The Royal Suite’s lake view may have won the Burgenstock Hotel and Alpine Spa in Switzerland a listing in the top 100 hotel suites of the world, but the view from just about every other window, patio, balcony and pool, in this amazing spa resort, is almost as breathtaking.
The property sits spectacularly 500 metres (1,640ft) above Lake Lucerne and Elite Traveler, that bible for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, declared that no words could express its ‘glorious wonders’.
I decide to rise
Things may be awkward in the royal family thanks to tension between the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex, who, despite once being close, have been warring over the past few years.
While they were close for years, even acting as Best Men for one another at their respective weddings, the brothers have been separated by a rift that is said to have begun four years ago.
In March 2019, William reportedly threw Harry and Meghan out of Kensington
The last thing my father said to me before he married his childhood sweetheart, a year after my mother died, was: ‘I should have married her in the first place — then I would have had better children.’
Thanks for the memory, Dad. But then looking back, I remember few occasions when all was blissful harmony between my parents in their 45-year marriage.
Nor was the dig at me unusual. My younger brother got off relatively lightly, but then my
Early in the year is not the most obvious time to go to Venice, but in my view it is the most unforgettable. Yes, seeing Piazza San Marco ablaze in the summer sunlight is glorious, but in winter the city is infused with a mystery and nostalgia that can’t be beaten.
It stems back to my days as a student, living there in the early 1990s. After the twinkling lights of Christmas were boxed away, and the celebratory cheer disappeared,
The Queen was a symbol of resilience and longevity to the world.
She managed to stay physically fit and mentally sharp until the ripe old age of 96 despite decades of enormous pressure, responsibility and family scandals.
Even in her final days Elizabeth II was still fulfilling her royal duties, meeting with Liz Truss at Balmoral on Tuesday and formally transferring power to the new Prime Minister.
It is believed she was able to age so gracefully because she kept
A four-day break to Italy, two in Rome and two in the countryside of Umbria, seemed like a good idea when I booked it.
Less so as the date neared and Britain’s airports seemed to be drowning in a tsunami of passengers desperate for a holiday but confronted by shortages of staff, long delays and lost bags.
Despite my wife’s protests (she likes to take a well-stocked wardrobe when travelling) we decided to take only hand luggage.
Ian Walker and
Knockinaam Lodge, a luxury hotel on the West Coast of Scotland, reportedly played a pivotal role during the planning of D-Day.
The Victorian hunting lodge, then a family home, was a secluded bolthole where, in 1944, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Dwight D Eisenhower reportedly met over tea to discuss, in blanket secrecy, Operation Overlord, the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy.
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe slept elsewhere that evening, but Churchill is believed
