The Duchess of Edinburgh celebrated her landmark 60th birthday on 20 January. Close to both the late Queen Elizabeth II, who reportedly saw Sophie as her “favourite daughter-in-law”, and the Princess

We take a look back at the year’s headlines

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There was more celebrating on January 22 when Princess Beatrice gave birth to a daughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose, several weeks premature and weighing only 4lb 5oz (2 kg). “Nothing quite prepares you f

After two decades of dazzling dresses and glitterball trophies, Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are waltzing away from the BBC series. Fans were stunned by the news in Octo

She was once the golden girl of prime-time TV with the world at her feet, but few could deny that 2025 has been a brutal reminder that even national treasures can fall from grace. With the cancellatio