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The People's King
Long before Diana, King George VI took the lead in bonding with ordinary people in surprising ways
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The Inimitable Nicky Haslam
The man who knows all about the Royals and nearly everyone else who matters in Britain
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A Holiday Message to My Royals Extra Subscribers
I feel so grateful to have nearly 21,000 subscribers, and I look forward to sharing more stories and insights about the British royal family in the year…
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Part Three: An Insider’s View of the Royal Family
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An Insider's View of the Royal Family
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Neither Prince Nor Duke: Andrew Hits Rock Bottom
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Part I: The Private World of Lady Annabel Goldsmith, The Unconventional Aristocrat Who Was a Mother Figure to Princess Diana
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Part One: The Candid Recollections of Princess Diana’s “Mother I Would Have Liked to Have Had”
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The Downfall of Prince Andrew
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Part II: Behind the New Book That Shames the BBC
New details on how Martin Bashir coached Diana on her answers before she appeared on Panorama and how she expressed her regrets afterward to intimate…
Dec 7, 2025
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Part I: Behind the New Book That Shames the BBC
Revelations from my Diana research files about Martin Bashir's deception of Diana and her brother Charles to secure an interview with her on Panorama…
Nov 30, 2025
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Part II: The Private World of Lady Annabel Goldsmith, The Unconventional Aristocrat Who Was a Mother Figure to Princess Diana
Following her recent death at ninety-one, some insights into what went wrong with Diana's marriage, and Annabel's explanation of the princess's "curious…
Nov 16, 2025
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Part I: The Private World of Lady Annabel Goldsmith, The Unconventional Aristocrat Who Was a Mother Figure to Princess Diana
Her recent death at ninety-one calls to mind her legendary lifestyle, her links to the royal family, and what really happened between Princess Diana and…
Nov 8, 2025
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Neither Prince Nor Duke: Andrew Hits Rock Bottom
King Charles III used an unexpected procedure to send his younger brother into domestic exile at Sandringham and relieve the shadow that Andrew's…
Nov 2, 2025
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The Downfall of Prince Andrew
How the King's younger brother squandered his privileged position and was forced to renounce his York Dukedom and Garter Knighthood
Oct 19, 2025
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The Iron Lady and The Queen
On the centenary of Margaret Thatcher's birthday this week, an inside look at what her relationship with Queen Elizabeth II was really like
Oct 11, 2025
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