Kate, princess of Wales, says she completed chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy and will make a limited number of public appearances in the coming months, bolstering Britain’s royal family after it was rocked by the twin cancer diagnoses of the princess and King Charles III. The...

A timeline of recent British royal events

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, announced Monday that she has completed chemotherapy treatment for cancer and plans to return to some public duties. It comes after a difficult few months for the royals in which both 42-year-old Kate and King Charles III were treated for...

Kate, Princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy and will return to a light program of public engagements.

King Charles attends church prayers on the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III attended church near the royal Balmoral estate in Scotland for prayers and reflection in remembrance of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, the second anniversary of her death. Charles, 75, and his wife Camilla have been spending the summer in...

Today in History: September 8, Ford pardons Nixon

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2024. There are 114 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former...

Prince Hisahito becomes the first royal male in Japan to reach adulthood in 4 decades.

TOKYO (AP) — In a big milestone for Japan's royal family, Prince Hisahito turned 18 on Friday, becoming the first male royal family member to reach adulthood in almost four decades. It is a significant development for a family that has ruled for more than a millennium but faces the same...

Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form. The required annual filing, for which Alito has often sought...

A Royal Navy service member dies after a helicopter ditches in the English Channel

LONDON (AP) — A member of the Royal Navy was killed when a helicopter ditched in the English Channel during a nighttime training exercise, the U.K. defense ministry said Thursday. The Merlin MK4 helicopter carrying a crew of three ditched while conducting night flying exercises...

A Māori king who urged racial unity in New Zealand is laid to rest and a new queen rises

NGĀRUAWĀHIA, New Zealand (AP) — They came in their thousands in the freezing dawn, parking cars far away and winding down rural roads on foot, children riding on their shoulders. They arrived in mourning black with crowns of ferns and kawakawa leaves, bone carvings or wedges of deep green...

Today in History: August 31, Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris crash

Today is Saturday, Aug. 31, the 244th day of 2024. There are 122 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed...