Royal Figures

Not every grandchild makes the front of the card every year: what the family's annual Christmas photo choices have quietly said about who's in and who's out.

Prince Philip founded the DofE Award in 1956 to build character in young people. Nearly seventy years on, it runs in 144 nations: his most enduring legacy.

Launer London held Queen Elizabeth II's handbag warrant for fifty years, and in 2025 was granted a new warrant by Queen Camilla. The story of a royal signature.

The family that could buy each other anything gives gag gifts on Christmas Eve instead, including the leather toilet seat Charles still travels with.

Every Christmas Day, the monarch addresses the nation - a tradition begun by George V in 1932, written by Rudyard Kipling, and still broadcast today.

Kensington Palace was Diana's home for sixteen years: the private world behind the public princess, and the garden where her memory is beautifully kept alive today.

A warm look at Prince George and Princess Charlotte, the Wales children growing up in public: their milestones, their characters, and the "Charlotte effect".

How are European royal families related? One Victorian grandmother, one uncanny resemblance, and a family tree spanning a continent's thrones.

Marking World Mental Health Day with a look at the royal family’s mental-health advocacy, from Catherine’s work with Place2Be to William’s Heads Together.

The real story of how the Prince and Princess of Wales met as students at St Andrews, long before the world was watching.

From Catherine's widely reported Bobbi Brown loyalty to Camilla's Royal Warrant-holding facialist, the beauty brands linked to four royal women.

Each November, the royal family leads the nation in remembering those who died in service. The Cenotaph, the Festival of Remembrance, and the meaning of the poppy.

The House of Windsor has deep German roots, from George I's arrival in 1714 to Prince Albert, and the story is far more charming than you might expect.

One report says King Charles is worth around 500 million dollars. Another puts his personal fortune at a fraction of that. Here is why royal net worth estimates almost never agree.

How Meghan Markle and Princess Diana each used fashion as quiet self-expression, from the revenge dress to California quiet luxury: two eras, one instinct.

Two very different jewellery stories: Meghan's chosen Cartier pieces and Catherine's inherited royal tiaras, each a quiet reflection of who wears them.

In July 1917, George V swapped a German dynastic name for Windsor, and the royal family has carried it ever since.

Heritage couture and California minimalism: how Meghan and Catherine, Princess of Wales, built two entirely different, equally influential royal wardrobes.

How the Duke of York title has passed between royal second sons since 1385, and where it stands with Prince Andrew today.

Long before Eton, every royal child passes through a pre-prep and prep school first. Here is exactly where three generations of royals, and the wider aristocracy, have gone.

Two of the most photographed rings in royal history: the jewellers, the gemstones and the quiet tributes to Princess Diana that shape both designs.

The stories behind the royal children's names (George, Charlotte, Louis, Archie and Lilibet) and the traditions of tribute and history that shape royal naming.

Before he was King, Charles spent 64 years as Prince of Wales, longer than anyone in the title's 700-year history. Here is what that extraordinary wait actually looked like.

Inside Together at Christmas, the Westminster Abbey carol service the Princess of Wales founded in 2021: its origins, its 1,600 guests, and why it has become her most personal royal tradition.

If the crown passed to Prince George before he turned 18, he would still become King. Here is exactly how a royal regency would work.

The monarch must stay strictly neutral in public. Behind palace doors, the rule works rather differently. Here is how royal political neutrality actually functions.

There is no law stopping King Charles from voting. He simply doesn't, by convention. Here is the rule that keeps the Crown out of politics.

Before St Andrews and Westminster Abbey, there was a childhood in Jordan, a gap year in Florence, and a job buying accessories for Jigsaw. Here is the lesser-known story.

Archie and Lilibet became Prince and Princess in 2023, a full two years after their father left royal life. Here is the rule that made it happen.

King Charles is head of state in 15 countries, and Head of a Commonwealth of 56, a distinction that trips up almost everyone who tries to explain it.

At 73, Charles became the oldest person ever to take the British throne, after the longest wait any Prince of Wales has endured. Here is the full story.

Camilla was Queen Consort for seven months. Then, without an announcement, the word 'consort' simply disappeared. Here is what changed, and why it matters less than it sounds.

Since announcing his diagnosis in February 2024, King Charles has spoken with striking openness about treatment, while keeping the specific details private. Here is the timeline.

From 'whatever love means' to a genealogical link to Vlad the Impaler, here is the family history behind the King, told with warmth and a light touch.

A qualified pilot, a Cambridge graduate, and a man who has been painting watercolours since his twenties. Here are the essential facts about the King.

He is a member of the Magic Circle, has read the weather on live television, and drives a car that runs on wine and cheese. Here are the King's more surprising sides.

