Kiss while playing polo: Megan and Harry were again compared to Charles and Diana
Prince Harry, even while living in America, finds an opportunity to play his favorite polo. Yesterday, his wife Megan accompanied him to one of these games. Harry,…
Princess Diana's apartment, where she lived before her engagement to Charles, is up for sale
Diana, Princess of Wales’ apartment in London, where Lady Di lived before her marriage to Prince Charles, has been put up for sale for a tidy sum….
It's no longer a secret: it became known why Meghan Markle could not live in the royal family
Journalist Tina Brown shares details of Meghan Markle’s life at the palace in her new book, The Palace Papers: Inside The House Of Windsor. The author of…
The Palace Papers exposes royal stories The Crown writers can only dream of – from Andrew to Megxit
And my personal favourite, Boris Johnson on meeting Prince Andrew: “I’m the last person to be a republican, but f—. If I ever have to spend another…
Princess Diana had ‘no regrets’ over Martin Bashir interview, says biographer
In the wake of the report Tim Davie, the BBC’s director-general, publicly apologised for the corporation’s “multiple serious failures” around the interview. The Duke of Sussex said…
Patrick Demarchelier didn’t just transform Diana’s image – he turned royalty into stars
It was the Princess’s idea to call him for her Vogue cover. She’d seen his fashion pictures in the magazine, including one of Claudia Schiffer cupping her…
‘Relief’ for Princess Diana’s private secretary paid damages by BBC over Martin Bashir interview
In an extraordinary act of generosity, Cmdr Jephson has chosen not to keep the compensation, but instead give it to the Ty Hafan children’s hospice in Penarth,…
In defence of Princess Diana’s ‘terrible’ hair
In an interview with the Telegraph this week, the 84 year-old photographer David Bailey was reliably outspoken about his experience photographing the Royals. The Queen, he said,…
From Diana to Megxit, a new biography reveals how the Queen kept her cool
Oh no, not another 700-page tome on the Queen, you groan. Surely there is nothing new to add. Well, it turns out that Robert Hardman has plenty…
David Bailey on Diana’s ‘terrible hair’, the Queen’s ‘beautiful skin’, and living with dementia
Bailey’s photographs are extraordinary things: so vital that they seem to crackle. He loathes talking technique but has said that his secret was to “fall in love…
Life Through a Royal Lens, review: an engrossing look at the royal family’s rapport with the camera
If you’ve ever been horror-struck by how you look in a photograph, take heart that you are in the very best company. In 1852, Queen Victoria actually…
Unseen image of ‘stoic and regal’ Princess Diana displayed in royal photography exhibition
Curators at Historic Royal Palaces have now secured it for a new Kensington Palace exhibition about the Royal Family and photography, believing it is the “most powerful”…
Special advisers mustn’t become too special
My first thought on last week’s resignation of Munira Mirza, the head of Boris Johnson’s Policy Unit, was that this was the worst blow so far in…
40 years ago The Sloane Ranger Handbook had prophetic things to say, Prince Andrew
A good deal happened in January 1982. I don’t remember much because I wasn’t around then, but according to a quick flick through the internet, that was…
The Princess, review: a reminder that Diana’s life and death were no soap opera
In an ordinary American house on a late August evening in 1997, seven friends are sitting at a table playing cards. One of them is filming the…
Duchess of Cambridge danced a ‘waltz mixed with rock ‘n roll’ in secret 40th birthday shoot
“In the end I wanted to take pictures in motion, so with that wonderful wide skirt I made her dance in front of my lens, a kind…
The Royal family’s 25 best festive fashion moments
It wouldn’t be Christmas without the Royal family, would it? Their annual appearences on Christmas morning are as highly anticipated by many of us as mince pies…
The 20 best films of 2021
After cinemas were out cold with Covid for months on end, what a joy it’s been to see them punching back. The latest haymaker was landed this…
Prince William close to tears as he takes his favourite childhood walk for Apple podcast
Maybe royals like making radio because it means that you can’t see their faces. Prince William, for instance, has been photographed a lot, ever since he was…
Prince William close to tears as he takes his favourite childhood walk for Apple podcast
Maybe royals like making radio because it means that you can’t see their faces. Prince William, for instance, has been photographed a lot, ever since he was…
The Caribbean estate where Princess Diana fled in 1992 is up for sale at £14m
“Nevis was – and still is to some extent – undiscovered and off the beaten path, so she could have come here without being inundated with paparazzi,”…
The Caribbean estate where Princess Di fled in 1992 is up for sale at £14m
“Nevis was – and still is to some extent – undiscovered and off the beaten path, so she could have come here without being inundated with paparazzi,”…