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Kate Middleton Faces Off In a Game of Rock-Paper-Scissors While Visiting Wales

Kate Middleton Faces Off In a Game of Rock-Paper-Scissors While Visiting Wales

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Shaking hands and taking selfies, offering smiles and hugs, Kate Middleton is always generous with the public. The rain that pounded the streets of Newtown on Thursday, February 26 didn’t stop her and husband Prince William from interacting with the Welsh for twenty-five minutes, according to the BBC. With daffodils—the country’s symbolic flower—on their coats and umbrellas in hand, the Prince and Princess of Wales strolled through the crowds and shook hands. According to the BBC, this stroll was not on the agenda for the day’s visit to East Wales, but the Prince and Princess stopped their car to meet the public, who were waiting in spite of the downpour. The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to Newtown, Wales, on February 26, 2026. Mark Cuthbert/Getty Images During this impromptu stopover, the Princess of Wales was challenged to a game of rock-paper-scissors by a little boy, as witnessed by a video shared on X by journalist Emily Ferguson. In the clip, Middleton is seen winning the first round. “Let’s do it again,” she …

Queen Camilla Meets Gisèle Pelicot at Clarence House: “Your Story Has Left Me Speechless”

Queen Camilla Meets Gisèle Pelicot at Clarence House: “Your Story Has Left Me Speechless”

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On Monday, February 23, Queen Camilla welcomed Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who testified against her husband in a high-profile rape trial last year, to her home in the royal residence of Clarence House. Over tea, the two women discussed Pelicot’s book, A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, which chronicles how Pelicot escaped marital sexual violence. The wife of King Charles said she read the 320-page story in two days. “I couldn’t put it down,” said Queen Camilla, according to The Times. “I’ve met so many survivors of rape and sexual assault that I thought I couldn’t be shocked by anything anymore, but your story overwhelmed me—it left me speechless.” Pelicot was joined by her partner, Jean-Loup Agopian, and her editorial and legal team for the visit, the BBC reports. Queen Camilla and Gisèle Pelicot at Clarence House on February 23, 2026. Getty Images via AFP After saying a few words in broken French (the queen joked that she had “forgotten” the language after studying it “60 years ago”), Camilla spoke with …

From the Queen’s Tweeds to Kate Middleton’s Zara, Justine Picardie Reveals the Soft Power of Royal Dressing

From the Queen’s Tweeds to Kate Middleton’s Zara, Justine Picardie Reveals the Soft Power of Royal Dressing

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In a wide-ranging interview, Picardie discusses everything from the glamour of Queen Mary to the ways Kate Middleton is continuing sartorial royal traditions established for over 100 years. Vanity Fair: What inspired you to write Fashioning the Crown? Justine Picardie: When I met Queen Elizabeth II, it really was the most extraordinary experience, because she really was the most famous person in the world. And yet there was something so modest about her. I was also fascinated, aside from that, by the story of Hardy Amies. When I was working for Vogue in the late ’90s and early noughties, I’d met Sir Hardy Amies as he was by then, and he was incredibly discreet and didn’t really talk about his wartime experiences, but I did know that he’d worked in espionage during the Second World War. So, I would say it was the combination of those two encounters. So first, with Hardy Amies before his death. And then when I met the queen and asked her about Hardy Amies. She kind of gave you an …

Queen Camilla Wore a Brooch That May Symbolize Her Support of King Charles

Queen Camilla Wore a Brooch That May Symbolize Her Support of King Charles

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Earlier this week, while attending a church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Queen Camilla decided to wear her crown. Not on her head, as is customary, but pinned to her chest as a brooch that adorned her elegant camel-colored coat by Anna Valentine. Camilla completed the ensemble with a DeMellier handbag, Russell & Bromley boots, and hat by Lock & Co. Hatters. Queen Camilla and King Charles III. Joe Giddens – PA Images/Getty Images Yet upon closer inspection, it is not just any brooch, nor is it just any crown. The one the sovereign has decided to pull out of her vast jewelry box is a precious one in the shape of a Tudor crown, none other than the symbol her husband, King Charles, chose to include in his coat of arms when he ascended the throne, and which has since made its appearance everywhere—from royal postmarks to the uniforms of the guards. There are precisely two figures in the king’s monogram: C for “Charles” and R for “Rex,” meaning “king” in …

Kate Middleton and Prince William Join King Charles, Queen Camilla, and Other Royals for Christmas at Sandringham

Kate Middleton and Prince William Join King Charles, Queen Camilla, and Other Royals for Christmas at Sandringham

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Though King Charles III introduced a number of new traditions for this year’s royal Christmas celebration, one thing remained the same: The family’s morning walk to Norfolk’s St. Mary Magdalene Church continued as it has for years, with Charles and Queen Camilla leading the charge. King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the Christmas Morning Service at St Mary Magdalene Church on December 25, 2025 in Sandringham, Norfolk. Mark Cuthbert/Getty Images Kate Middleton, Prince William, and children Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, and Prince George also enjoyed the walk, which was observed on both sides by ardent fans, many bearing gifts. One such offering, a giant Lindor chocolate egg, thrilled the 7-year-old Louis, who snatched it from his father’s hands. Source link

Princess Anne Dethroned as Britain’s Hardest Working Royal

Princess Anne Dethroned as Britain’s Hardest Working Royal

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But this year, Princess Anne has dropped to second place, Teble writes, though she was out and about even more in 2025. But though the 75-year-old had 478 engagements, she was outpaced by her brother, 77-year-old King Charles. He carried out 535 official acts, netting him this crown in addition to that other one. That uptick in activity can be viewed as a sign that his health is indeed improving, a theory blostered by an announcement the king made earlier this month. “Thanks to early diagnosis, effective intervention, and adherence to doctors’ orders, my own schedule of cancer treatment can be reduced in the new year,” the king said in a prerecorded message that aired as part of Stand Up to Cancer’s 2025 broadcast on the UK network Channel 4. “This milestone is both a personal blessing and a testimony to the remarkable advances that have been made in cancer care in recent years.” Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh attend The Coral Gold Cup at Newbury Racecourse on November 29, …