On historian and royal biographer Robert Lacey’s desk is a large envelope, still sealed. It contains draft chapters from his latest book, which — as is his custom — he sent to Buckingham Palace pre-publication. It’s quite unusual for a royal writer to do this, but Lacey has always worked this way. In 1977, when … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s deputy denies Covid rift between his boss and Boris Johnson after Chancellor said ‘our lives can no longer be put on hold’ Treasury Chief Sec. Stephen Barclay insisted both men were working ‘in tandem’ Mr Sunak yesterday said the nation needed to learn to ‘live without fear’ Mr Johnson’s noticeable absence from Commons … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Prince Harry skips William’s high-profile charity polo match as the royal brothers become ‘increasingly detached’ By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:00 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 30 August 2020 It has been a highlight of the Royal calendar for … Read more
Royal photographer Arthur Edwards has claimed it’s a ‘tragedy’ that Prince William and Prince Harry are no longer talking and argued the fall-out ‘must be over’ Meghan Markle. The British snapper, 80, from East London, who first photographed the royals in 1977, appeared on This Morning today and told how the Duke of Sussex, 35, used … Read more
Princes William and Harry are working towards mending the ‘hurtful’ rift that has all but torn the once-inseparable brothers apart, the author of a new biography about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has claimed. Carolyn Durand, who co-authored Finding Freedom alongside royal correspondent Omid Scobie, spoke to the Today show about some of the … Read more
Meghan Markle’s gossip columnist friend emerges as potential source behind claims of deep rifts in the Royal Family Lainey Lui runs the Lainey Gossip website on which she regularly posts in support of Meghan Some of her comments bear a striking resemblance to passages in Finding Freedom Miss Lui was a friend of Meghan before … Read more
Every so often a leading politician, usually with a late-night drink in hand, will reflect sadly that the price of power has been the loss of a tight-knit family life. For Boris Johnson, who marked his first year in Downing Street this week with little razzmatazz, that sacrifice has been more nuanced and infinitely more … Read more
The royal family were so concerned about Prince Harry rushing into marriage with Meghan Markle that even his sister-in-law Kate Middleton took him aside to warn him, an explosive new book has claimed. In Royal At War, published today on Kindle, investigative journalists Dylan Howard and Andy Tillett claim that Kate urged Prince Harry to take … Read more
For more than 20 years, he has been entrusted by Prince Charles to act as an ‘older brother’ figure to his two sons, dutifully extracting Harry from nightclub scrapes or advising both of them on their military careers. Now former Welsh Guards officer Mark Dyer has a new role, The Mail on Sunday can reveal, … Read more
Rumours have long swirled of a row between the Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan Markle at the royal wedding two years ago. Now it is claimed that the spat centred on whether Princess Charlotte and the other young bridesmaids at Meghan’s marriage to Harry in May 2018 should wear tights. Society bible Tatler details the … Read more