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  • William, Prince of WalesAt 9:03 pm on the 21st of June 1982, William Arthur Philip Louis was born at St Mary's Hospital in London. He was the first direct heir to the British throne to be born in a hospital. Today he is William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to…
  • Prince Harry, Duke of SussexPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was born at 4:20 pm on the 15th of September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital in London. His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, was then on the throne. His parents were Charles, who was Prince of Wales and is now King…
  • Princess BeatricePrincess Beatrice, a niece of King Charles III, wore an unusual fascinator designed by Philip Treacy to her cousin Prince William's wedding in April 2011. The hat drew significant public and media attention. The following month it was…
  • Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew and Duke of York, was arrested on the morning of the 19th of February 2026. It was his 66th birthday. Officers detained him on the Sandringham estate on suspicion of misconduct in public…
  • Elizabeth IIElizabeth II was born only third in line to the throne. Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 made her heir.
  • Charles IIICharles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey on the 6th of May 2023, in a ceremony planned for many years under the code name Operation Golden Orb. Reports before the day promised a coronation shorter, smaller and less expensive than his…
  • Diana, Princess of WalesAn estimated 2.5 billion people watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. The broadcast reached more than 200 countries. In the United Kingdom the audience peaked at 32.1 million, one of the highest figures ever recorded there. In…
  • Queen CamillaQueen Camilla, born Camilla Rosemary Shand, is the second wife of King Charles III and queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. In 1999, around 200 photographers and reporters from across the world crowded in to watch…
  • Meghan, Duchess of SussexMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, was eleven years old when she first tried to change how a major company addressed the public. She and her classmates wrote a letter to Procter & Gamble. They urged the company to make a dishwashing-soap…
  • Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born on a dining room table. The date was the 10th of June 1921, and the place was Mon Repos, a villa on the Greek island of Corfu. Before he turned two, he was carried out of Greece in a fruit box. He…
  • Prince Edward, Duke of EdinburghAt 8:20 pm on the 10th of March 1964, a boy was born at Buckingham Palace, and his father was in the room to see it. Of the four children of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, he was the only one whose birth Philip witnessed. This is…
  • Sophie, Duchess of EdinburghOn the 29th of April 2024, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, travelled to Ukraine. She was the first British royal to make the trip since the Russian invasion. She met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and she met survivors of war-related sexual…

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