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Showing a different side. A previously unreleased portrait of the late Princess Diana is now being displayed at Kensington Palace.

Queen Camilla has said that King Charles is "doing fine" but is a bit of a rebel and "he won't slow down and won't do what he's told". She revealed these bits of information during her arrival at the second annual Queen's Reading Room Literary Festival held at Hampton Court Palace on Saturday 8 June, where she had a discussion with the thriller author, Lee Child.

A royal expert has pointed out how the Prince and Princess of Wales made a "wise" decision when it came to naming their daughter, Princess Charlotte. The couple welcomed their baby girl on 2 May, 2015 at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. While there were a number of names which were thought to be possibilities as the name of the new royal baby, it was expected that there would be reference to Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Prince William and Prince Harry are set to be shocked by new claims in a TV documentary. The drama for the Royal Family continues as a former bodyguard of their mother, Princess Diana, is about to reveal all about her alleged "affair" with James Hewitt.

King Charles’ Coronation officially took place at the weekend as St Edward’s Crown was lowered onto his head by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Queen Camilla, meanwhile, reused Queen Mary’s Crown for her own coronation during the historic occasion at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.

Despite their lavish royal lives, Prince William and Kate Middleton attempt to give their kids a life “as normal as possible.” Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have childhoods not easily comparable to those of everyday UK citizens.They all have their starring roles in the upcoming Coronation of King Charles, and they go to the school once graced by the likes of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Bear Grylls, and Crown actor Dominic West. But, royal author Tom Quinn has argued that their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, try to give them the most normal life possible.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Global is shuttering the UK unscripted division of its international production arm, which makes the likes of Catfish UK and True Life Crime.

the Queen's palaces because it has no way of checking that buyers are over 18.Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), which looks after the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace, sells swords online that have blunted edges and antique-style pistols that look the part even if they’re not fireable.But they’re not for sale to under-18s, and the administrators of HRP’s website say that they have no way of checking whether buyers are old enough.One mum, whose son was stabbed to death five years ago this month, says she can’t understand why anyone would want to buy a full-sized sword – or why Royal Palaces would sell them.Michelle McPhillips says that even though the swords aren’t sharp, they could still “cause damage”.“If this was plunged into somebody it could kill them quite easily,” she told the Daily Mail, “and if they were play fighting with the sword as well, that is when an accident could happen.“No-one needs these sort of weapons as presents or as toys,” Michelle added. “There must be plenty of other stuff that they can sell showing our history rather than a sword.”HRP sold three full-sized replica swords, at prices ranging between £180 and £225.

Princess Diana used to carry around a small fridge full of her blood over fear of being “under the threat of physical danger”.The late princess would keep spare supplies of her blood with her security team as a precaution for if Diana was ever attacked.According to former private secretary Patrick Jephson, the small fridge of blood would accompany them if they were ever travelling overseas.Mr Jephson said: “Particularly when we were abroad or in the developing world, we would carry a little refrigerator full of spare supplies of Diana’s blood.“That sure took the glamour out of it.

Queen yelping "ow" when two-year-old Princess Eugenie stepped on her foot resurfaced in an upcoming documentary to mark her Platinum Jubilee.The inventive film, Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts, will look into Her Majesty's 70 years on the throne and her private moments with the Royal Family.

a new exhibition at Kensington Palace exploring the relationships between designers and royals. It became known as her “caring dress” because she knew children loved the bright, floral pattern.Despite the hand drawn pencil and ink sketch featuring a large matching hat, Diana never wore it because, she said, “you can’t cuddle a child in a hat”, Claudia Acott Williams, Kensington Palace curator, explained.She also often wore “big costume jewellery because she would pick children up and they would play with it”, she added.Matthew Storey, curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, said this “really illustrates just how carefully she considered the people she would meet when selecting outfits for her many public engagements”.Ms Acott Williams added:

Princess Diana's former butler has told of how the Queen stopped him being wrongly convicted for stealing the Princess of Wales clothes.Paul Burrell said her Majesty stepped in to lift a law forbidding him to disclose details of their private conversations shortly after Diana's death when he was on trial at the Old Bailey.Her new information confirmed it wasn't a Palace theft, so Paul was cleared of all chargesSpeaking on Channel 5's Secrets of the Royal Palaces, he said: "I couldn't believe that I was free to walk out of the Old Bailey instead of into a prison sentence."Never before had a Monarch intervened in a criminal court case."She saved me. She saved me from what I thought was my fate.

The Queen "banished staff" last year during her discussions with Prince Harry after their bombshell Megxit announcement, it has been claimed.Her Majesty told her staff to stay out of the way in a bid to avoid leaks when the showdown took place on January 13 last year.Talks took place at Sandringham Estate to discuss the decision and the Queen wanted to make sure information was not leaked to the press, reports Express.In Channel 5's Royal documentary 'Secrets of the Royal Palaces,' a royal commentator revealed Prince Harry, 36, and the Queen only wanted key aides with them.Glynis Barber, narrator of the documentary, said: "The Queen wanted absolute privacy and chose the secluded Long Library, the location of her first televised Christmas