THE Queen was once told to avoid a particularly strange topic when meeting the Queen of Denmark almost 50 years ago, reports a royal expert.
Her Majesty was shockingly warned not to mention Denmark's status as the "porn capital of the world" in her briefing before meeting Queen Margrethe of Denmark.
This was due to the Danish being extremely sensitive about the title.
Royal biographer Robert Hardman told the Daily Mail: "Whenever she’s meeting any world leader there’s always two files she studies very closely.
"One is called 'personality notes' and the other 'topics to be avoided'. They don’t hold back, either."
However, Mr Hardman went on to add that he thinks it very unlikely the Queen would ever bring up such a topic.
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Americans have no love for Meghan and Harry, claims expert
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to the United States in 2020, but according to a royals expert, their new countryman are not their biggest fans.
Royal family enthusiast, Nile Gardiner, spoke to The Sun saying that Meghan's popularity is at an all-time low.
He said: "The image of Meghan is plummeting in the US as it is in the UK.
"The Queen is hugely admired in the US, as is Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.
"Meghan's image is significantly falling in the US"
It would seem that American's are baffled as to why Meghan is even considered a royal at this point.
"Many Americans are bewildered as to why she is still the Duchess of Sussex when she speaks out so much against the monarchy."
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Her Majesty beams as she visits Edinburgh for Ceremony of the Keys
The Queen was all smiles as she made the trip to Scotland with her family for the historical Ceremony of the Keys.
Her Maj, 96, arrived for the traditional opener to Holyrood week for the Royals today.
The monarch has been in good spirits as of late, after suffering a series of mobility issues prior and during the Platinum Jubilee.
Last week she was pictured riding her horse for the first time in nine months, as well as standing unaided without a walking stick.
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Charles named the Royal College of Surgeons
Charles has followed in the footsteps of his father to become patron of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
The Duke of Edinburgh served as patron of the College for 66 years, having first become patron in 1954.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) said it is a “privilege” to welcome Charles, who is known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, as its new patron.
His father, who died last year, accepted an honorary fellowship from the RCSEd in 1955 and visited the college on several occasions including in 2006 to open the Quincentenary building, and in 2015 to open the newly renovated Surgeons’ Hall Museums and the Prince Philip Building.
Professor Michael Griffin, president of the RCSEd, said: “It is a privilege to welcome HRH The Duke of Rothesay as Patron of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
“The Duke of Edinburgh played a very significant part in the College’s history during His Royal Highness’ 66 years as Patron, which we recognised in 2015 by constructing the Prince Philip Building.
“The Duke’s engagement with Fellows and officers at the opening of the building was extraordinary, and throughout his patronage His Royal Highness took great interest in the surgical profession and its advancement of patient care.
“We very much look forward to working with The Duke of Rothesay.”
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Everything YOU need to know about Prince Harry's tell-all memoir
The reports surrounding Harry's upcoming book have been contrasting and often contradictory, but what will be in the book? And when will it release.
Some have said the book will see Harry attack Charles and Camilla, while others have claimed the book will avoid taking aim at the royal family.
Prince Harry had this to say: “I’m writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become.
"I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story — the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learnt — I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think."
The book has been “tentatively scheduled for late 2022”, but reports recently emerged that the piece may have been delayed.
Overall, the book will take a personal and intimate look at Harry's life, and the many controversies that have accompanied it.
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Eagle-eyed fans spot a certain royal in the crowd at Glasto
Some keen-eyed royals fans think they spotted a certain someone at the legendary festival on Friday.
Right at the front of the Pyramid stage on Friday night was a women who had a striking resemblance to the Queen
Finn on Twitter wrote: “The Queen has turned up at Glastonbury to watch Robert Plant. That disguise is fooling nobody.”
Royals fans rejoiced this week, as Her Majesty was pictured riding her horse for the first time since doctors told her not to nine months ago.
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Queen’s calm reaction to protestors for once pelting her with eggs
The Queen’s calm reaction to protestors who pelted eggs on her during a visit to New Zealand with Prince Philip in 1986 will be revisited in an upcoming documentary.
The incident happened when she and Prince Philip were riding in an open-top vehicle waving to 42,000 schoolchildren who had gathered at Auckland’s Ellerslie Race Course.
According to express.co.uk, some of the eggs actually landed on the Queen and Philip attempted to wipe the raw egg from his wife’s coat.
In the documentary The Queen’s Diamond Decades the incident was remembered, with the narrator saying: “The Queen looked down and brushed away the mess, nodding in reply to the duke’s urgent ‘Are you alright?’”
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Kate painting slammed by art critic as making her look like ‘strangely boring doll’
The official portrait of Kate and William has been slammed for making Kate look like a “strangely boring doll” as it doesn’t reveal her “inner magic”, according to some.
The new portrait has provoked a very mixed reaction.
According to express.co.uk, some critics have praised the picture suggesting that it captures the essence of the royals.
Others have been more harsh arguing that it isn’t an accurate representation of the Cambridges.
