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Who knows the truth, I think we shouldn't judge or speculate until we know (if we ever do) what happened. Its possible the split from Lindsay was only announced once his relationship with Harriet was serious and likely to become public knowledge.

Honestly, don’t see this as news. Yes, her participation in the State Visit would be new but I suspect that would be soley for the banquet, and that would be new for her not new in principal, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent attended state banquets for years despite never being “working...

This is a glimpse of exactly how they wanted their royal life to be that much is true…. Don’t forget just weeks ago Meghan launched her own brand (whose name I genuinely can never rememeber American Riviera…) and now she is getting alot of free PR thanks to Invictus and Nigeria paying for her...

Whilst they are free to do as they please, the Nigerian military is "less than clean", shall we say. The more I see the more I think it is going to come back and bite them.

https://archive.ph/KoDoE Fabulous article in the Telegraph following Princess Anne for a week of engagements

I don't get the fuss about no royals attending nor them meeting up when the date for the service was on the same date of the first garden party of the year (which for last few years have always been around this date and a Wed for the last four years they have occured) Put simply, it was a...

I have to say I'm stumped by this, is the plan she uses her official allowance to save up for a residence of her own? If so, surely that would be state property and not her own? It would seem more logical to say she is taking the personal part of her allowance and saving that up as that is her...

I'm confused, if the state provided her with a residence why does she need to save for a residence? Otherwise, I get as her roles increases she needs some of her allowance to pay for increased expenses and costs. Even if it is just some secretarial support in the background, it costs.

Yes tbf I agree. i’m obviously getting cynical in my old age and was surprised they didn’t have a new electric car to proudly display on the occasion. Not that they should…. Just that its the pr move i wouldn’t have been surprised by.

Wow, okay then. I'll just take that in for a bit 😲

I have to say no matter how traditional royal families might be, in this day and age having members of the royal family with immunity from the law is pretty outdated. Yes, the sovereign, like many other Heads of State, might need to be, but I don't see why other members of the family should be...

As per the Telegraph, around 200 organisations are going to loose their royal patronage after a review of patronages. The King is to take on around 300 more. https://archive.ph/hpH5v

I assume they'd still be able to use Trend like they use their chalet in Verbier, even if it means they can only got for a week or so at a time. Be interesting to see what they do in the summer - will they have use of Gråsten or will Daisy still use it as hers.

Sorry, but if you will drive past the outside of the Palace when the press are gathered for a semi official event then its hard to argue privacy. I rather suspect the issue has come about once it was pointed out he wasn't wearing a seatbelt on a public road. TBH, given I've read all over social...

A lot of more elderly people seem to prefer 4x4 style cars, they are easier to get in and out of as they don't require bending down or stooping half as much to get into as a saloon car. I do love a good Bentley. However, not very "environmentally friendly" which I'd have thought Frederik would...

I like the idea she has returned "home" in her "twighlight years". I suspect any changes to apartments etc will only come about when they are needed for Fred & Mary's children. Why kick out Benedikte and A-M from their apartments just to leave them empty. Fred lived in an apartment there...

This article has a number of pictures of Benedikte's apartment. It also says she is temporarily using an apartment on the "mezzanine floor" (not really sure what that means) but has an apartment on the floor below that is being renovated, it is hoped she will be in residence "later this year"...

True, possibly best of both worlds - being with your sister when you want and yet also having somewhere to escape to just you.

Gert's royals says last year there were 43 investitures in 2023 - Anne - 24 (56%) Charles - 10 (23%) William - 9 (21%) https://gertsroyals.blogspot.com/2023/01/uk-investitures-2023.html

Good to know thank you! I am sure she is always welcome at Schloss Berleburg. I just think at her age personally I'd probably be doing it the other way around and not moving in to a city apartment BUT I love she is living "next door" (and it seems "across the corridor") from her sisters.

Interesting to hear she has moved permanently to Amalienborg now. I do feel a bit sorry for her if she has traded in a whole castle for a (fair enough palace based) apartment.

True, I took it as financial constraints given that was the main part of what the report seemed to be saying but it would be availability of royals. I wonder if Victoria's military training will take place when Madeleine is back so they won't loose out on working royals. That said, if they were...

Hmm doesn't bode well for the notion of Madeline doing many royal duties when she returns to Sweden. Sounds like they are really struggling with their current finances. What are the chances of the of them getting an increase in funding? Not at all? Or quite likely?

How interesting that they still want to do all the things that royals usually do, really shows that their main issue for leaving was to be able to make their own money on the side. Wishing them the best of luck on their defence tour of Nigeria.

I think its a lovely honour especially given it is awarded "...for having a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government..." The Arts are something close to Catherine's heart, and something she shares with Charles, so it makes sense. But the Companions of Honour are usually...