Vintage fashion dealer sold nearly 100 pieces to The Crown including Diana’s Valentino suit

A self-described ‘fashion detective’ who has a treasure trove of second-hand designer garments reveals how she sold of more than 100 pieces found in an abandoned storage container to the makers of The Crown.  Chiara Menage, 54, who lives in central London, runs Menage Modern Vintage, an online clothing boutique which caught the eye of Amy … Read more

Rugby League chiefs ‘want Prince William to take over’ Harry’s beloved union patronages

Rugby League chiefs want Prince William to take over Harry’s beloved patronages and become the face of this year’s World Cup, according to reports. Prince William is said to be the current favourite to take up the role having previously worked alongside the league’s current chairman Simon Johnson. It comes after Harry was stripped of his … Read more

Princess Anne shares a glimpse of her cosy living-room

Princess Anne has shared a glimpse of her very suburban living-room as she cheered the Scottish Rugby team who won the Calcutta Cup yesterday.  The Princess Royal, 70, who is patron of Scottish Rugby, sat down with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence in her Gatcombe Park home, to cheer the home nation on … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Queen’s grandson puts a sixth of staff at his horse racing business on furlough 

The Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips — who appeared in a cringe-making television advert for Chinese milk claiming, ‘This is what I drink’ — is using his nous to keep his business in the running during lockdown. For I can reveal that Princess Anne’s son has quietly taken advantage of the Government’s scheme to help businesses … Read more

Mike Tindall admits he ‘worries about money’ for bills and school fees with third child on the way

Mike Tindall has admitted he ‘always worries about money’ for bills and school fees, especially now he and wife Zara are expecting a third child. The England rugby ace, 42, told how his income from hospitality events has dried up during the pandemic and spoke of the transient nature of brand ambassador roles. Speaking to The … Read more

Leaked 1969 Royal documentary shows the Queen wearing trousers

The controversial fly-on-the-wall documentary about the Royal Family that was ‘banned’ by the Queen for ‘cheapening’ the image of the Firm offers a rare glimpse at the private lives of one of the world’s most famous families.  The film, simply titled Royal Family, caused a sensation when it was broadcast in June 1969, the result … Read more

1969 BBC royal documentary banned by Queen since 1972 is on YouTube

A controversial documentary about the royal family which was famously banned by the Queen from ever being shown again after its 1969 release has reappeared on YouTube. In 1972, Her Majesty ordered the BBC‘s fly on the wall documentary, which featured her calling the US ambassador ‘a gorilla’, to be locked away and not aired … Read more

Husband and wife in their 60s die from Covid within nine days of each other

Husband and wife in their 60s die from Covid within nine days of each other as their daughter tells how she had to say her final goodbyes on video call Susan Docherty, 62, and her husband John, 65, had been married for 44 years  Daughter Katie Tong, 32, said she thought her parents just had … Read more

Boris Johnson hails Oxford vaccine as a ‘triumph for British science’

Boris Johnson last night hailed the arrival of the Oxford vaccine as a ‘triumph of British science’ and said he was ‘confident this is the year we will defeat coronavirus‘. The first batches yesterday began arriving at UK hospitals, including the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, where laboratory technician Lukasz Najdrowski carefully … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Will the Queen break her silence over whether she’s been vaccinated? 

When panic surrounded the polio vaccine in the 1950s, the Queen helped turn public opinion by confirming Prince Charles and Princess Anne would get the jab. Now, however, the Palace refuses to say if Her Majesty or Prince Philip have been given the Covid vaccine, insisting that it’s a ‘private’ matter. But some of the Queen’s … Read more