New Idea Royals

Inside March ROYALS monthly, scandal, a deep-seated rivalry and a health crisis plunge the monarchy into some of its darkest days.

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New Idea Royals

ROYALS IN PICTURES THIS MONTH

Royal WATCH • The top news stories this month

100 iconic MOMENTS of 2023 • Joy, betrayal, excitement, drama... and the first coronation for seven decades. It was a year to remember for royal watchers

THE QUEEN’S ABANDONED HIDEAWAY • The King’s Kenya trip leads us to revisit the treetop hotel where his mother ‘went up a princess, came down a Queen’

ALL SMILES • Everything sparkled when Spain’s King Felipe & Queen Letizia visited Denmark

Fred’s MIDLIFE CRISIS • Behind the glitter of the Spanish state visit, tensions were rising in Denmark as torrid rumours about Frederik hit the press

KATE & WILLIAM A perfect MATCH • As the early days of their love story are unfolding on screen in The Crown, ROYALS takes a look back at the Prince and Princess of Wales’ modern fairytale

FASHION FAVES WITH JANINE REGAL RETREATS • Follow these royal dress codes for a stylish escape

GLOWING conditions • The products behind Princess Marie-Chantal’s stunning summer skin

WEDDING FLASHBACK PRINCE CARL PHILIP & PRINCESS SOFIA • Hearts swooned when ‘Sweden’s Sweethearts’ tied the knot in a Cinderella ceremony

‘Edward WASN’T a VILLAIN’ • Historian Jane Marguerite Tippett shares fresh insights into the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in her revelatory and gripping new biography

HISTORIC KING’S SPEECH • King Charles III and Queen Camilla revisited the pomp of their recent coronation for the first King’s speech in 72 years

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2024 • Smooth sailing ahead, or dramas on the horizon? Our ROYALS astrologer examines the charts and forecasts the year ahead for the royal family

BELOVED... then Embittered • Mohamed Al-Fayed had a complicated and tragic relationship with the royal family

WHERE DOES HARRY GO FROM HERE? • The King and his younger son are talking. Of that we can be sure

Wading in • The watery realms hold no terror for these intrepid ‘royals in wading’!

AROUND THE WORLD • These celebrated blue-bloods are making headlines for fascinating reasons

EVERYTHING YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT... ROYAL CHRISTMASES • Around the world, the royals sure know how to have a jolly time when the festive season rolls around

Identity THEFT! • In one of history’s first instances of catfishing, French Queen Marie Antoinette was ensnared in an elaborate scheme that had deadly consequences

GOLDEN GONG • In the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City was home to 24 Chinese emperors

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