An exhibition of some of the Queen’s most treasured paintings – which usually hang in the state rooms at Buckingham Palace – is to go on display later this year for the first time. The 65 stunning old masters by renowned painters like Vermeer and Canaletto are the highlights of the Royal Collection and even include a … Read more
While Prince Harry and Meghan have spent £11 million on a mansion with nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms (right), his ex, Cressida Bonas, is keen to make the point that she’s happy with a simpler life. The 31-year-old, who married her own Harry, Wentworth-Stanley, last month, shared this snap (left) of herself sitting on the steps … Read more
Pilfering at the Palace: Police arrest Queen’s servant after a spate of thefts including a vice admiral’s medal that popped up on eBay for £350 Medal belonging to a vice-admiral is discovered listed on eBay for £350 A member of the royal household staff aged 37 was arrested last Friday Staff began noticing items going … Read more
The royal palaces have opened up their vacancies list for the first time since lockdown began earlier this year. Windsor Castle is now advertising two new positions inside the Queen’s residence, hiring a Building Supervisor and a Maintenance Technician. This is the first time the Royal Household has advertised a vacancy since the spring, amid … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle openly discussed their wedding a year after meeting, according to the authors of new biography Finding Freedom. Authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand claim the Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, consulted with palace aides in June 2017 about when the best time for a ceremony would be. The … Read more
By JOE DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE Britain’s gin industry has been booming for a decade and there is no sign of the trend slowing down. In 2019, the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) valued gin sales in the UK at £2.3billion, with more than 76 million bottles sold — 10 million more than in the … Read more
New Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle spends £7,500 of taxpayers’ money replacing John Bercow’s ‘worn-out’ bed in the Palace of Westminster Sir Lindsay Hoyle has spent a total of £12,636 doing up his four-bedroom flat This included £7,523 on mattresses and bedding, according to an explanation The Commons Speaker spent £2,600 on cleaning and polishing furniture … Read more
Three Coldstream Guards are being questioned by police after becoming embroiled in a fight with royal footmen. The fracas left four of the Queen’s footmen injured with two needing hospital treatment. The Guards, often seen wearing their famous red jackets and bearskin hats, have a special ceremonial role guarding the Queen and her household at … Read more
Meghan Markle was left ‘frustrated and emotional’ after a palace aide ‘scolded’ her for wearing a necklace with the initials H and M before she and Prince Harry were engaged, a source claims in their bombshell new biography Finding Freedom. The former Suits star, 38, was spotted wearing the personalised £184 14 karat gold chain … Read more
Easter, 1932. The journey from Scotland had taken all day. It was late when Marion arrived. From the car that had met her at Windsor station, the tired 23-year-old looked up at Royal Lodge, home of the Duke and Duchess of York and their princess daughters Elizabeth and Margaret. The young teacher’s heart sank. She had … Read more