There aren’t many 24-year-olds who enjoy looking at their baby pictures, fewer still who show them off to friends. But James Whetton has good reason to boast about one photograph – as it shows him being cradled in the arms of Princess Diana. Even though he was only six days …...Read More

A Whitehall high-flyer tipped to become the first-ever female head of the Civil Service was investigated for bullying staff and misusing expenses, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Antonia Romeo is a leading contender to replace ousted Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill as Britain's most powerful mandarin, in charge of …...Read More

The gem encrusted piece was made in 1919 from Queen Victoria's necklace The Queen allowed her 31-year-old granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, to wear the same tiara she wore at her own wedding in 1947. The Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara, fashioned in 1919 from a necklace given to the current Queen’s …...Read More

Prince Philip looked happy and healthy as he smiled alongside the Queen after the secret wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The Duke of Edinburgh, who celebrated his 99th birthday last month, attended the ceremony in Windsor in a rare public appearance since his official retirement in August …...Read More

For Princess Beatrice, this was the ultimate ‘something borrowed’. Fashion is so often used to make a statement and this gown, personally loaned by the Queen, sends a huge message of her support to a much-loved granddaughter on her wedding day. The Queen Mary tiara – worn by the Queen …...Read More

Keep-fit enthusiasts working out at gyms when they open on Saturday will not need to wear masks – adding to growing confusion over Government guidelines for face coverings. Gyms across the country are preparing to open their doors in the latest wave of businesses emerging from lockdown. Fitness chains have …...Read More

Advertisement Smiling with pride, the Queen and Prince Philip may have been required to keep their distance from newlyweds Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – but a Royal relationship has rarely been closer. Beatrice married on Friday wearing both a tiara and vintage dress generously lent to her by …...Read More

Special Forces sniper teams have targeted British jihadis in fierce cave battles in the mountains of northern Iraq, killing at least 100 fighters in a ‘secret war’ to crush an Islamic State resurgence. In scenes similar to the hunt for Osama Bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan …...Read More

The Pull Of The Stars Emma Donoghue Picador £16.99 Eerily topical, Donoghue’s new novel reads like an episode of Call The Midwife set during a pandemic. The main character is a nurse on a Dublin maternity ward in 1918. The Spanish flu is rampant and one midwifery drama follows another …...Read More

Britain's 30,000 kidney dialysis patients could soon benefit from a new operation that allows them to undergo the lifesaving treatment but spares them the permanent scar it usually leaves. The innovative procedure creates a super-strong needle access point into the body that can cope with the large amount of blood …...Read More