Second-hand taffata gown with bodice encrusted with diamante was huge message of support from Queen

For Princess Beatrice, this was the ultimate ‘something borrowed’. Fashion is so often used to make a statement and this gown, personally loaned by the Queen, sends a huge message of her support to a much-loved granddaughter on her wedding day. The Queen Mary tiara – worn by the Queen when she married Prince Philip … Read more

Beatrice poses with new husband Edoardo and her grandparents after socially distanced wedding

Smiling with pride, the Queen and Prince Philip may have been required to keep their distance from newlyweds Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – but a Royal relationship has rarely been closer. Beatrice married on Friday wearing both a tiara and vintage dress generously lent to her by her grandmother, deeply conscious that the … Read more

Princess Beatrice ‘opted to wear wedding dress by Italian designer Caroline Castigliano’

Princess Beatrice wore the wedding dress she planned for the original May nuptials to Italian property developer Edo Mapelli Mozzi, insiders have claimed.  Beatrice, 31, married Italian property developer Edo, 37, at a ceremony at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in the grounds of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s home of Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, yesterday. The … Read more

Princess Beatrice’s new husband’s ex Dara Huang is seen enjoying drinks out on the town

Princess Beatrice’s new husband’s ex Dara Huang was seen enjoying an evening out on the town just hours after Edo Mapelli Mozzi married the royal in a secret ceremony at Windsor Castle yesterday. The  Chinese-American architect, who shares four-year-old son Christopher, known as Wolfie, with ex-fiance Edo, looked in good spirits as she enjoyed drinks in Knightsbridge … Read more

Prince Philip looks happy and healthy as he joins the Queen after Princess Beatrice’s wedding

Prince Philip looked happy and healthy today as he smiled alongside the Queen after the secret wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The Duke of Edinburgh, who celebrated his 99th birthday last month, attended the ceremony in Windsor in a rare public appearance since his official retirement in August 2017. Sat in the backseat … Read more

The dashing Italian property developer who won Princess Beatrice’s heart

Princess Beatrice married fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a secret wedding in Windsor earlier today – but who is the man that stole the royal’s heart? The happy couple were due to wed at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace in London with 150 guests on May 29, but Covid-19 meant they had to postpone … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Princess Anne’s animal care charity is put out to pasture 

Prince Philip famously quipped of his daughter ‘if it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t interested’. However not even the dedicated equestrian Princess Royal could come to the rescue of the Animal Health Trust, of which she has been president since 1991. I can reveal the much lauded veterinary charity, which celebrated its 75th … Read more

The Queen’s annual trip to Balmoral IS going ahead despite earlier fears it may be cancelled

The Queen and Prince Philip are expected to spend the summer at Balmoral after it was feared that guidelines on moving between England and Scotland might scupper the annual stay.   The monarch, 94, and her husband, 99, are reportedly set to fly to the castle, in the Scottish highlands, where they may stay for up … Read more

Kate Middleton is ‘a bit like Prince Philip,’ royal biographer claims

Kate Middleton is ‘a bit like Prince Philip supporting the Queen’ because she’s careful not to ‘outshine’ Prince William but still ‘has a lot to say,’ royal biographer claims Duchess of Cambridge, 38, is a ‘bit like Prince Philip,’ a royal expert has claimed Relationship with Prince William been compared to Prince Philip and the Queen … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Prince Philip’s pal Sheila Mathews recalls her run-in with Dame Vera Lynn 

One of Prince Philip’s favourite actresses, West End musical star Sheila Mathews — who once turned up at a Buckingham Palace garden party wearing a broad-brimmed straw picture hat to disguise the fact that her hair was in curlers — offers an unusual sidelight on Dame Vera Lynn, who died last week at the age … Read more