British Royal Family

Princess Mary has spoken about the “strain” of having four children, but says she wouldn’t swap family life for anything. Mary has four children — Christian, six, Isabella, four, and one-year-old twins Vincent and Josephine — with Crown Prince Frederik. The family’s Copenhagen palace comes with a live-in staff, but Mary says she still struggles […]

Kate Middleton travelled to Oxford yesterday to give some budding young artists a helping hand. The Duchess of Cambridge visited The Art Room, an organisation that helps disadvantaged children increase their self-esteem, self-confidence and independence through art. Kate is a patron to the programme and seemed to enjoy her first official visit. As usual, her […]

Crown Princess Mary has been praised for her grace under pressure but even she wasn’t sure what to do when she caught the husband of a visiting dignitary staring at her cleavage. Mary was at a state dinner in Copenhagen on Wednesday when she turned to her left just in time to see Pentti Arajarvi […]

Prince William was 12,000km away from Kate Middleton on Valentine’s Day and one little boy took full advantage of his absence – by trying to woo his wife. Eight-year-old Jaqson Johnston-Lynch presented the Duchess of Cambridge with red roses, a card and a cupcake iced with the words “Jaqson loves Kate”. Jaqson told Kate he […]

Prince Harry has graduated from ‘Top Gun’ flight school at the top of his class. The 27-year-old royal maverick was presented with a special award for excellence at a dinner on Wednesday night. In pictures: The evolution of Prince Harry It was one of just two prizes awarded to Harry’s class of more than 20 […]

Naomi Watts has signed on to play Princess Diana in a new film about the tragic royal. Naomi, 43, will star in upcoming biopic Caught In Flight, which focuses on the last two years of Diana’s life. Film critics have expressed doubt about Naomi’s casting in the project, but the actress says she is up […]

Kate Middleton might be missing Prince William, but she didn’t let it show last night. The Duchess of Cambridge carried out her first solo public engagement since joining the royal family, attending a preview of the new Lucian Freud exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Kate – who studied history of art at university – […]

Kate Middleton is facing a lonely Valentine’s Day 12,000km away from Prince William. The Duke of Cambridge flew to the Falklands on Wednesday for a six-week deployment with his RAF Search and Rescue Unit. Kate is planning to keep busy while her new husband is away, undertaking her first solo public engagements since she joined […]

On Tuesday night I was lucky enough to see our very own Princess Mary in the flesh. I was invited to the fifth annual ECCO Walk In Style awards in Copenhagen, Denmark, held at the city’s beautiful and historic City Hall. At 7.35pm the 300-strong crowd was upstanding for the Crown Princess’ extremely punctual arrival. […]

Princess Mary will celebrate her 40th birthday on February 5 – and what a life she has had so far. When Mary met Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik in a Sydney bar in 2000, she was a pretty but otherwise unremarkable commoner. Twelve years later Mary is a bona-fide princess with four beautiful children and a […]