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This is definitely NOT William's first visit to this particular charity since he was made patron. His first visit was actually in 2009 just after he was named as patron and on that occasion he made a lovely and poignant speech about a child never being able to say the word "Mummy" again and a...

Going by the obit in Trond Noren Isaksen's blog, Lilian's father left the family when Lilian was quite young. This would then cause her to be quite bitter towards him as it would have impoverished her mother and herself even more. Lilian (from interviews she gave) had no good memories of her...

The editorial staff for The Daily Telegraph are new and ex Daily Mail which explains the more negative shift in the royal stories at the Daily Telegraph. The Guardian and The Times are serious papers and don't cover the fluff that the Daily Mail does ( and now the Telegraph does). The Daily Mail...

Diana didn't work hard all the way to her children's births, that's just one of those myths that gets perpetuated. The Court Circular is the official record of all the engagements the royals carry out. So checking the 1981 and early 1982 Court Circular one can see that Diana actually didn't work...

No!!!!! HRHs are all of equal rank they DO NOT curtsey to each other! Precedence is not who curtseys ( or bows ) to who but rather where one should stand in a formal line up. Precedence can also be changed, the Queen did that a few years ago when she decided that when the female members come...

But you are looking in the wrong places! You're assuming that the documents would be held by the British, but rather they would be held by the Greeks. Prince Philip himself has given information to royal historians that he wrote to King George II of Greece in 1943 (? question mark is mine since...

Princess Grace never spoke really good French and yet she's held up as the exemplary Monaco consort. Grace spoke in English to Rainier (whose English was excellent) and to her children, which helps explain Albert's and Stephanie's American accents. ( Caroline's is more mid Atlantic) My...

Military personnel seconded to work for the royals are always paid by the MoD since they are technically MoD employees. Various royals have equerries and orderlies from the military typically it's a 2 year secondment as it's seen as something to help with their career path. William and Harry's...

You're making a huge assumption that this article is true rather than a piece of tabloid writing. A bit of research will reveal that Andrew hasn't made any statement about wanting his daughters to have fulltime royal duties. Infact what he has actually said to a journalist when talking about...

William works as a fulltime Search and Rescue pilot. He works around 10 shifts a month, the shifts are 24 hour shifts, this information was given out by the RAF when he started. This is the norm for a Search and Rescue crew. In recent months he was working towards qualifying as a captain and did...

Rubbish! Diana actually got quite a lot of help and guidance from the palace. (the Diana victim version is she didn't, that's not the truth) She might not have had guidance over a wedding dress but then Kate's was entirely her choice as well! Lady Susan Hussay was assigned to Diana to help her...

No Frederik has not personally set up any charities or foundations, nor does he personally raise money. But this is not unusual amongst European monarchies, the British monarchy is a Welfare Monarchy. This comes from the philanthropy model which is an AngloSaxon one . The Spanish model is very...

No the Armstrong-Jones cousins aren't the only ones in the UK. Charles's first cousin Princess Margarita of Baden lives in the UK permanently. She's also close to her Windsor relatives being the only member of Philip's side of the family who regularly attends the private Christmas lunch for...

The Duke and Duchess of Kent are not separated formally or informally. The both live together at Wren House which is a small cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace. She's never released a statement that she wishes to be known as Katherine, Duchess of Kent ( Anyway Katherine is wrong her...

The home shrines in people's homes are Buddhist not Shinto. Food and drink are offerings that are made according to Buddhist tradition and these are the offerings you will see in Japanese cemeteries. Japanese are quite open with their religious practices. The Shinto religion is very much about...