Meghan holds three titles, not one, granted on her wedding morning by Queen Elizabeth II. Here is where each one comes from, and why she kept all three.

Born on a kitchen table in Corfu to a family with no Greek blood at all, Prince Philip's early life reads almost nothing like his 74 years by the Queen's side.

His full name runs to five words, he is left-handed, and he shares a distant ancestor with Winston Churchill. Here are the essential facts about the future King.

William was fifteen when he walked behind his mother's coffin. Here is how that loss, and his bond with his father, shaped the King-in-waiting he became.

Launched in 2023, Homewards is Prince William's five-year bid to make homelessness in the UK rare, brief and unrepeated. Here is how it actually works.

Since inheriting the Duchy of Cornwall in 2022, Prince William's wealth has reportedly overtaken his father's. Here is where the figures actually come from.

Before full-time royal duties, William spent years flying helicopters, first for the RAF, then for East Anglia's air ambulance. Here is that career in full.

Seventy years and 214 days, fifteen Prime Ministers, and a family that grew to include twelve great-grandchildren. Here is the late Queen's life in essential facts.

It's a phrase used constantly in royal coverage, but it isn't an official title. Here is what actually separates a working royal from the rest of the family.

"The King reigns but does not rule" is a neat phrase. Here is exactly what royal assent, appointing the Prime Minister, and the rest actually involve.

Prince William is first in line to the throne and already carries six historic titles. Here is when he becomes King, and what name he might reign under.

King Charles III holds the title, but the decisions about deploying troops rest with the government. Here is how the roles actually divide.

The title once held by Prince Philip for 74 years now belongs to his youngest son. Here is how Prince Edward came to hold it.

A king gave up the throne for love in 1936. Here is what actually happened, and why the crisis quietly built the modern monarchy we know today.

Prince Philip stood beside the Queen for seven decades and was never crowned King. Here is the centuries-old rule that decided it.

When William becomes King, Catherine will formally be Queen Consort, most likely known simply as Queen Catherine. Here is how that title actually works.

Founded in 1976 with his navy severance pay, King Charles's Prince's Trust (now The King's Trust) has helped over a million young people. The story of his proudest legacy.

From a lockdown book club to a national charity: how Queen Camilla's love of reading grew into The Queen's Reading Room, championing books and literacy for all.

The Princess of Wales has been royal patron of Place2Be since 2013, championing children's mental health and the early years as the foundation of a whole life.

This week Prince George started at Eton College, just like his father and uncle before him. For three centuries before that, heirs to the throne barely left the nursery at all: the full history of how royal education got here.

On the anniversary of her death, a tribute to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: the longest-reigning British monarch, whose life of service defined an age.

Prince William founded The Earthshot Prize to find and scale the best solutions to the planet's greatest challenges: five winners a year, £1 million each, until 2030.

Before the tiara, there was The Tig: Meghan Markle's much-loved lifestyle blog on food, travel, fashion and beauty, named after the wine that changed how she saw the world.

On the anniversary of her passing, a warm tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales: the People’s Princess whose compassion, causes and motherhood changed the monarchy.

Queen Camilla's style is understated elegance: the tailored coat-dresses, the Bruce Oldfield gowns, and the historic Greville jewels she loves.

Before she was Queen, Elizabeth II was Duchess of Edinburgh: a young navy wife in Malta and a new mother, in the happiest, freest years of her life.

From a decade of quiet work on early childhood to the boots she's worn since 2004, this is the story behind Catherine's causes, passions and quietly consistent style.

A warm profile of Anne, the Princess Royal: her lifelong devotion to duty, her Olympic eventing career, her 300-plus patronages and famous work ethic.

A warm profile of Queen Camilla: her steady support of King Charles III, her championing of literacy, survivors and animal welfare, and her path to the crown.

Block colour, a trusted handbag and brooches with hidden meaning: the quiet genius of the late Queen's lifelong wardrobe.

From a 25-foot wedding train to the famous "revenge dress", how Diana, Princess of Wales became one of the most influential style icons the world has known.

From The King's Trust to organic farming at Highgrove and the model town of Poundbury, the convictions that shaped the longest royal apprenticeship in British history, and now a reign.

Who is next in line, how the order is decided, and the modern rule change that put sons and daughters on an equal footing.

Three pieces of the Crown Jewels rode atop the late Queen's coffin, and their removal at the very end was one of the most moving moments of all.

The late Queen's grandmother had the finest eye in Europe, and used it to gather, rescue and preserve many of the jewels the royal family treasures today.

From a Berkshire childhood to a future queen: the warm, steady rise of Catherine, Princess of Wales, one of the most admired women in the world.