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Royal Correspondent with 20 years’ experience of covering the UK Royal Family at home and abroad.

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After visiting Bermondsey Beer Mile, the Prince and Princess went on a trip down the river.

12.03.2026 14:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Prince and Princess of Wales at Borough Market today during a series of engagements focusing on the River Thames and the communities around it.

12.03.2026 12:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Queen Camilla on women victims of violence and abuse, as police investigate her brother-in-law, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s, friendship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

11.03.2026 06:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 7 📌 0
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After Andrew's arrest, voters demand transparency over royal funds The monarch and wider family’s finances could be put under the microscope following revelations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Nearly two-thirds of voters want royal finances opened and subject to the same transparency as government spending amid the scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, an exclusive poll for The i Paper reveals.

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08.03.2026 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0

A spokesman for the Sussexes says: “Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Australia in mid-April to take part in a number of private, business, and philanthropic engagements. Further details will be shared in due course.”

08.03.2026 07:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump’s love of the royals is useful to the UK but is there any point in massaging his ego and persuading him to say nice things for a few days if he then imposes damaging tariffs, denigrates our armed forces, and threatens our security by acting as Putin’s poodle?

08.03.2026 07:35 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Ultimately, the UK govt will decide if it’s in the national interest for the King and Queen to go on a state visit to the US. Jobs, prosperity, and security are key. But polling suggests Donald Trump is almost as unpopular as Andrew here and the public don’t back war on Iran.

08.03.2026 07:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Andrew’s exile is the start. The monarchy could shrink to just William and his family The King has shown a willingness to act that his mother never did, but conservative forces inside the palace may delay real reform until William takes the throne

The King is not against the idea of change. At Westminster there is a clamour for more transparency and scrutiny of the Royal Family. But the Windsors have to take a long view, unlike politicians often. Is this a 1917 moment or can wider reform wait?

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07.03.2026 17:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Duchess of Sussex has confirmed that she has cut ties with Netflix. It comes after The Sun reported that Meghan feared her As Ever brand of jams and other products was being held back by the streaming giant’s caution as a partner. The brand is going it alone.

06.03.2026 17:52 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Tickets do not come cheap: Royal Collection Trust email subscribers get priority access from March 9 at £61 until remaining tickets go on general sale from March 12 at £71 in advance or £75 on the day.

06.03.2026 10:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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The private apartments used by Queen Elizabeth II at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch’s official residence in Scotland, will open to visitors for the first time from May 21 to September 10, 2026 to mark the centenary of her birth.

06.03.2026 10:07 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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Beatrice and Eugenie are in royal exile - why William won't help them As Buckingham Palace quietly withdraws support from the princesses, the fallout from their parents' entanglement with Epstein is pushing the sisters to the margins of royal life

There’s been a change in the mood music at Buckingham Palace. That message about Beatrice and Eugenie being welcome at events has been quietly dropped. William may yet offer some support but it looks unlikely. He certainly won’t go against his father.

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04.03.2026 16:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
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Epstein emails expose plan to drag Beatrice and Eugenie into Fergie's debt crisis The correspondence shows Epstein raising the possibility for the princesses to own shares in a new venture to ease their mother's mounting debts

Fresh evidence of how Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie were dragged into their parents’ business deals is revealed in Jeffrey Epstein’s emails: a plan to have them named as shareholders instead of their debt-ridden mother in a new business venture.

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03.03.2026 08:29 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0

Jesper Brodin, former chief executive of IKEA, is the new chair of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize board, succeeding Christiana Figueres. She moves onto the Prize Council, which each year selects five £1m winners from 15 finalists.

02.03.2026 10:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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The christening robe worn by 62 royal babies, including Elizabeth II, will go on show in the centenary exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace from April. Photos: Janet Sutherland, Vandyk, Royal Collection Trust.

02.03.2026 10:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

It’s unfortunate that social media gives a platform to the sort of mentally ill, fixated individuals who used to be confined to writing in green ink to newspapers from their padded cells.

28.02.2026 14:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 7 📌 1
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Andrew’s lonely life in exile playing Call of Duty – and no sign of Beatrice and Eugenie The former Prince Andrew is living under strict palace-imposed restrictions at Sandringham while under police investigation

For the moment at least Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor seems to be facing tougher restrictions in effective internal exile at Sandringham than his friend Jeffrey Epstein did while under house arrest after time in jail.

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28.02.2026 10:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
Prince Harry calls for aid corridors to be opened in Gaza
Prince Harry calls for aid corridors to be opened in Gaza YouTube video by Channel 4 News

The working royals are trying to prevent Andrew and the Epstein scandal overshadowing their duties. It’s worth noting for the sake of balance that Harry and Meghan also refused to answer questions about it while in Jordan highlighting humanitarian crises.

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27.02.2026 10:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think you should check your facts before spouting nonsense.

25.02.2026 10:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That’s a ridiculous conspiracy theory made up by nut jobs though. Similarly, there will be whackos claiming Harry and Meghan are plotting with Andrew to take the heat off him by going to Jordan. The fact is the UK media has written tens of thousands of stories about Andrew and Epstein since 2011.

25.02.2026 07:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Prince Harry and Meghan are in Jordan for the next two days on a quasi-royal visit focused on relief efforts for victims of conflicts in Syria, Gaza, and the wider region. Buckingham Palace, informed as a courtesy, will perhaps be happy for even limited distraction from Andrew.

25.02.2026 05:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Andrew 'rude, arrogant and entitled', minister says - as Labour backs release of files Ministers have agreed to release files related to the appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the trade envoy role

A government minister described Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor today as “rude, arrogant, and entitled” in a break with the previous policy of successive administrations that have declined to criticise members of the Royal Family publicly.

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24.02.2026 17:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How William's fury at Andrew could end in royal exile for Beatrice and Eugenie The Prince of Wales's anger will strengthen his resolve to modernise the Royal Family

Will King Charles III modernise the monarchy in the wake of the Epstein scandal or will it fall to his heir? Either way, the mantra of evolution not revolution inside the Royal Household is out of touch with the growing calls for reform.

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24.02.2026 14:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New Zealand joins Australia in backing removal of Andrew from line to throne Canada also says it is mulling the move, which would require an Act of Parliament and the support of 14 Commonwealth realms

New Zealand joins Australia in supporting Britain’s plan to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

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24.02.2026 09:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no longer alone: police have arrested Britain’s former cabinet minister and ex-ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

23.02.2026 17:13 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Albanese backs removal of former prince Andrew from line of succession Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tells his British counterpart Keir Starmer that Australia would support the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

The Australian government supports removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

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23.02.2026 11:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

In The Observer today I’ve also written about Beatrice and Eugenie. Might they prefer to get on with their lives without the princess titles and HRH styles? Constitutional expert Craig Prescott thinks it’s more likely Charlotte and Louis’s children won’t be prince or princess.

22.02.2026 10:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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How much did the royal family know about Andrew? The signs were there for years over the former prince’s trade envoy role, but our hands were tied, insiders say

The King is ready to cooperate if police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor search Buckingham Palace files. “We have said we will cooperate fully and wholeheartedly,” a royal source says.
Some of my reporting on this scandal for The Observer.
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22.02.2026 09:26 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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Charles blindsided and Andrew in a cell: Inside the biggest royal crisis since Diana King prompted to release personal statement amid growing realisation scandal is threatening future of the monarchy

Inside the biggest royal crisis since Diana’s death. My piece for @theipaper.com

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19.02.2026 19:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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A statement from the King after his brother’s arrest.

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