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Prince William has met a road crash survivor who was saved by William and his former air ambulance crew mates.The heir to the throne invited Jack Beeton to Windsor Castle after he received a letter from the crash survivor’s girlfriend, saying her partner had thanked all the crew from the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) personally apart from him. William was an EAAA helicopter pilot for two years until 2017, and wrote a public letter about his experiences when his role came to an end, saying pitching in with crewmates to save Mr Beeton’s life gave him the “determination to keep going”.

Harry: A Biography of a Prince” writer had spoken to him about his desire for an “ordinary life” and she penned his thoughts for her Daily Mail column at the time.“I spent many years kicking my heels and I didn’t want to grow up,” Harry told the journalist.“I felt I wanted out but then decided to stay in and work out a role for myself,” he added.The now-father of two went on to say how he is “determined to have a relatively normal life” and hoped that he would be lucky enough to have children in the future.He then recounted what it was like to walk with his brother Prince William behind their mother Princess Diana’s coffin at her 1997 funeral when they were barely teens.“I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances. It certainly wouldn’t happen today,” he recalled.Levin then wrote how she wouldn’t describe Harry as a “‘clown prince’ or a moaner, but a wounded prince.”Harry and Markle, 41, made the shocking decision to make the move to North America and took a step back as senior members of the royal family in 2020.The couple later did a lengthy interview with Oprah Winfrey a year later and also dropped their Netflix series “Harry & Meghan” this past December.

King Charles’ Coronation has been hit with more than 8,000 Ofcom complaints by fuming TV viewers. Coverage of the momentous occasion was broadcast on Saturday 6 May - with millions of Royal fans tuning in to watch the King and Queen Camilla being officially crowned at Westminster Abbey.

TV watchdog Ofcom was hit with 137 complaints about the Coronation of King Charles.

Andrea Bocelli and his regular collaborator Sir Bryn Terfel performed the Coronation concert at Windsor Castle. The duo sang You'll Never Walk Alone before King Charles III and an audience of 20,000. Sir Bryn had a busy weekend having already performed the Welsh song Kyrie eleison at the actual Coronation service the day before.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary on Friday and their union will need to be as strong as ever as they weather the media storm. "If you were a PR executive who took on Harry and Meghan a day after they got married, it would be almost difficult to embark on a strategy to remove them from their popularity in the way they have," royal commentator Duncan Larcombe told Fox News Digital. "It would be hard to have done it deliberately and strategically.

funeral in September, the treasury revealed Thursday.“The government’s priorities were that these events ran smoothly and with the appropriate level of dignity, while at all times ensuring the safety and security of the public,” John Glen, chief secretary to the treasury, said in a statement.Prior reports estimated the security alone cost $7.5 million.Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, died Sept. 8 at the age of 96.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will celebrate five years of marriage later this week, with the Duke of Sussex expected to ‘put a lot of thought’ into his wife’s anniversary gift.The couple, who were involved in a ‘near-catastrophic car chase' in New York on Tuesday along with Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland, are set to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary tomorrow. In an exclusive interview with Slingo, King Charles’ former butler Grant Harrold has shared his pride over Harry after finding love with wife Meghan. Speaking about the couple’s upcoming anniversary, Grant revealed that Harry is ‘very sentimental and thoughtful’ and will ‘put a lot of thought’ into celebrating with Meghan.

Lionel Richie is looking back on his time in London fondly! Earlier this month, the «All Night Long» singer performed at King Charles III and Queen Camilla's royal coronation, and to return the favor, the newly crowned monarchs made a surprise cameo on . Speaking with ET's Denny Directo after Sunday's Disney Night episode of , Richie gushed over how «gracious» Charles and Camilla are.

Queen Elizabeth filmed her famous Platinum Jubilee Paddington Bear sketch at Windsor Castle instead of Buckingham Palace as she was 'frail'.The late monarch, who passed away aged 96 on 8 September 2022, starred in a fun sketch alongside Paddington Bear to mark the start of her jubilee celebrations last year as she celebrated her historic 70-year reign. The Queen and Paddington's comic sketch was believed to have been filmed at Buckingham Palace, but now actor Simon Farnaby – who appeared as a footman in the film – has revealed it actually took place at Windsor Castle, where Elizabeth II spent a lot of her time.

Kate Middleton put her musical skills on display in a special segment opening the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final over the weekend.In a clip shared to the Prince and Princess of Wales' official Instagram account, Middleton is seen taking part in the opening sequence of the contest's final leg by playing last year's winning entry on the piano.

Mike McCahill Guest Contributor The theme of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, ‘United by Music,’ announced both the annual musical extravaganza’s all-embracing intentions and its status as a joint endeavor. With 2022 winners Ukraine unable to host in Kyiv due to the war, the U.K. – last year’s runners-up, thanks to Sam Ryder’s soaring “Space Man” – stepped in to reinstall this ever more spectacular circus (along with multiple Ukrainian creative personnel) in Liverpool, birthplace of the Beatles. A declaration that this was to be the glitziest of collabs was served via a prologue that paired Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, reworking last year’s winning entry “Stefania”, with the Princess of Wales, apparently providing piano accompaniment from within Windsor Castle. Soft power-a-go-go.

Kate Middleton made a surprise cameo at the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday night.  The 41-year-old Princess of Wales gave a pre-recorded piano performance in the international song competition's opening segment, which she filmed earlier this month at the Crimson Drawing Room of Windsor Castle. Middleton played an instrumental version of the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra's song "Stefania," which won the contest last year.

Kate Middleton made a surprise appearance at 2023’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Kalush Orchestra, performing their winning entry of “Stefania” in Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti station, interspersed with cutaways to UK-based talents ranging from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Ms. Banks. For her part, performed a short instrumental piece for her cameo, filmed at in the Crimson Drawing Room of Windsor Castle.

Those tuning in to watch the Eurovision Song Contest were left doing a double take as they thought a famous pop star invaded the show. After months of build-up the grand final of the biggest music competition in the world finally kicked off on Saturday night (May 13).

Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has expressed hopes to move abroad with her boyfriend, Andrew Le Page.The pair, who recently met King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle, have been together since meeting and finishing fourth position on the popular dating show Love Island last year. And while the pair are currently renting together in East London, 24 year old model Tasha, whose dad Tarek lives in Spain and her brother in Australia, is hoping to swap out UK's chilly weather for sunnier climes. Speaking to The Sun during Deaf Awareness Week, Tasha said: "We'd definitely love to move abroad at some point, maybe when we're a bit older, in our late 30s or 40s.

Eurovision Song Contest viewers have claimed that it's 'not a time for crimes' as they called out an error minutes into the grand final. Those who didn't get tickets to watch the action unfold at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena have been tuning in in their millions to see who will take the title this year.

The Princess of Wales has made a surprise cameo during the opening performance of the Eurovision Song Contest. Kate played a pre-recorded instrumental piece which was recorded at Windsor Castle earlier this month.The clip, which is around 10 seconds long, appeared in a performance by last year’s winners Kalush Orchestra, which also includes contributions from Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sam Ryder.

Kate Middleton joined in with the Eurovision Song Contest excitement by featuring in the opening sequence of the event's Grand Final.

The Duke of Edinburgh sported a virtual reality (VR) headset as he tried out a riding simulator at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. A smiling Edward was filmed sitting astride the model horse as he clutched its reins and moved his head about to take in the simulation, at the event in the grounds of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on Thursday 11 May. Edward, 59, shared a joke with two people who helped him put the headset on.