Letters: Sharon Stone interview | 1930s royal photo manipulation | At snail’s pace | Maternity music | Spending a penny or 40
November 2023
Backstairs Billy review – anodyne comedy about the Queen Mother and her servant
Penelope Wilton plays the isolated royal and Luke Evans is her courtier in a light production that never gains much depth
July 2023
Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans to star in Queen Mother comedy in the West End
Michael Grandage will direct Wilton as the Queen Mother, with Evans playing her most loyal servant, in new play Backstairs Billy this autumn
April 2023
The Windsors at War by Alexander Larman review – rollicking account of the king, the duke and the Nazis
Cost of the crown
The other royal collection: Windsors’ multimillion-pound private trove of art may include official gifts
September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II obituary
Monarch who through her seven decades of public service became a figure of fascination by remaining steadfastly private
July 2022
£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills
Contents of dozens of royal wills have been kept private by judges in special hearings closed to the public
February 2021
Gossip, sex and social climbing: the uncensored Chips Channon diaries
Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon’s diaries caused a stir in 1967. Now edited by Simon Heffer and published unredacted, they reveal even more about British high society
August 2019
Nigel Farage attacks Harry and Meghan, jokes about 'overweight' Queen Mother
Exclusive: Brexit party leader labels Duke of Sussex ‘terrifying’ while disparaging Queen Mother in Sydney CPAC speech
December 2017
Meghan Markle’s handy A-Z guide to her new family
Catherine Bennett
Much attention has been paid to the Markle background but what about the rum lot that make up Harry’s kin?
July 2017
The Queen has hit the jackpot again. But why does she need so much money?
David McClure
Revenue from her estate has doubled in a decade, writes the author of the financial investigation Royal Legacy
March 2017
How Britain will cope with the death of the Queen
Letters: Some may cry ‘Roll on a republic’ but it could provide the opportunity for a more modest monarchy on the Scandinavian model
June 2016
What does this say about me?
My royal family memorabilia: ‘I think the Queen is wonderful’
Liz, 69 and a Women’s Institute member, has been collecting china and crystal royal family memorabilia for 35 years. She made the Queen cardboard cut-out for a celebratory WI meeting. By Miranda Sawyer
April 2016
From the Guardian archive
Delightful frocks promised for Duke of York's wedding - fashion archive
Koh-i-noor diamond given to Britain, says Indian government
July 2015
Behind the infant Queen’s gesture lies a dark history of aristocratic Nazi links
Karina Urbach
It is no surprise that the royal archive is closed to historians: a wealth of embarrassment lies within
Salute the Sun for daring to go behind royals’ closed doors
Peter Preston
We shouldn’t be questioning the decision to print the pictures of those Nazi salutes – we should ask why it wasn’t done years ago
Palace criticises Sun over film of Queen giving Nazi salute as a child
Footage from the early 1930s, published by the Sun newspaper, shows Elizabeth raising her right arm straight in salute to the camera
December 2013
Accountant who claims he is Princess Margaret's son wins court ruling
Robert Brown, who believes he is the illegitimate son of Queen's sister, given permission to seek judicial review
January 2013
The best (and worst) royal portraits - in pictures
To celebrate the Duchess of Cambridge's first official royal portrait, we've picked out some other royal portraits from recent times