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Kate is playing a 'game she cannot win', expert claims
A royal expert has noted that Kate is always compared to Diana, and believes these comparisons are wholly unfair.
Columnist Daniela Elser highlighted these comparisons, suggesting that Kate's achievements are enough for her not to be compared to the late princess.
Writing for news.com.au, the columnist said: "The reason this matters is that this is the third time in less than a month that we have seen the relentless Diana-ing of Kate.
"But the issue here is that no matter what Kate does, says or wears she is endlessly compared to Diana.
"Ten years, three children, 33 foreign trips, and one Royal Foundation of her very own later and Kate is still held up against Diana with a bilious regularity.
"It’s a game that Kate can never win."
The writer added that two women are "very different" and that Kate "deserves so much more" than to always be compared to the iconic royal.
She added: "This is a situation which is only going to become magnitudes worse when in the next few years she assumes Diana’s title and becomes the Princess of Wales.
"It’s long past time to break this addiction to reading everything Kate-related through a Diana-shaped lens. She deserves that much."
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There is no way back for Will and Harry, expert claims
The brothers' relationship is beyond repair, despite William always looking out for Harry, an expert has suggested.
Speaking to the Mirror, a royal expert has suggested that William feels there's no way back for him and his brother.
Ingrid Seward explained: "Kate went a long way to encourage their relationship and, although William has always looked out for Harry, he feels at the moment there is nothing more he can do."
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Qatari cash secretly given to Charles will be investigated by Charity Watchdog.
The money, totalling around £2.5 million, was reportedly handed to the Prince in bags full of cash during one of his visits to the controversial country.
The money came directly from the infamous Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
Clarence House insists all correct processes were followed over the donations from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, known as HBJ.
However, the Charity Commission may choose to interview fund trustees.
It comes as another of Charles’s charities, the Prince’s Foundation, is being probed by police amid a cash-for-honours scandal.
A Charity Commission spokeswoman said: “We are aware of reports about donations received by The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. We will review the information to determine whether there is any role for the commission in this matter.”
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Kate could be heading down under, royal expert claims
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge may be visiting Australia for a royal tour, a royal expert claimed while noticing the hidden clues in her outfit.
Express.co.uk reports that royal writer Natalie Oliveri has spotted the minute details in Kate’s outfit that imply she could soon be heading Down Under.
According to the report, Kate, 40, recently revealed a major sartorial clue that a visit could be on the cards soon, although there has been no official confirmation from Kensington Palace as yet.
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Prince Charles ‘accepted a suitcase stuffed with €1million in banknotes from controversial Qatari politician’
PRINCE Charles personally accepted €1million in cash stuffed in a suitcase from a controversial Qatari politician, reports say.
The extraordinary payment was one of three totalling €3million the Prince of Wales is said to have received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani between 2011 and 2015.
Clarence House said the money was “passed immediately to one of the prince’s charities who carried out the appropriate covenants and assured us that all the correct processes were followed”.
The sheikh, the former Prime Minister of Qatar nicknamed HBJ, handed over huge sums of cash in private meetings with Charles, The Sunday Times reports.
At one meeting he reportedly presented €1million – around £861,000 – stuffed into carrier bags from posh grocer Fortnum & Mason.
At another one-to-one meeting at Clarence House in 2015, Charles accepted a holdall containing another €1million.
Two advisers in the royal household hand-counted the cash, said to have been made up of now-discontinued €500 notes.
Private bank Coutts is then understood to have collected the suitcase from Charles’ London residence at the request of palace aides.
Each payment was deposited into the accounts of the Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund, a low-profile grant-making entity which bankrolls the prince’s pet projects and his country estate in Scotland.
Royals are banned from accepting gifts of money in connection with an official engagement or duty under the royal gift policy. They can accept a cheque as patron of or on behalf of a charity.
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Her Majesty beams as she visits Edinburgh for Ceremony of the Keys
The Queen was all smiles as she made the trip to Scotland with her family for the historical Ceremony of the Keys.
Her Maj, 96, arrived for the traditional opener to Holyrood week for the Royals today.
The monarch has been in good spirits as of late, after suffering a series of mobility issues prior and during the Platinum Jubilee.
Last week she was pictured riding her horse for the first time in nine months, as well as standing unaided without a walking stick.
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Meghan silent on Roe vs Wade decision
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States made the controversial decision to repeal Roe vs Wade, a precedent that granted abortion and reproductive rights to women across the country.
Many iconic and famous American women have come out in recent days, condemning the decision, including Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish.
The duchess of Sussex is yet to comment, however, despite her usual passion for social justice causes.
With many reporting that Meghan wishes to have a future, this has raised questions over what her silence means.
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Harry and Her Majesty still very close, source claims
When Harry, and his wife Meghan, abandoned the Royal Family in 2020, many suggested that his relationship with The Queen had deteriorated.
This was compounded when the Sussexes released their BOMBSHELL interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they criticised many members of the firm.
According to a friend though, the Queen still has a soft spot for Harry: "If Harry asks, the Queen would say yes."
