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Kate Middleton Takes on New Position at Trooping the Colour

Kate Middleton Takes on New Position at Trooping the Colour

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(left to right) The Prince of Wales riding Darby, the Duke of Edinburgh riding Sir John, and the Princess Royal riding Noble, horses presented to the royal family by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, during the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Saturday June 13, 2026. Yui Mok – PA Images/Getty Images After the ceremony, the royals were escorted back to Buckingham Palace in the second carriage procession of the day, delighting the crowds gathered along the Mall in the spring sunshine. The regimental flag being trooped this year is the King’s Colour of the Grenadier Guards, which was presented by the king earlier this week during a Buckingham Palace ceremony.  Today it was trooped by guardsmen of the King’s Company. Prince William, Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales watch an RAF flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on June 13, 2026. Samir Hussein The eagerly anticipated balcony appearance and Fly Past is one of the highlights of the …

Will Kate Middleton Visit the United States This Summer?

Will Kate Middleton Visit the United States This Summer?

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Those who closely follow the British royal family often read into even the most subtle of fashion messaging, particularly when it comes from Kate Middleton. On Tuesday, June 2, alongside King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the Princess of Wales attended a reception at Saint James’s Palace in London to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Cancer Research UK. For the occasion, she chose a red dress with small white hearts by Rodarte, an American brand founded in 2001 by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, attends a reception at St James’s Palace in London, on June 2, 2026, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cancer Research UK. JONATHAN BRADY/Getty Images It was enough to fuel speculation among monarchy watchers, partly because Middleton wears relatively few American labels, generally favoring British designers or local brands on her official travels. Recently, however, the fashion call from across the Atlantic seems to have grown louder. During her recent trip to Italy, the princess also opted for a skirt by Jenni Kayne, a Los Angeles-based …

Queen Camilla Has a “Ruthless Streak,” Says One Royals Biographer

Queen Camilla Has a “Ruthless Streak,” Says One Royals Biographer

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Queen Camilla did not attend Eugenie’s wedding and skipped Beatrice’s as well. To emphasize Queen Camilla’s resolute character when it comes to severing ties, Wilson recalled an incident from the years before her marriage to Charles, when Camilla allegedly used a hunting whip to ward off some overly intrusive photographers. “She once famously wielded her hefty hunting whip over the heads of photographers who came too close during her problem days before her marriage to Charles,” he noted. “With Andrew, Fergie, Beatrice and Eugenie in her sights, looks like she’ll be cracking it again.” Tensions between Camilla and the York family actually seem to have roots in the past. Indeed, the queen did not attend Eugenie’s wedding to Jack Brooksbank at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor in 2018, instead attending an already scheduled engagement at Crathie Primary School, near Balmoral. The choice surprised many royal watchers at the time. Camilla also did not show up at Princess Beatrice’s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The ceremony, held in a reduced form due to COVID-19 restrictions, included …

Queen Camilla Wears a Centuries-Old Tiara With 1,333 Diamonds to British Parliament Opening

Queen Camilla Wears a Centuries-Old Tiara With 1,333 Diamonds to British Parliament Opening

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The highly symbolic heirloom or Diamond Diadem, as it is called on the Royal Collection Trust’s website, is closely linked to the image of Queen Elizabeth, who passed away in September 2022. After all, the crown appeared in official portraits, on banknotes, stamps and, consequently, in pop representations of the monarch. Queen Camilla. Chris Jackson/Getty Images It was King George IV who commissioned the tiara from Rundell, Bridge & Rundell for his coronation. Gold, silver, numerous pearls to decorate the sash and an impressive number of diamonds—1,333 to be exact, were used to make it. On the cross in front, in a central position, figures a four-carat yellow diamond that makes that portion of the jewel shine in a different light. Stylized symbols of England, Scotland and Ireland are also present—namely, a rose, thistle and four-leaf clover, respectively. After his coronation, George IV wore it in 1821 with a huge velvet hat, an accessory that prevented the jeweler’s masterpiece from being seen in its entirety, both during the ceremony and in the procession to Westminster …

Queen Camilla Meets with Sarah Jessica Parker During Her Visit to New York City

Queen Camilla Meets with Sarah Jessica Parker During Her Visit to New York City

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Queen Camilla and Sarah Jessica Parker. What looked like a scene from Sex and the City or And Just Like That… or perhaps a photo made with AI. And just like that, the British royal, in New York on the third day of her state visit to the United States, actually met the actor at the New York Public Library at an event organized by Her Majesty’s sponsored charity, The Queen’s Reading Room. Queen Camilla is giving her all in these American days. If the goal was to smooth relations between the United States and the United Kingdom, the diplomatic mission of King Charles and consort seems to have succeeded, at least on the level of communication. Upon arrival in Washington, DC, the royal thoughtfully sported a Cartier brooch depicting the flags of the two countries together, while on the second day, she brought out jewelry of extraordinary historical and sentimental value, including an amethyst parure that belonged to Queen Victoria’s mother. For the various appointments on her schedule in New York, Camilla wore a …

