An award-winning author has launched a blistering attack on the Duchess of Cambridge, declaring her a “plastic princess” whose “only point and purpose” is to “breed”. Double Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel has never met Kate, but saw fit to attack her in a London Review of Books lecture at the British museum last night. […]

Queen Elizabeth has topped a list of Britain’s most powerful women while her granddaughter-in-law the Duchess of Cambridge failed to make the top 100. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given her position as head of state, the Queen came in at number one on “power list” but Kate, who can sell out whole collections of clothing in seconds, […]

St James’s Palace has blasted an Italian gossip magazine for publishing private pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge’s baby bump. A clearly-pregnant Kate appears on the cover of the new issue of Chi magazine, wearing a bikini and frolicking in the surf with her husband Prince William. The images were taken by an unscrupulous paparazzo […]

Royal portraits can be a stuffy affair, but not when four kids, fresh snow and a sled are involved. Crown Princess Mary and her family posed for a series of candid shots on the slopes at Swiss ski resort Verbier yesterday. Mary – who is usually a picture of poise and elegance – let down […]

The Duchess of Cambridge is said to be “in agony” over new paparazzi pictures that show her on the beach in a bikini with her baby bump clearly visible. Kate is currently holidaying on the privately-owned Caribbean island of Mustique with her husband Prince William, sister Pippa and parents Michael and Carole. Related: Why is […]

In the technological age we have found ourselves living in, not many people spare a thought for the old-fashioned art of painting. Fortunately, Prince Charles — himself an avid water-colourist — is one of those rare people for whom art and artists are never far from mind. As such, he pays — from his own […]

The Middleton sisters are fiercely protective of their public image so we can’t imagine they’d be too thrilled with Romania’s latest tourism ad. The poster, pictured above, tries to encourage Britons to visit Romania by claiming that all the country’s women look like the Duchess of Cambridge and her sister. “Half our women look like […]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are making the most of their last baby-free months, jetting off to the Caribbean for a lavish holiday. William and Kate flew out of freezing London yesterday, bound for the private island paradise of Mustique. In pictures: Glowing Kate shows first sign of baby bump The royal couple have […]

Millions of women would kill just to stand next to Prince Harry, but the only girl he wants by his side appears to be playing hard to get. The 28-year-old royal was left red-faced on Saturday when his current love interest Cressida Bonas stood him up at a London pub. Related: Prince Harry’s Vegas ‘lover’ […]

The model who claimed to be Prince Harry’s lover during his now-infamous Las Vegas trip last year is writing a tell-all book about her escapades with the party prince and other celebrities. Carrie Reichert, 40, has penned more than 500 pages of celebrity stories she says she has collected over two decades of partying in […]