Royal family
Long life
I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…
Charlotte
It could have been much worse. Someone had pointed out that among the new baby’s ancestors was Queen Violant of…
Palace Notebook
The day of my investiture at Buckingham Palace dawned bringing freezing rain and fierce winds, which lashed at the windows…
Barometer
Royally paid Staff at Windsor Castle were balloted in strike action over pay. What can you earn in the royal…
Barometer
Deadly to dogs An Irish setter was allegedly poisoned at Crufts, using beef containing slug pellets. Some other substances with which dog-show rivals…
Barometer
Teen queens The Duke of York denied allegations in court papers that he had had sexual relations with a girl…
Barometer
A fatal shot The sad death of Australian batsman Philip Hughes was a reminder that a cricket ball can kill.…
Diary
Having dampened local republican ardour during their recent tour of New Zealand and Australia, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge…
Diary
When visiting Britain and Australia last November, I discovered that the mayor of Toronto, Robert Ford, is now the world’s…
Diary
Hard on the heels of the 90th birthday of Nicholas Parsons (10 October) comes the 65th birthday of the Prince…
At home with the royals
Are you following the world’s most watched aristocratic family? If you recall, they recently took into their ranks a member…
Plato on Today
A woman is invited to join the Today programme, and the chatteratae are immediately a-twitter on the subject of female…
I don’t care about the royal baby. What’s wrong with me?
Driving along in the car on a pleasant evening earlier this week, I was happily humming along to the toe-tapping…
The contented little prince
On raising a royal baby
Letter to a royal baby
What you need to know about being born a Windsor
