[ad_1] King Charles III isn’t one for lavish birthday celebrations, and sure enough his 74th birthday passed with little fanfare other than the release of an official photograph and an announcement from the palace that he is to succeed his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, as ranger of Windsor Great […]
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s Tortured Relationship
[ad_1] The story of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, is not that of star-crossed lovers. Continuously recounted in film, television, tell-all books, and the gossip pages, it is a tale of a woefully mismatched married couple, lauded as the English monarchy’s future, whose divorce almost unraveled the British […]
King Charles III Celebrates His 74th Birthday With an Homage to Prince Philip
[ad_1] On Monday, King Charles III is celebrating his 74th birthday, his first since he ascended to the throne back in September. To mark the day, Westminster Abbey rang bells, the king was honored with a 21-gun-salute, and the Household Cavalry Band played “Happy Birthday” at Buckingham Palace during the […]
“It Would Be Torturous”: Why King Charles Has No Plans to Watch Season 5 of The Crown
[ad_1] When I sat down with the queen’s late cousin Lady Elizabeth Anson several years ago as The Crown was enjoying the peak of its popularity, I asked her whether the queen had watched the Netflix series. Surrounded by her prized collection of ornamental eggs in the sitting room of […]
The Crown: How to Dress Elizabeth Debicki’s Princess Diana in the Neflix Series
[ad_1] Netflix’s The Crown has spared no expense to recreate the royal family’s best known fashions over course of its four-year run. From the ornate details of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dress in the series’ first season to replicating Princess Diana’s indelible 1981 wedding dress—complete with a record-breaking 25-foot taffeta […]
King Charles III Got the Inside Scoop About COP27 at a Buckingham Palace Reception
[ad_1] For the last half-century, King Charles III has been a constant presence at global conferences focusing on the environment and climate change. On Sunday, the 27th Conference of Parties, a meeting of world governments aimed at addressing rising temperatures, began in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, but the king was not […]
Read an Exclusive Excerpt From ‘The King: The Life of Charles III’
[ad_1] If nothing else, Gordonstoun, Philip’s alma mater on the remote, windswept north coast of Scotland, taught the Prince of Wales to endure freezing temperatures. Each day began with a regimen designed to “shake the sleep out of them”: a predawn shirtless run through the countryside—even when it snowed—followed by […]
King Charles III Makes His First Visit to Sandringham Estate as Its Owner
[ad_1] Over the weekend, King Charles III made his first return to Sandringham, the Norfolk estate where his parents spent much of their married life, including the annual Christmas holidays, since becoming king. The estate, which has housed four generations of British monarchs over the last 150 years, is now […]
King Charles Thanks the Public for Their Condolences
[ad_1] After concluding the official royal mourning period following Queen Elizabeth’s death, King Charles took a moment to thank the public for their condolences and kind words during this difficult moment in his life. The new monarch sent out a childhood photo of himself with his late mother to thank […]
Above the Fray: Princess Anne Is Keeping Calm and Carrying On
[ad_1] A princess carrying her own bags through the crowded terminals of JFK Airport? That was indeed the sight that greeted travelers earlier this month, when Anne, Princess Royal, visited New York on a working trip weeks after her mother’s funeral. The visit, which included attending a charity gala,visiting the […]
How Countess Sophie Became the Face of Royal Diplomacy
[ad_1] Over the next few days, Sophie combined governmental meetings about gender violence with in-person engagements. On October 5, she visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda to view artifacts and victim photographs from the country’s 1994 genocide, and left a message of condolence. She also took on more traditional […]
The BBC’s Huw Edwards Learned of Queen Elizabeth’s Death “10 Seconds” Before the World
[ad_1] When longtime BBC anchor Huw Edwards announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II to the U.K. and the world on September 8, he looked grim and genuinely shocked. In an interview with the Radio Times this week, Edwards explained that he only heard the news right before he made […]