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Constance Marten was well-connected and wealthy, but meeting Mark Gordon saw her life unravel.

Raised in luxury, jailed for her baby’s death: The fall of socialite Constance Marten

Marten was born into British high society, but her life began to seriously unravel after she met Mark Gordon.

  • Martin Evans and Susie Coen

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US President Donald Trump, left, and King Charles.

King in the castle: Charles to host Trump during ‘unprecedented’ UK trip

The King will greet the US president at Windsor Castle as part of a visit designed to calm Britain’s diplomatic tensions with America, sparking intense speculation about the treatment he will receive.

  • David Crowe
Charles as a boy with his mother the Queen, as the royal train leaves Weymouth in southern England.

King agrees to scrap royal train after two trips add up to $167,000 bill

King Charles has happy memories of riding in the royal carriages, first commissioned in 1869. But he has agreed to bid the royal train “the fondest of farewells” amid mounting criticism of its cost.

  • Michael Holden and Danica Kirka
Samantha Mostyn, Australia’s Governor-General.

Living next to the PM, putting up with party boats and hosting the King and Queen: Sam Mostyn on being GG

Mostyn likes to lift the curtain on life at Admiralty House.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla speak with David Beckham at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through endurance.

  • Rob Harris
Earl Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana, with her son Prince Harry.

What Diana’s brother told Prince Harry about using the Spencer name

Earl Spencer reportedly met with the Duke of Sussex, who sought advice on changing his family’s surname.

  • Albert Tait
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King Charles inspects an honour guard as he arrives at the Senate building in Ottawa.

King travelled to Ottawa to address ‘anxious’ Canadians. Then Trump took aim again

King Charles III said Canada faced unprecedented challenges in a world that had never been more dangerous, reaffirmed its sovereignty in a rare speech from the throne in the nation’s parliament.

  • Rob Gillies
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Gulf club loses its swing

And that ain’t cardamom in your omelette.

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A rare dispiriting discount

Take the win, Steve!

Professor Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen’s pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute with Queen Elizabeth II on November 15, 1979

Queen Elizabeth II kept in the dark about Soviet spy in her palace

A trove of intelligence files sheds new light on an espionage ring linked to Cambridge University whose members spilled secrets to the Soviet Union.

  • Jill Lawless

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