Latest Royalty News

UK royals unite on palace balcony, with Kate back at her first public event since cancer diagnosis

Jun. 15, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ’ first appearance at a public event since her cancer diagnosis early this year. The annual event was also a show of stability by the...

A timeline of recent British royal events as Kate appears in public while battling cancer

Jun. 15, 2024 10:17 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, stood alongside King Charles III and other royal family members on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday, making her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer early this year. Her attendance at the King's Birthday Parade comes after a...

Princess of Wales joins royals on Buckingham Palace balcony as she makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis

Jun. 15, 2024 08:03 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Princess of Wales joins royals on Buckingham Palace balcony as she makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis.

Princess of Wales says she's making ‘good progress’ in cancer treatment, will attend a public event

Jun. 14, 2024 18:59 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales said Friday she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend King Charles III 's ceremonial birthday parade on Saturday, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William has...

A campaigner who took on the UK Post Office joins Tracey Emin, Imelda Staunton on royal honors list

Jun. 14, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A former post office branch manager who campaigned to expose a vast miscarriage of justice has been given a knighthood by King Charles III. Alan Bates is among more than 1,000 people, including artist Tracey Emin, actress Imelda Staunton and Duran Duran singer Simon...

A statement from Kate, Princess of Wales on her cancer treatment

Jun. 14, 2024 13:31 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, has given an update on her cancer treatment, saying she is making good progress and hopes to return to some public duties. Here is her statement in full: "I have been blown away by all the kind messages of support and...

Kate, Princess of Wales, says she's making ‘good progress’ in cancer treatment, will attend public Trooping the Color

Jun. 14, 2024 13:01 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, says she's making ‘good progress’ in cancer treatment, will attend public Trooping the Color.

A portrait of King Charles III was defaced in the latest act of activist vandalism

Jun. 11, 2024 22:47 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at a London art gallery, the latest in a series of incidents at U.K. museums as campaigners use vandalism to publicize their causes. A group called Animal Rising shared a...

Dutch king and queen get a red-carpet welcome in Georgia, and a chance to show off their dance moves

Jun. 11, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands on Tuesday received a red-carpet welcome from Savannah's mayor, chatted with crane operators on the dock of one of America's busiest seaports and danced onstage with students from Georgia's oldest historically Black college. ...

Attraction starring Disney's first Black princess replaces ride based on film many viewed as racist

Jun. 11, 2024 07:54 AM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitting replacement to a former ride based on a movie that contained racist tropes. The new theme park...