Royal family

The royal baby isn’t even born yet but it already has a fancy title it won’t be able to pronounce for several years. Buckingham Palace has announced the newest member of the royal family will be officially known as His or Her Royal Highness Prince or Princess (insert name) of Cambridge. Related: Royal baby boom […]

Prince Harry’s girlfriend Cressida Bonas can breathe a sigh of relief — another one of her beautiful rivals is officially off the market. Lingerie model Florence Brudenell-Bruce dated Harry in 2008 and again in 2011 but grew tired of life in the spotlight and went back to her multi-millionaire ex-boyfriend Henry St George. Henry proposed […]

She was the first member of the royal family to get a tongue piercing, he once participated in a drunken “dwarf-throwing” contest but Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall proved their rebellious days were over yesterday, announcing they were expecting their first child. The baby news marks a momentous shift in the lives of Zara, 32, […]

Pippa Middleton is poised to follow her sister Kate down the aisle, telling friends her boyfriend of four months is “the one”. Pippa, 29, has been dating 35-year-old banker Nico Jackson since March and friends says she is completely smitten. Nico is likewise lovestruck and would have proposed already if Pippa wasn’t so keen to […]

With the birth of their first child just days away, William and Kate are about to embark upon the next chapter of their royal fairy tale, but in 2007, their romance almost fizzled out for good. After weeks of looking unhappy in public, William called time on their four-year relationship and then headed straight to […]

Belgium will get a glamorous new King and Queen on July 21 after the country’s current monarch Albert II announced his abdication yesterday. The 79-year-old King said health reasons had led him to step aside for his eldest son Prince Philippe, who will ascend to the throne in 15 days. Philippe and his wife Princess […]

As the world eagerly awaits news the Duchess of Cambridge has gone into labour, we uncover 15 little-known facts surrounding the birth of the baby of the decade. 1. KATE’S PUSH PRESENT: Some wealthy men buy their wives a diamond ring as a “push present” when they give birth — William has reportedly bought Kate […]

Belgium’s King Albert II has abdicated in a televised address to the nation after nearly 20 years on the throne. The 79-year-old monarch will step down on July 21, Belgium’s national day, to make way for his eldest son Prince Philippe, 53. “It’s with emotion that I address every one of you today,” Albert said […]

Photographers and royal fans from around the world have taken up their places outside London’s St Mary’s Hospital to begin the long wait for Kate to appear. Police yesterday erected a huge press pen outside the Lindo wing of the hospital where Diana gave birth to William in 1982. Photographers and video cameramen from around […]

They’re the most famous parents-to-be in the world — but how will the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge raise their little bundle of joy? From the beginning of their relationship, William and Kate have been determined to do things differently. They lived together before they were married, waited seven years to get engaged and broke […]