Royal Family

Every August, the Royal Family vanishes behind the gates of Balmoral for what’s officially billed as a private family holiday, and this year’s guest list is a particularly good read, writes Royal Commentator Afua Hagan.

King Charles III officially opened the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday to launch 10 days in a slimmed down event designed to control costs.

Prince George, second in line to the throne, turned 13 on Wednesday as he readied to follow in his father Prince William’s footsteps and start at the prestigious Eton College.

King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years Friday as they try to repair a rift that has persisted since his youngest son and wife quit Royal life and moved to America six years ago.

Queen Camilla made her customary visit to Wimbledon on Wednesday and was joined in the Royal Box by an actor who once portrayed her husband.

Prince Harry’s final lawsuit aimed at taming the British tabloids ended in defeat Tuesday as a judge said he failed to prove his privacy invasion claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

The drama that seems to surround Prince Harry returns to the United Kingdom this week, and the previews already have the British press buzzing with anticipation.

Prince Harry will not stay at Buckingham Palace during his stay in Britain this week, the palace said, despite a spokesman for the king's second son telling media on Monday that he had accepted an invitation to do so.

Harry, the younger son of King Charles, is due in London and Birmingham next week for a series of charity engagements and events promoting the 2027 Invictus Games.

Kate, the Princess of Wales, met tennis fans lining up in Wimbledon’s famous Queue on Thursday before attending a second-round match featuring British player Arthur Fery on one of the outer courts at the grass-court Grand Slam.

Prince William said the charity he set up to show homelessness can be prevented had helped thousands of people avoid a housing crisis as he marked the project’s three-year anniversary.

She said the aim was to raise funds for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity where she underwent treatment for her own cancer diagnosis

Prince Harry and Meghan will stay in royal residence next month during their first trip to the United Kingdom in four years, raising hopes of a potential rapprochement with the rest of the royal family.

King Charles has become the first British monarch to reveal how much tax he pays, providing the most detailed insight yet into royal finances.

King Charles also announced that he paid more than $24 million in both income and capital gains tax in 2024-25, becoming the first British monarch to reveal his finances.