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The Queen Mother

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Princess Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 in Mayfair to the then-Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

The heartwarming bond between Queen Elizabeth II and her grandfather George V – and how the King’s prayer was answered

Shortly before he died, King George V wrote to Stanley Baldwin, the prime…
Camilla leaves after Ian Farquhar's memorial service in Badminton, Gloucestershire, today

Queen Camilla arrives at memorial service for King Charles’ close friend Captain Ian Farquhar after his death aged 78

Queen Camilla today joined 500 mourners at a memorial service for her…
Princess Elizabeth is shown in this 1942 wartime portrait taken by Cecil Beaton Young Princess Elizabeth was just 13 years old when war broke out on September 3, 1939. She had been living at Buckingham Palace for three years, and like many of London's children she was evacuated to the countryside with her sister Princess Margaret, then just nine. She is pictured here, aged 16. On her 16th birthday, Princess Elizabeth carried out her first official duty, and inspected troops during a parade at Windsor Castle

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret glow as new mothers in previously unseen photos of the royal family – which also include an ethereal portrait of Kate Middleton

Remarkable unseen photos of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as young mothers…
The Queen Elizabeth Room - It was here that the Queen Mother read the papers (especially the racing press) and watched TV

Inside the flat frozen in the 1970s that the Queen Mother simply adored: As her private rooms in Kent castle are opened to the public, ROBERT HARDMAN gets a first look

Bristling with guns (all pointing at France), this was built by Henry…
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…
A remarkable collection of Royal Christmas cards covering almost every year between 1953 to 1989 have emerged for sale (Pictured: The Queen and Philip with a young Anne, Charles and Corgis in the 1957)

One’s family album: Rare glimpse into the late Queen’s private life with her family from 1953 to 1989 is revealed as collection of Christmas cards goes up for auction

A remarkable collection of Royal Christmas cards covering almost every year between 1953…
Crime writer Felix Francis has put his Grade-II listed home in the Cotswolds up for sale for £4.5 million

Crime really does pay! Murder mystery writer Felix Francis puts his beautiful Grade II-listed Cotswolds home on the market for £4.5million

Crime writer Felix Francis is selling his beautiful Cotswolds home where he…
Shelley Harlow died in the early hours of May 25 at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in Margate, Kent

NHS staff fat-shamed 38-stone mother-of-four who was ‘terrified’ to return to hospital for C-section and died a month after op, her mother tells inquest

NHS staff fat-shamed a 38-stone mother-of-four who was ‘terrified’ to return to hospital before…
An print of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their wedding day in 1840

A history of royal weddings and dresses – from Grace Kelly to Sarah Chatto and Queen Letizia

From Queen Victoria and Albert,  Diana and Charles to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, we’ve…
Wallis Simpson was so ill in her final years that one of her closest friends was 'delighted' when told the news of her passing, only wishing it had come sooner. Above: The Duchess of Windsor at home in the Bois de Bologne in 1974, the year before she became seriously unwell

Wallis Simpson spent her final years desperate and alone in a grand Paris house that became a 'slum'

She was so ill in her final years that one of her…