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12:36Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in the queer, Bollywood-inspired The Queen of My DreamsFor Fawzia Mirza, making The Queen of My Dreams her feature film debut was cathartic."It saved my life," said the writer-director.The film, which began its life as an art installation and then a ...

A 101-year-old letter written by the Queen Mother is going under the hammer after it was found being used as a bookmark.The thank-you note, dated January 27, 1923, followed news of the then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's plans to marry Prince Albert - the future King George VI.Buckingham Palace announced ...

Set to take the throne in just a week's time, Princess Mary of Denmark is certainly bringing a breathe of fresh air into the monarchy.The Australian-born mother-of-four, 51, grew up in Tasmania, a world away from the opulence and extravagance of the Amalienborg Palace.But her 'common birth', fashion sense, and ...

When I think of the Queen, I think of her seduction and her glamour; not the hollow gaudiness that passes for these today, but the charm and elegance of an age that is lost. In the final episodes of the Crown, which dropped on Netflix this week, its three Elizabeths, Claire ...

Don't miss our brilliant new podcast, The Crown: Fact or Fiction with Robert Hardman and Natasha Livingstone. Listen now on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcastsBy Ffion Haf Published: 11:31 GMT, 26 November 2023 | Updated: 11:31 GMT, 26 November 2023 There was quite a wait before ...

A self-styled 'assassin' who declared 'I'm here to kill the Queen' after he was caught by police with a crossbow while intruding Windsor Castle has been sentenced to nine years with an extended license period of five years. 'Delusional' Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, climbed into the castle grounds with the weapon ...

The necklace was among several new pieces of jewellery ordered by Queen Victoria to replace the items lost when her uncle became the King of Hanover, King Ernst August I, and sought possession of the jewellery that had belonged to Queen Charlotte, his late mother and Queen Victoria’s grandmother.After ...

The necklace was among several new pieces of jewellery ordered by Queen Victoria to replace the items lost when her uncle became the King of Hanover, King Ernst August I, and sought possession of the jewellery that had belonged to Queen Charlotte, his late mother and Queen Victoria’s grandmother.After ...

Former Navy SEAL Team Six member Robert O’Neill has joined a chorus of veterans expressing disgust Former US Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill, a member of the legendary SEAL Team Six credited with taking out al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, ripped into his former employer for “using an enlisted sailor ...

The necklace was among several new pieces of jewellery ordered by Queen Victoria to replace the items lost when her uncle became the King of Hanover, King Ernst August I, and sought possession of the jewellery that had belonged to Queen Charlotte, his late mother and Queen Victoria’s grandmother.After ...