Queen Elizabeth showed off not one but two of her most spectacular crowns at the State Opening of Parliament in London yesterday. The 87-year-old monarch arrived by carriage in the stunning George VI State Diadem, which is studded with 1333 diamonds and 169 pearls. Once she arrived at the Houses of Parliaments, she changed into […]

Queen Elizabeth will hand over some of her most important duties to her son Prince Charles because of her advancing age. The 87-year-old monarch yesterday announced she will not attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Sir Lanka in November, the first time she has missed the biennial event since 1973. Charles, 64, […]

There are still two months to go until the Baby of Cambridge comes into the world but the gifts have already started coming in. Welsh composer Paul Mealor has announced he has written a lullaby for the new little prince or princess. The tune, entitled Sleep On, has been recorded by New Zealand soprano Hayley […]

Monaco’s Princess Charlene has revealed she finally feels ready to have children. The 35-year-old former Olympic swimmer says it took her a long time to “settle” into her new royal life when she married Prince Albert in July 2011. In pictures: What happened to Charlene’s happy ever after? As her two-year wedding anniversary approaches, Charlene […]

Prince Harry is always getting himself into trouble and it appears he’s done it again, letting slip the sex of his brother’s unborn baby. While William and Kate have refused to reveal anything other than the baby’s due date, Harry has been unable to keep quiet, telling all his friends that the couple is expecting […]

The duchess surprises stuffy royal advisors, opting for a simple birth suite rather than five-star luxury. Beyonce shut down an entire wing of a New York hospital when she had her daughter Blue Ivy. In Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow’s maternity ward, pampered mums give birth bathed in soft candlelight, then toast their new bub […]

A new portrait of Queen Elizabeth has been branded a “hideous cartoon” by art critics. The expressionist-style painting by Daniel Llywelyn Hall — who at 32 is the youngest person ever to paint the Queen — was unveiled at the Millennium Stadium in Wales yesterday. It has been widely condemned by critics, with Steve Beauchamp […]

Royalty from around the world flocked to Amsterdam yesterday to celebrate the coronation of the Netherlands’ new king. Glamorous guests including Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Monaco’s Prince Albert, and Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria gathered to see Willem-Alexander, 46, and his wife Maxima crowned King and Queen […]

The Duchess of Cambridge missed out on spending her second wedding anniversary with husband Prince William, but she was still showered with gifts on her visit to Naomi House Children’s Hospice, of which she is patron. A very pregnant Kate glowed and seemed quite clucky as she greeted children and toured the hospice’s facilities, and […]

She’s 24 years old, nearly 6ft tall and is so beautiful she’s been declared the second coming of Cindy Crawford — now US supermodel Kendra Spears is set to become a bona fide princess. Kendra got engaged to 42-year-old Prince Rahim Aga Khan — the eldest son of His Highness Aga Khan IV, millionaire racehorse […]