Why King Charles’s Congressional Address Was the “Most Important Moment of His Reign,” According to One Writer

Why King Charles’s Congressional Address Was the “Most Important Moment of His Reign,” According to One Writer

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When King Charles and Queen Camilla landed in the United States on Monday, they both donned matching brooches showing the British and American flags intertwined. The small but significant symbol captured exactly what King Charles hopes to achieve during his historic four-day state visit: harmony between the two nations. “It has historically fallen to the royals to expand the relationship with America,” royal author Andrew Morton recently told Vanity Fair. “We don’t have the late Queen anymore, and we don’t have Princess Diana who enchanted everyone when she famously danced with John Travolta at the White House. Yet the special relationship still matters and must continue.” King Charles’s visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is strained, with President Trump criticizing Britain and its Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for not supporting his war in Iran. On Tuesday, Charles delivered an historic address to Congress that discussed executive power being “subject to checks and balances,” defended NATO, offered support to Ukraine, and drew bipartisan acclaim. “The …

How King Charles’s Historic Congressional Address Came to Be

How King Charles’s Historic Congressional Address Came to Be

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From the wars in Iran and Ukraine to Britain’s armed forces and the support they have given America over the years, King Charles touched on many issues that many predicted he might steer clear of, in what was a high-stakes strategy. “The King will be very relieved at how well the speech was received. I do know that he was anxious about addressing Congress because it was such an important moment,” a source close to His Majesty said. “The King was absolutely determined to get it right and I know he spent many months working on it. There were many drafts and a lot of time went into it.” Queen Camilla, Melania Trump, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, and More Sights and Sounds of the UK State Dinner Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage. A U.S. Military Color Guard prepares to welcome King Charles III and Queen Camilla. While the tone and words of the speech were Charles’s own, a team of aides was instrumental in helping him craft it, including Sir Clive Alderton, a highly skilled and experienced …

A Long, Glamorous History of British Royals at The Carlyle Hotel

A Long, Glamorous History of British Royals at The Carlyle Hotel

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The first royal to really be linked to The Carlyle was Princess Diana. While it’s entirely possible that Charles stayed there during his trips to New York in the ’80s and ’90s, it was the paparazzi-plagued princess who first got photographed outside the hotel in December 1995. She was in town to accept United Cerebral Palsy’s humanitarian award at its black-tie gala. But a few weeks earlier, she’d given an explosive interview in which she’d revealed to BBC reporter Martin Bashir the extent of Charles’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. (“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” she told Bashir on the BBC news program Panorama.) A 2021 investigation found that Bashir had deceived Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother, in order to gain an introduction to the princess and persuade her to do the tell-all—with Bashir showing Spencer fabricated bank statements that made it seem that people in his and Diana’s circles were getting paid to spy on her for the press. (The BBC subsequently apologized, as did Bashir, …

King Charles Made Trump “Jealous” With His Big Speech to Congress

King Charles Made Trump “Jealous” With His Big Speech to Congress

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The royal family has long maintained a disposition of studied dullness, which made the speech delivered on Tuesday, only the second of its kind after Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1991, fairly remarkable. The old king had jokes. “When I address my own Parliament at Westminster, we still follow an age-old tradition and take a member of parliament hostage, holding him or her at Buckingham Palace until the monarch is safely returned,” he said, to laughter in the room. “I don’t know, Mr. Speaker, if there are any volunteers for that position today.” When Charles declared that “vibrant, diverse, and free societies” are what “gives us our collective strength,” Democrats gave another standing ovation, followed by the Republicans. When he said next that “the Christian faith is a firm anchor and daily inspiration that guides us not only personally, but together as members of our community,” the Republicans were back on their feet, with Democrats following soon after. When the king called on us to “reflect on our shared responsibility to safeguard nature, our most precious …

Melania’s Trump Dior Gown, a Silicon Valley-Heavy Guest List, and Dover Sole: All The Details From Trump’s State Dinner

Melania’s Trump Dior Gown, a Silicon Valley-Heavy Guest List, and Dover Sole: All The Details From Trump’s State Dinner

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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted King Charles and Queen Camilla for a state dinner at the White House on a cool spring evening in Washington, DC. It was a show of pomp, circumstance, and most of all, power—which, depending on your positioning on the political spectrum, could feel eerie or elegant given the current state of the country. The dress code was white tie—known as the most formal dress code in the United States. The president and king wore tails and white waistcoats. Although Camilla did not wear a tiara, she did wear an amethyst and diamond necklace along with a hot pink gown by London-based designer Fiona Clare. Throughout her trip to the United States, the Queen has reliably chosen British designers in a subtle showing of sartorial support of her homeland. King Charles, President Donald Trump, and Melania Trump toast in front of table with white flower arrangements and gilded birds. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images The First Lady, however, chose a European brand. She opted for a pale …