Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden demands Netflix make it clear The Crown is ‘fiction’

Oliver Dowden last night demanded that Netflix make clear The Crown is ‘fiction’. In a dramatic intervention, the Culture Secretary added his voice to mounting concern that fabricated scenes in the drama series were so damaging to the Royal Family that viewers should be warned at the start of each episode that it was not … Read more

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden demands Netflix make it clear The Crown is ‘fiction’

Oliver Dowden last night demanded that Netflix make clear The Crown is ‘fiction’. In a dramatic intervention, the Culture Secretary added his voice to mounting concern that fabricated scenes in the drama series were so damaging to the Royal Family that viewers should be warned at the start of each episode that it was not … Read more

Royal biographer HUGO VICKERS: Prince Philip deserves better

From the outset, The Crown has set out to sensationalise and distort the story of the Royal Family.  But of all the many falsehoods, exaggerations and, frankly, downright lies presented as truth, there is a moment in the final episode of the this latest, fourth, series that must surely count as the most wretched and … Read more

Royal biographer HUGO VICKERS: Prince Philip deserves better

From the outset, The Crown has set out to sensationalise and distort the story of the Royal Family.  But of all the many falsehoods, exaggerations and, frankly, downright lies presented as truth, there is a moment in the final episode of the this latest, fourth, series that must surely count as the most wretched and … Read more

Kate Middleton wears green anorak for new Early Years video 

Kate Middleton was effortlessly elegant today as she donned a £379 trendy wax jacket  from Alexa Chung’s Barbour collection to unveil the results of her Early Years survey. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38,  delivered a keynote speech today during an online forum hosted by The Royal Foundation as she announced the findings of the biggest … Read more

Which royals will be chosen for the Queen’s Christmas bubble? 

The three-household limit on bubbles over the Christmas period may pose a challenge to the Queen’s usual festive celebrations. For the last 33 years, the monarch, 94, has travelled up to Sandringham for the holidays, where she hosts close family members, after the Christmas party for extended family members at Buckingham Palace in December.  But … Read more

Kate Middleton stresses importance of child-rearing in ‘early years’

Kate Middleton has spoken of her ambition to put the early years on an equal footing with the other great social challenges and opportunities of our time. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, delivered a keynote speech today during an online forum hosted by The Royal Foundation as she unveiled the findings of the biggest ever UK … Read more

Kate Middleton stresses importance of child-rearing in ‘early years’

Kate Middleton has spoken of her ambition to put the early years on an equal footing with the other great social challenges and opportunities of our time. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, delivered a keynote speech today during an online forum hosted by The Royal Foundation as she unveiled the findings of the biggest ever UK … Read more

Lisa Wilkinson talks about Meghan Markle’s tragic miscarriage

The Project’s Lisa Wilkinson says Buckingham Palace’s terse response to Meghan Markle’s heartbreaking miscarriage was proof of why she and Prince Harry had to leave the Royal family. Ms Markle said in an article written for The New York Times on Wednesday how she lost her second child after feeling a ‘sharp cramp’ while changing her … Read more

The Crown series four had more viewers in its first week than Charles and Diana’s real wedding

Netflix has scored a huge hit with its fourth series of The Crown. A new report claims that 29 million people logged onto the streaming service to watch the latest series of the royal family drama in its first week of release earlier this month. While official figures are yet to be released by Netflix, … Read more