Royalty
King Charles drops cancelled word ‘walkabout’ from Australian tour
The King will drop the term “walkabout” from his October tour as Buckingham Palace seeks to avoid offending Indigenous communities.
- by Michelle Griffin
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From BBQs to the CSIRO, King Charles and Queen Camilla’s Australian itinerary revealed
The King and Queen will visit Sydney and Canberra from October 18-22, with the schedule reflecting Charles’ longstanding interest in climate change.
- by Matthew Knott
New Zealand has a new monarch. She’s 27 and a haka expert
Twelve Maori male elders chose Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki, a Maori culture expert, ahead of her older brothers to succeed her father, Kiingi Tuheitia.
- by Michael E. Miller
Prince Harry’s 40th birthday: Time to put old gossip to bed?
Harry’s future looks very different from how we might have expected at his last milestone birthday, 10 years ago.
- by India McTaggart, Georgina Wray and Josh Bourne
Princess marries an American self-styled shaman in union that has divided Norway
The couple - who both claim to have mystic powers and believe they met in Ancient Egypt in a past life - have divided Norway and Verrett will not now become a prince.
- by Jari Tanner
‘She’s my queen and I’m her pharaoh’: Welcome to a royal wedding like no other
The marriage between Norway’s fourth in line to the throne and a self-styled shaman has ruffled more than a few feathers.
- by Marianka Swain
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‘A mighty tree has fallen’: New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia dies
King Charles, NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and former PM Jacinda Ardern are among those paying tribute to the country’s Maori King.
- by Ben McKay
King meets child survivors of stabbing rampage that fuelled unrest across Britain
The monarch travelled to the seaside town of Southport to hear the experiences of some of the children who were attacked at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
- by Danica Kirka
Prince Harry fears wife Meghan ‘may be stabbed or splashed with acid’ if she returns to the UK
The Duke of Sussex also claims his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, was fully supportive of his fight against the tabloid press.
- by Victoria Ward
Princess of Wales is getting better, William tells D-Day veterans
He was asked by 100-year-old Geoffrey Weaving, a war veteran, how Catherine was faring with her cancer treatment.
- by Victoria Ward
Was it regicide? Thai court asked to reopen King Ananda’s murder case
Twenty-year-old Ananda Mahidol was found dead in his room in 1946. The official narrative is that he was murdered.
- by Panu Wongcha-um