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King George VI

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle photographed for Time100 Talks in 2020

What’s driving Prince Harry to follow in Edward VIII’s ill-fated footsteps? Because, like the shamed monarch, the Duke of Sussex was adored before he gave up royal duty and married an American divorcee, writes CHRISTOPHER WILSON

What’s driving Prince Harry to increasingly follow in the Duke of Windsor’s…
Mary of Teck (pictured in 1873) was born on May 26, 1867

She was born to a fat duchess on this day in 1867, but Queen Mary (who had a soft spot for pigs) went on to be one of Britain’s greatest consorts and gave birth to TWO kings

She was born to an overweight German duchess who fled Britain due…
The front page of the Daily Mail in October 1946 after the robbery had taken place

The day that Wallis Simpson lost £1.3m of jewellery in an utterly mysterious Home Counties heist. But did the hard-up Duchess of Windsor steal her OWN jewels for the insurance cash, asks historian ALEXANDER LARMAN?

Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, was frantic with worry.  On 16…
Ellen exchanged vows with her beau, sealing their union with a kiss in front of a delightful handmade celebratory banner saying 'Here Come The Brides'

Here come the brides! King George V’s great-great-granddaughter marries Australian girlfriend in Royal family’s first ever lesbian wedding in fun-filled outdoor ceremony

The Royal family celebrated its first lesbian wedding after King George V’s great-great-granddaughter…
After Buckingham Palace announced King Charles was suffering from cancer,  the nation felt the same sense of dread that Queen Camilla and his family will be experiencing

AN WILSON: This is a potential constitutional crisis that is going to place an immense burden on William

When a 75-year-old man is told he has cancer, then dread and…
As one of the wealthiest women in the world, it's likely the late Queen could have afforded to heat all 775 rooms in Buckingham Palace warm. But sticking to sound financial sense,  she chose to warm up individual rooms with two-bar electric fires or convection heaters. Here she is shown greeting former Australian High Commissioner Mike Rann and his wife in 2013

The nights are drawing in, the temperature’s dropping – and the cost of living’s rocketing up… So why not follow the ROYALS with these simple money-saving hacks

Wealth doesn’t have to mean extravagance – a point made by the British…
Prince Harry leaves St George's Chapel in Windsor today to mark the first anniversary of the Queen's death. Her Majesty is buried there alongside her beloved husband Prince Philip

Prince Harry makes surprise visit to St George’s Chapel in Windsor where the Queen is buried to mark anniversary of her death – as Kate and William pay their own respects 230 miles away in Wales

Prince Harry has made a shock and secret visit to the Windsor…
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrive at St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire this afternoon

William and Kate arrive at St Davids Cathedral to remember the late Queen before greeting members of the public exactly one year on since monarch’s death

Prince William and Kate today marked the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth…
King Charles III looked visibly moved after leaving a service to mark the first anniversary of his mother the Queen. Camilla clutches flowers handed to them by well wishers

King Charles and Camilla greet well-wishers after private church service alongside Princess Margaret’s grandchildren – as royals lead tributes and nation comes together to remember Queen Elizabeth one year on from her death

The King and Queen today attended a special service at Crathie Kirk…
The late Queen's thoughts were upon her faith and that of her father, King George VI, in the days before she died. Here, Queen Elizabeth's coffin enters Westminster Abbey borne by eight Grenadier Guards. Her son King Charles III walks at its side

‘Queen Elizabeth had no regrets. She was at peace in the days before she died and her thoughts dwelled upon her faith, on her father and upon the sheer beauty of Balmoral’

Despite the family troubles that dogged the last years of her life,…