I’m going to miss The Crown. At its best, it has been alternately soothing, nostalgic, and educational, and even at its worst, it has always been well acted and gorgeous.
Unfortunately, the second half of the sixth and final season is very much The Crown at its worst. These six episodes, released yesterday on Netflix, are an unfocused canter around the paddock of the late 1990s and early 2000s: Prince William turns 18, Prince Charles finally makes an honest
Otto English is the pen name used by Andrew Scott, a writer and playwright based in London.
LONDON — Like Oscar Zoroaster, the eponymous Wizard of the fictional land of Oz, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, who has died aged 96, led a
Prince William has driven Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to Balmoral as they raced to be at the Queen’s bedside to join a vigil led by Prince Charles and Princess Anne today.
The Duke of Cambridge took to the wheel of his Range Rover with his uncles and aunt on board after they were flown to Aberdeen from London by RAF jet this afternoon amid deep concerns about Her Majesty’s health.
Hours earlier the
The Prince of Wales was in good spirits today as he donned a red tartan kilt to visit The UNESCO World Heritage site of New Lanark.
Prince Charles, who is known in Scotland as the Duke of Rothesay, was beaming as he arrived at the Scottish site this morning, waving to royal fans who had crowded for the occasion.
At New Lanark, a purpose-built 18th century mill village, David Dale and Robert Owen created a model for industrial communities that
The Duchess of Cornwall has stepped out in a green and red Scottish outfit to attend the Braemar Gathering near Balmoral.
Camilla, 75, (who is known as the Duchess of Rothesay while in Scotland) accompanied her husband Prince Charles, 73, at the gathering, which is the most famous of the Highland Games, and is known worldwide.
Also with the royal couple were Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence. However, the Queen, 96, missed the event for the first time in her
The love story of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip is an epic one, with the pair spending more than seven decades of their lives together.
When the Duke of Edinburgh passed away in April 2021 at the age of 99, he had been by Her Majesty’s side for 73 years, sharing four children, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – as well as eight grandchildren.
With a relationship spanning the best part of three-quarters of a
The Duchess of Cornwall braved a second day of heatwave temperatures as she headed to a Cornish school to listen to local students read aloud this morning – and was gifted with homemade birthday cards.
The royal, who celebrated her 75th birthday on Sunday, donned a chic blue patterned, knee-length dress – similar to the one she wore in her official birthday portrait – as she arrived at Charlestown School in St Austell.
Greeting Camilla, who attended the event alone,
Prince Charles proved he takes his role as patron of a university seriously today as he presented an honorary degree in Wales.
The future king, who is patron of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, visited as his trip to Wales came to a close.
The University, from which Pippa Middleton is about to graduate a master’s degree with a distinction, is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.
Presenting Emma Jane Bolam with an honorary degree, the Prince of
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were mobbed as they visited a thriving, award-winning Welsh high street that is bucking the national trend of decline.
Thousands waited for hours along the length of the former mining town of Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley to catch a glimpse of Prince Charles, 73, and Camilla, 74, as they patiently shook hundreds of outstretched hands, popped into some of the local business and even pulled a pint of beer.
Named Great
Prince Charles today described his ‘sorrow’ over slavery and the future of the Queen as head of state of Commonwealth nations after an awkward meeting with Boris Johnson in Rwanda amid tensions between the men over the Government’s plans to sent migrants to the east African country.
The heir to the throne and the Prime Minister are both in Kigali for a Commonwealth summit and met privately over a cup of tea and biscuits – although the chat is not
