The King and Queen have been enjoying some holiday time in Scotland, but all the Palace talk is of a spring tour to the USA. After the welcome announcement late last year that His Majesty could scale

Exaggerating her beetling monobrow and wispy dark moustache in self-portraits, the artist Frida Kahlo was a female force to be reckoned with, unafraid to pour her heart onto the canvas. Only last autu

Spanish-born Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo has been employed by the Prince and Princess of Wales to look after Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. She first started working for the Wal

Alice Loxton EleanorA 200-mile walk in search of England’slost queen352pp. Pan Macmillan. £22. Many are commemorated in stone, but few so grandly as Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290). Following her unexpec

It has long been described as her life’s work – and when it comes to highlighting just how important early childhood can be – the Princess of Wales is set to mark a special anniversary later this mont

Chasing waterfalls I’m currently travelling around New Zealand ...