Royal family

Sharing recipes between friends has been practised for centuries but it’s not very often your friend is the Queen of England. A letter from Queen Elizabeth II to US President Dwight Eisenhower, sent in 1960, has revealed Her Majesty’s recipe for drop scones. A new book, Letters Of Note by British author Shaun Usher, has […]

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 […]

Prince William and his wife Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge are again breaking with tradition in the lead-up to Prince George’s christening. The couple has reportedly chosen close friends rather than royalty to be godparents to their four-month-old son, who’s due to be baptised at St James’s Palace on October 23. Sources close to the […]

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 […]

With Naomi Watts’ Diana portrayal and Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace set to hit our screens soon, the two actresses are joining a long, star-studded, and Oscar-laden line of silver screen greats and Hollywood legends who have played real-life royals. From The King’s Speech to Cleopatra, from Cate Blanchett to Katharine Hepburn, we take a […]