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An official portrait of Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir. Photo: Handout
Malaysia

Malaysian police consider sedition charges for ex-Negeri Sembilan officials

Ten ousted executive council members face questioning over an alleged plot to depose the state’s ruler.

Malaysia

Negeri Sembilan royal crisis: veteran Malaysian politician charged with sedition

Malaysia

Malaysians joke about nettle beds to end Negeri Sembilan royal row

King Charles III

Meet Charles Spencer’s 4th wife, archaeologist Catrine Spencer

The earl, whose memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister publishes next week, married the archaeologist earlier in May.

Charles Spencer married his fourth wife, Catrine Spencer, in May this year. Photo: @charles.earl.spencer/Instagram
Britain

UK media is ‘cancerous’ to Harry and Meghan, Diana’s brother says

Diana died in a car crash as photographers pursued her, sparking a reckoning over whether the media bore responsibility for her death.

King Charles III

Meet Charles Spencer’s Canadian ex-wife, Karen Spencer

Buckingham Palace has denied claims surrounding King Charles in Spencer’s new book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister – but who is the earl’s ex-wife?

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Princess Diana

Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ goes on show amid clash between brother and Charles

The outfit became a symbol of the royal couple’s troubled relationship and the public breakdown of their marriage.

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Diana, Princess of Wales meets guests at the Serpentine Gallery in London in June 1994. Photo: Reuters
King Charles III

King Charles was ‘giddily elated’ after Diana’s death, her brother says

Then-Prince Charles sounded ‘like a lottery winner’ because he felt freed to marry again, Earl Spencer writes in new book.

King Charles III

In rare move, King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother

Charles Spencer says the royal told him ‘we’ll forget her soon enough’ after his sister died in a Paris car crash.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Prince Harry’s children changing schools over security concerns

Decision comes weeks after the Sussexes’ return from the US and as the UK government reviews protection status.

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan succession row deepens over disloyalty claims

The customary council says an April proclamation purporting to remove Tuanku Muhriz Munawir was invalid from the outset.

Tuanku Muhriz Munawir, ruler of Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state. Photo: YouTube
Uganda

Uganda buries ‘boy king’ whose death sparked succession battle

King Oyo, once the world’s youngest monarch, is buried as Tooro Kingdom faces a bitter succession dispute.

Princess Diana

Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ up for auction for first time in decades

Iconic Christina Stambolian gown is estimated to reach US$300,000 at Sotheby’s sale in New York.

Malaysia

Palace plot in Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan entangles Umno leaders

Umno president has questioned a fellow party member’s statement that he was forced to sign a document to remove the state’s ruler.

The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: EPA-EFE
Malaysia

Malaysia’s PH restates anti-corruption pledge as Najib’s potential pardon looms

The Pardons Board is set to meet this week to discuss clemency for Najib, who is in jail for corruption, according to media reports.

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Ex-Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak looks on as he walks escorted by prison officers during an appeal hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in 2024. Photo: AFP
European Union

‘He was our rock’: Norwegians bid final farewell to King Harald V

Foreign dignitaries in attendance include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain’s Prince William.

Britain

King Charles clarifies Harry and Meghan’s status after UK return

Palace letter confirms couple will not use royal titles or receive state-funded security for private work.

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Britain

Jamaica to petition UK king over slavery reparations in landmark legal test

Culture minister seeks Privy Council opinion on the legality of the transatlantic slave trade and UK liability for redress.

Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange. Photo: dpa
Prince William

UK’s Prince William to represent King Charles at funeral of Norway’s King Harald

Prince William also attended the funeral of Pope Francis last year on the king’s behalf. King Harald’s funeral is to be held on September 9.

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | From prison and poverty to Chinese emperor: rags-to-riches tale of Liu Bingyi

Spared execution as a baby, imperial family member Liu Bingyi grew up a palace outcast, but this served him well after taking power in 74BC.

Malaysia

‘Happy to contribute’: Johor royal rejects report of tax hurdle to land sale

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, who is reportedly looking to sell a 16.6-hectare site in Singapore, says he is willing to absorb levies in both countries.

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, the crown prince of Johor, Malaysia’s closest state to Singapore. Photo: ESPNFC
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Trump ‘happy’ Prince Harry and Meghan left US: ‘I was not a fan’

The US president says the couple treated the UK royal family with ‘great disrespect’.

Meghan and Prince Harry. Photo: TNS
Norway

Norway’s King Haakon VIII swears allegiance to constitution

Haakon’s wife Queen Mette-Marit, 53, was not beside her husband as she is still recovering from her June 17 transplant.

Thailand

Thailand jails activist over royal motorcade livestream

She had questioned the conduct of police who dispersed farmers protesting along the route of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s motorcade in Bangkok.

Fashion

From royalty to ready-to-wear – British fashion designer Patrick McDowell

Worn by the Princess of Wales, Lady Gaga and Keira Knightley, the fashion designer explains how Hong Kong is a key part of his plans.

British fashion designer Patrick McDowell is pictured with Catherine, Princess of Wales after being presented the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design at 180 Studios in London on May 13, 2025. Photo: Shaun James Cox
Norway

Who is King Haakon? What to know about Norway’s new monarch

Haakon takes the crown following his father’s death, and Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra becomes heir apparent.

Haakon in San Francisco in 2024. He became King Haakon VIII when his father, Harald V, died Friday. Photo: AP
Norway

Norway’s King Harald dies at 89 after 35-year reign

Son becomes King Haakon VIII following the death of Europe’s oldest reigning monarch.

Britain

Prince Harry and Meghan back in UK after 6 years, beginning a new chapter

The couple will not return to royal duties while their children, Archie and Lilibet, look forward to starting school in Britain next month.

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