June 2024
All eyes on Kate in first appearance since cancer diagnosis
The Princess of Wales has appeared in public for the first time this year, as she begins her return to public life with an all-family outing at Trooping the Colour.
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- Hannah Furness
March 2024
Royals ‘enormously touched’ by support after cancer announcement
Kate’s statement via a video message, which was filmed at Windsor Castle, triggered an outpouring of support from well-wishers.
- James Davey, Hannah Ellison and Will Russell
Celebrities who mocked Princess of Wales called on to apologise
The princess’s cancer revelation sparked an outpouring of support and has prompted an outcry at some of the nasty conspiracy theories propagated recently.
- India McTaggart and Michael Murphy
- Analysis
- Royal family
Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis puts royals on even more uncertain terrain
First King Charles and now Catherine, Princess of Wales, are facing grave health concerns, stretching an already slimmed-down monarchy.
- Mark Landler
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- Royal family
King, Prince Harry show support after Princess Kate reveals cancer diagnosis
Statement from the prince and the Duchess of Sussex says: “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace.”
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Trump reiterates calls for NATO members to pay their share
Mr Trump has frequently taken aim at the failure of many of NATO’s 32 members to meet a defence spending target of at least 2 per cent of GDP.
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- Kanishka Singh
- Opinion
- Royal family
Princess Catherine’s photo fiasco highlights royal transparency dilemma
The imbroglio raises questions about how far the sanitised version of the family can be trusted, resurrecting demons that haunt its relationship with the media.
- William Wallis
Top photo agencies kill ‘manipulated’ Princess Kate image
The palace faces questions over the authorised image that shows the Princess of Wales looking happy and healthy after her surgery earlier this year.
- Hannah Furness
February 2024
King’s cancer ‘caught early’, as Harry visits his father
Britain’s PM offered a few details of the King’s condition as Charles’ estranged son Prince Harry flew to London, raising faint hopes of a royal reconciliation.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Harry to visit King after cancer diagnosis
The King will receive “regular treatment” and suspend his public engagements after he was diagnosed with cancer, the Palace said in a brief statement.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September 2023
- Analysis
- Rugby World Cup
Donaldson bet pays off, England tactical masterclass
Former Wallaby captain and Rugby World Cup winner Simon Poidevin on what has been revealed in the opening matches of this edition of the tournament.
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- Simon Poidevin
May 2023
Charles puts on a serious coronation for serious times
The ceremony confirmed the King’s journey from lampooned heir to regal figurehead, as he embarks on a quest to maintain traditions yet adapt for the future.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
The best pictures from the coronation of King Charles
King Charles was crowned on a grey, rainy day as Britain entered a new royal era. These were some of the striking images from the day.
January 2023
- Analysis
- Royal family
Who will win this royal family feud, the heir or the spare?
Prince Harry’s attack might hurt the standing of the British monarchy - or perversely it might help the King and Prince William with their plan to reinvent it.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Royal family
Harry is the most confused ‘spare’ of them all
The Duke identifies a genuine problem with royal back-up acts, but his answer – to condemn hard work and duty – is much worse.
- Camilla Tominey
December 2022
- Analysis
- Crime
In the Bahamas, a lingering sympathy for Sam Bankman-Fried
From Washington to Wall Street, the disgraced FTX founder is now persona non grata. Not so in the island group he called home for a year before being arrested.
- Rob Copeland
September 2022
Soccer legend joins thousands in 14-hour queue to see Queen
The massive queue stretches at least 8km through London, forcing officials to pause entry to the queue for several hours because it was “at capacity”.
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- Mike Corder, Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka
Thousands pass Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as she lies in state in London
As King Charles returned to his Highgrove home in the southern English region of Gloucestershire after days of scheduled events, officials expected some 750,000 people to view his mother’s coffin before the lying in state ends on Monday.
- Angus MacSwan and Farouq Suleiman
June 2022
Meghan and Camilla show a touch of class
The contrast between the Duchess of Sussex and some of the more minor royals in their bubblegum pinks and tangerine oranges was stark.
- Melissa Twigg
June 2021
Queen to bestow royal treatment on G7
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Prince William will be in Cornwall to meet G7 leaders. Kate Middleton will meet separately with Jill Biden.
- Karla Adam