy over Kate Middleton’s ‘disappearance’ says about the royals — and us
9 months, 3 weeks ago

What the frenzy over Kate Middleton’s ‘disappearance’ says about the royals — and us

LA Times  

In case you’re keeping track, and many people are, it has been 66 days since Kate Middleton was seen in public. But the complete absence of Kate from the public eye, coupled with King Charles’ recent announcement that treatment for an enlarged prostate revealed an unnamed form of cancer, has sparked an increasingly agitated royal watch, replete with conspiracy theories …

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RICHARD KAY: Harry's arrival is a reminder of just how fractured the Royal Family has become. William believes their trust has been utterly destroyed. But could their father's illness lead to a rappro
10 months, 2 weeks ago

RICHARD KAY: Harry's arrival is a reminder of just how fractured the Royal Family has become. William believes their trust has been utterly destroyed. But could their father's illness lead to a rappro

Daily Mail  

It is not hard to imagine the confusion of emotions that will be flooding through Prince William’s mind today: sadness and anxiety at his father’s illness but also bewilderment at the enormity of the challenge now facing him and the inevitable sacrifices he will be forced to make. Old guard: Charles and Camilla lead William, Kate, Harry and Meghan at …

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A day in the life of a King Charles I lookalike: ‘It takes a hell of a lot of work’
1 year, 7 months ago

A day in the life of a King Charles I lookalike: ‘It takes a hell of a lot of work’

The Independent  

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MAUREEN CALLAHAN: 'Eviction' is the greatest gift to Harry and Meghan
1 year, 9 months ago

MAUREEN CALLAHAN: 'Eviction' is the greatest gift to Harry and Meghan

Daily Mail  

They're down and out! You can't write a poison-pen memoir dishing all kinds of private information about your father and brother, take bitter revenge at your stepmother — Harry revealed that he and Prince William begged Charles not to marry Camilla — and undermine the monarchy itself while making millions, then expect the royals to help house you! Within the …

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Review of Prince Harry’s Spare: Breaking a royal silence
1 year, 10 months ago

Review of Prince Harry’s Spare: Breaking a royal silence

The Hindu  

Of the countless wars that the British Royals have been involved in, it is just possible that the latest, the ‘War of the Windsors’, will emerge as the most significant of them all. The internecine wars that have pock-marked the long history of the British Royal family — and haven’t there been countless — are in danger of being upended …

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Did Meghan Markle take veiled swipe at royal family in Archetypes podcast?
2 years, 2 months ago

Did Meghan Markle take veiled swipe at royal family in Archetypes podcast?

Daily Mail  

The Duchess of Sussex has told listeners to 'be yourself no matter what any societal framework tells you' as she recorded her first Archetypes podcast since the Queen's death. For example, in an interview with American magazine The Cut, she recalled chatting to a South African cast member of The Lion King at the film's 2019 London premiere Prince Harry, …

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King Charles 'saw "tremendous flickers of hope" speaking to Harry and Meghan', royal insiders say
2 years, 2 months ago

King Charles 'saw "tremendous flickers of hope" speaking to Harry and Meghan', royal insiders say

Daily Mail  

Hopes of a thaw in the 'cold war' between The Firm and the Sussexes emerged last night after royal insiders revealed that King Charles saw 'tremendous flickers of hope' when he spoke to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Queen's funeral - and even believes he might even be able to salvage the relationship with the duke and duchess. …

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A new book reveals that Meghan and Harry wanted Windsor Castle
2 years, 2 months ago

A new book reveals that Meghan and Harry wanted Windsor Castle

Daily Mail  

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had hoped to move into a 'suite of apartments at Windsor Castle' but were given Frogmore Cottage instead, a bombshell book has claimed. Or pre-order via http://hachettebookgroup.com/titles/katie-nicholl/the-new-royals/9780306827983/ Meghan 'thought she would be the Beyoncé of the UK when she married Harry': Bombshell new book claims Sussexes felt 'cornered and misunderstood' by the Palace and …

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Royal chaplain speaks of ‘deep sadness’ after Queen’s ‘remarkable life’
2 years, 3 months ago

Royal chaplain speaks of ‘deep sadness’ after Queen’s ‘remarkable life’

The Independent  

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Huw Edwards reflects on the Queen’s life as he announces her death on the BBC
2 years, 3 months ago

Huw Edwards reflects on the Queen’s life as he announces her death on the BBC

The Independent  

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Kate Middleton dons her country casual in Copenhagen
2 years, 10 months ago

Kate Middleton dons her country casual in Copenhagen

Daily Mail  

Kate Middleton cemented her status as a future Queen today with a high profile meeting with the current and future monarchs of Denmark, Queen Margrethe II and Crown Princess Mary, who officially welcomed her to Copenhagen on day two of her working visit. It is supported by the Mary Foundation, founded by the crown princess in 2007 The Duchess of …

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: MI5 chief’s chilling warning to the West
2 years, 10 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: MI5 chief’s chilling warning to the West

Daily Mail  

The head of MI5 gives a chilling warning today that we are engaged in a struggle for our very way of life. In a rare and extremely candid interview, with the Daily Mail, Ken McCallum speaks of a battle for supremacy between the liberal, democratic West and ‘authoritarian’ states such as Russia and China. Even more worryingly, he says we …

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Kate Middleton's birthday portrait is inspired by Cecil Beaton
2 years, 11 months ago

Kate Middleton's birthday portrait is inspired by Cecil Beaton

Daily Mail  

The Duchess of Cambridge paid tribute to the history of royal photography in her birthday portraits by drawing on the work of Cecil Beaton, famous for capturing the Queen, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother. A Palace source said that for this side-on shot, Kate, who studied art history at St Andrews University, was inspired by the work of Cecil …

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Prince Harry says Meghan Markle made him seek therapy, compares Royal life to living in zoo
3 years, 7 months ago

Prince Harry says Meghan Markle made him seek therapy, compares Royal life to living in zoo

India Today  

Prince Harry is once again making headlines after making an appearance in an interview where he talked about his first date with Meghan Markle, his mental health, seeing a therapist and why he wanted to leave the Royal life. FIRST DATE WITH MEGHAN MARKLE Prince Harry talked about his first date with Meghan Markle and said they met at a …

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RICHARD KAY: How HAS it come to this... and what on earth would Prince Philip think?
3 years, 8 months ago

RICHARD KAY: How HAS it come to this... and what on earth would Prince Philip think?

Daily Mail  

On Saturday, when the nation comes to a halt for the funeral of one of its last bona fide Second World War heroes, not one of Prince Philip's family will be clad in military uniform. The two dukes, of course, are Prince Andrew and Prince Harry, both semi-detached from royal life yet both with a compelling hold on a military …

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Britain Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dies at 99
3 years, 8 months ago

Britain Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dies at 99

India TV News  

Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, …

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Prince Philip dedicated his life to playing the supporting role
3 years, 8 months ago

Prince Philip dedicated his life to playing the supporting role

Al Jazeera  

While known for outrageous statements many saw as bigoted, Prince Philip made personal sacrifices to support the Queen. “Formally dedicating his life to playing the supporting role to his wife went against the grain of his overtly masculine character,” Philip Eade, author of Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life, told Al Jazeera. “He took an interest in young people …

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