WATCHING THE RECENT SPECTACLE OF THOSE latter-day emperors President Xi of China and India’s Narendra Modi hugging each other at the summit in Tianjin, my mind cast back to an earlier image of a pan-A

The Duchess of Edinburgh has long been seen as the royal family’s safest pair of hands. So much so, she and Prince Edward were given the task of embarking on a significant visit to Japan last week to

Was there ever a more bizarre royal relationship than that of Andrew and Fergie? Both are back in the news due to email exchanges with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Some have claimed that rumoured email

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After weeks of rumours about the Sussexes’ return, royal correspondent Emily Andrews explodes the myth

Charles II visited Norfolk in September 1671, accompanied by other members of the royal family and a large retinue of gentlemen and servants. Royal visits were a great rarity in the 17th century, as w