Royal family

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 […]

Princess Mary will celebrate her 41st 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 […]

It’s the headline Prince Charles has been dreaming of — but unfortunately for him, it refers to another long-serving European queen and her ageing heir. Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating the throne in favour of her 45-year-old son Prince Willem-Alexander in a TV broadcast last night. Related: Impatient […]

He was criticised for being too flippant about his time in Afghanistan, but Prince Harry has returned from his 20-week deployment a changed man after witnessing the death of a seven-year-old girl. Harry, 28, touched down at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last night local time, and told the waiting press he had seen insurgents […]