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Meghan revelations could devastate the monarchy, claims expert
The Royal Family would be divided in a “bloodbath on all sides” should Buckingham Palace unveil their Meghan Markle review, a podcast claimed.
Express.co.uk reports that Newsweek’s chief royal correspondent Jack Royston said on The Royal Report podcast that releasing the findings of a review into the Duchess’ supposed bullying would appear bad for all sides.
He said: “I think basically if that report were published it would be a complete bloodbath on all sides and nobody would come out of it looking any good at all.
“I think Buckingham Palace will have taken one look at this and thought ‘we’re just going to look awful—this is going to make us look absolutely appalling’ and if every single fact and allegation came out I just think it would be a complete mud fight and there would be mud over everybody.”
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Princess Charlotte is set to be granted a very special title when she gets older
Officially known as Princess Charlotte of Cambridge – thanks to her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – Princess Charlotte already holds a very grand title.
But the young royal is set to be granted an evening loftier title in the coming years.
This title, according to the Mirror, is Princess Royal.
Traditionally bestowed on the eldest daughter of the monarch, it was introduced to mimic the French royal title of Madame Royale in the 1600s.
The current Princess Royal is Princess Anne, the Queen’s only daughter – she was given the title in 1987.
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Meghan and Harry’s plan to quit Royal Family REVEALED
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s plan to quit the Royal Family has been revealed by a royal expert who suggested the pair had been anticipating their exit for some time.
Express.co.uk reports that author Andrew Morton, who has written biographies for royals including Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II, stated that the plan to quit was discussed more than a year before Megxit.
Speaking to the Mirror’s podcast, Pod Save the Queen, he said: “Harry was having conversations in a London hotel with Oprah Winfrey back in November 2018, just six months after they’d been married. So they were thinking about a different direction of travel pretty early on.
“The irony is they had been given the keys to the first-class lounge when Prince Harry was given the position of Youth Ambassador to the Commonwealth.
“This was effectively the Queen’s way of saying ‘you do the rest of the world, leave William and Catherine to do the UK where they will eventually be the Heads of State’.”
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How George found out he would one day be king
Royal biographer Robert Lacey has revealed how young George may have found out he would one day be king.
"Maybe one day George will tell us the story himself.
"But sometime around the boy’s seventh birthday in the summer of 2020, it is thought that his parents went into more detail about what the little prince's life of future royal 'service and duty' would particularly involve."
The author went on to say: "William’s unhappiness at the haphazard fashion in which the whole business of his royal destiny had buzzed around his head from the start".
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Slave trade must be taught alongside Holocaust, says Prince Charles
Prince Charles wants Britain’s part in the transatlantic slave trade to be taught to the country in the same way that school pupils learn about the Holocaust.
Express.co.uk reports that the future king believes improved education about the darkest days of Empire will help to heal divisions within the UK and the Commonwealth, and help both to move forward.
Aides have said he is on a mission to acknowledge the legacy of the trade in which Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans to its colonies between 1640 and 1807, before campaigning aggressively to halt it here and around the world.
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Charles & other royals to appear in Edinburgh for Holyrood Week
Charles will be in Edinburgh this week along with other members of the royal family as part of Holyrood Week – also known as Royal Week – which takes place each summer.
The RCSEd is one of the oldest surgical corporations in the world with a global membership of almost 30,000, including 15,000 members in the UK.
It promotes the highest standards of surgical and dental practice through education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical and dental workforce.
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Charles becomes patron of the Royal College of Surgeons
Charles has followed in the footsteps of his father to become patron of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
The Duke of Edinburgh served as patron of the College for 66 years, having first become patron in 1954.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) said it is a "privilege" to welcome Charles, who is known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, as its new patron.
His father, who died last year, accepted an honorary fellowship from the RCSEd in 1955 and visited the college on several occasions including in 2006 to open the Quincentenary building, and in 2015 to open the newly renovated Surgeons' Hall Museums and the Prince Philip Building.
Professor Michael Griffin, president of the RCSEd, said: "It is a privilege to welcome HRH The Duke of Rothesay as Patron of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
"The Duke of Edinburgh played a very significant part in the College's history during His Royal Highness' 66 years as Patron, which we recognised in 2015 by constructing the Prince Philip Building.
"The Duke's engagement with Fellows and officers at the opening of the building was extraordinary, and throughout his patronage His Royal Highness took great interest in the surgical profession and its advancement of patient care.
"We very much look forward to working with The Duke of Rothesay."
- Joseph Gamp
Eagle-eyed fans spot a certain royal in the crowd at Glasto
Some keen-eyed royals fans think they spotted a certain someone at the legendary festival on Friday.
Right at the front of the Pyramid stage on Friday night was a women who had a striking resemblance to the Queen
Finn on Twitter wrote: “The Queen has turned up at Glastonbury to watch Robert Plant. That disguise is fooling nobody.”
Royals fans rejoiced this week, as Her Majesty was pictured riding her horse for the first time since doctors told her not to nine months ago.
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