British Royal Family

Prince William has had petrol bombs hurled at him during secret training session. The dramatic scenes were part of intensive riot training the Duke of Cambridge undertook to learn how to protect his family in the event of an attack. The session took place last week at the Metropolitan Police’s new $70 million riot training […]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have once again broken with tradition to reward loyalty over royalty in the selection of their son Prince George’s godparents. While the godparents of royal baby’s are usually fellow princes or princesses, the modern royal couple have selected their school and university friends on whom to bestow the honour, […]

Her boyfriend Harry is fondly known as the "party prince" so it's lucky Cressida Bonas has the same fun-loving streak.

The Queen is to receive a record pay rise of 22 per cent over the next two years, boosting her annual income to $64 million. The pay rise comes as the monarch has apparently fallen on hard times, down to her “last million”, according to a report. The Queen’s income is linked to profits from […]

They’ve been in their new Kensington Palace apartment for less than a week but the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are already planning their first lavish dinner party. The couple will host a glamorous $100,000-a-table charity gala in the Palace’s State Apartments in October 24. The dinner will be in honour of 100 Women in […]

William and Kate have reportedly ruffled some royal feathers by leaving several important family members off the guest list for their son Prince George’s christening. William’s aunts Princess Anne and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and his uncles Prince Andrew and Prince Edward will not attend the highly-anticipated October 23 event, the UK’s Daily Mail has […]

Crown Princess Mary has been voted Europe’s most elegant princess. Mary, 41, received 38 per cent of the vote in an online poll conducted by Hello! magazine. Spain’s Princess Letizia came second, with 26.1 per cent, while the Netherlands’ Queen Maxima was in third place with 15.6 per cent. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden came […]

Prince Harry will marry his 24-year-old girlfriend Cressida Bonas next year, UK newspapers have reported. Cressida has reportedly “overcome” her fears of marrying into the royal family and “got used to the idea” of settling down with Harry, 29. Friends say they now expect the couple to wed in 2014. “Cressie is going to marry […]

Prince Harry’s appearance at Garden Island this morning was too much for two Royal Australian Navy sea women, who fainted as the red-haired royal walked along the deck of a nearby ship. To be fair to the swooning ladies, it was very hot in the sun and Harry was looking particularly dashing in his white […]

More than one million people turned out to see Prince Harry take to the water in Sydney Harbour today for the International Fleet Review. Harry, 29, boarded the HMAS Leeuwin at around 10am this morning to undertake a four-hour cruise to inspect the 37 war ships that had come from around the world. He then […]