‘you’ve taken 50 years off me!’

With so many medals to fit in the tiniest miniature she had ever worked on, limner Elizabeth Meek literally had to hold her breath when painting the portrait of Charles III, but the result is a resounding success

She is often regarded as the royal family’s hardest-working member with a straightforward approach to her duties. And as Anne, Princess Royal approaches her landmark 75th birthday, which sees the rele

Bee venom and beauty might make strange bedfellows, but, as Jane Wheatley discovers, they are a combination fit for a Queen

Dame Helen Mirren talks turning 80 and how her take on ageing is echoed in her new movie, The Thursday Murder Club

Barbara Peters has always been ‘on pointe’ when it comes to dancing…

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight