In his new series, David Dimbleby explores the power and wealth of the British monarchy – and its viability

The platinum blonde in British history

Mary Pargeter was starting to feel her age. When did she first attend the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Greenwood House? A quarter of a century, and she was retired even then. Had she loc

They’d have loved the drama of it – bowing out almost exactly ten years apart. Born in the same year and with the same initials, both queens of the bonkbuster. One was a Hollywood lioness, the other a

The friction between her and the Queen Consort isn’t letting up

The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...