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Royal families live some of the most privileged lives on the planet. Keep up to date with the latest news from the Windsors in Britain to the Grimaldis of Monaco.
Haakon in San Francisco in 2024. He became King Haakon VIII when his father, Harald V, died Friday. Photo: AP
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.

Norway

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

Britain

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

Britain

Prince Harry and others ordered to pay initial US$13 million in failed lawsuit

The amount goes towards the legal costs of the Daily Mail publisher after ‌the claimants lost their privacy lawsuits.

Britain’s Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain’s High Court, in London on January 22, on the fourth day of the trial in his case against a major UK newspaper group. Photo: AFP
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Prince Harry and Meghan to move back to Britain, media reports say

The couple will return with their two children, six years after they stepped down from their royal duties and relocated to California.

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Meet Malaysia’s Princess Ilyana, who just wed British racer Chris Froggatt

The daughter of former king Sultan Abdullah wore gowns by Radzuan Radziwill for her wedding at Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur.

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Malaysia

How Southeast Asia’s monarchies stay relevant in a volatile region

The kings in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Brunei have to be attuned to societal or economic changes to survive, analysts say.

World’s longest-reigning living monarch, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, returns a salute during his 80th birthday celebrations at Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei July 15. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysia’s royals rise to the fore in a changing nation

Unstable coalitions have created greater room for the country’s royal institutions to influence government formation, observers say.

Japan

Video | Japan revises law to expand imperial family

Revised law does not address possibility of a woman becoming emperor, despite wide public support.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Eleanor Ekserdjian, who just got engaged to Samuel Chatto

Of British-Armenian descent, Ekserdjian met Chatto at the University of Edinburgh – the pair are fellow artists and have been together for 5 years.

Samuel Chatto and Eleanor Ekserdjian announced their engagement on July13. Photo: Getty Images
Japan

Japan changes rules to save shrinking monarchy, but bars female emperors

A revised imperial law keeps the long-standing male-only succession system, defying public support for female emperors.

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Japanese Emperor Naruhito (second right) and other imperial family members attend an event at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo in 2024. Photo: Kyodo
King Charles III

Royal rift: King Charles hosts Prince Harry and family for first time in years

The reunion had seemed in doubt after Harry’s family was denied security protection and Buckingham Palace withdrew an offer for him to stay.

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Britain

Prince Harry loses privacy lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher

Harry called the result, which scuttles suits filed by others including Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, ‘⁠a complete and obvious whitewash’.

Britain

Prince Harry arrives in UK with Buckingham Palace stay in disarray

Duke of Sussex’s spokesman hits out at ‘last-moment’ withdrawal of palace accommodation after missing response deadline.

Britain’s Prince Harry in London earlier this year. Photo: Reuters
Thailand

Thailand says photo of France’s Macron kneeling before king is AI-generated

The king and Queen Suthida visited France this week to mark the 170th anniversary of formal diplomatic ties between the two nations.

French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) and his wife (left) welcome Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. Photo: EPA
Kate Middleton

Princess Kate climbs UK’s highest peaks for cancer charity

Marking a milestone after her own cancer battle, the British royal completes a 24-hour trek challenge.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Umno pulled into royal row ahead of Johor vote

Supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi has quit Umno, saying that the party ‘is controlled by the palace in making decisions’.

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King Charles III

UK’s King Charles breaks tradition to reveal US$17 million tax bill

Tax details disclosed as it is announced the British monarch will not live at Buckingham Palace after costly refurbishment.

Britain’s King Charles paid £12.9 million (US$17.04 million) in tax in 2024/25. Photo: AFP
Luxury Hotels

Ran Baas, The Palace combines Indian hospitality with royal grandeur

The luxury hotel in India was restored from an 18th century royal guest house in the Qila Mubarak complex, and now offers a thoughtful hospitality experience.

Malaysia

Royal succession crisis strains Malaysia’s governing alliance ahead of polls

Analysts say the dispute has become harder to contain, with Umno and Pakatan Harapan taking different stances amid other political grievances.

Malaysia

Malaysian MP takes swipe at ‘most Hollywood’ populist label

Tunku Ismail Ibrahim did not mention Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman when he referred to a Muar politician as among the ‘Hollywood’ types.

Malaysian politician Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman during an interview with Reuters in Petaling Jaya in 2020. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

6 famous Eton College alums, from Prince Harry to Tom Hiddleston

Besides Princess Diana’s sons William and Harry, actors Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston, and authors George Orwell and Ian Fleming, were all educated at the famous boarding school.

Former Eton College students: actor Tom Hiddleston, former British prime minister Boris Johnson and Prince Harry. Photos: AP, AFP
Norway

Norway’s crown princess has ‘successful’ lung transplant

Palace confirms the 52-year-old royal is recovering in an Oslo hospital, weeks after doctors said she joined the waiting list for a new lung.

Crime

Norwegian crown princess’ son to be jailed 4 years for rape, domestic violence

One alleged rape took place in ‌the basement ‌of the crown prince’s family home, the court heard.

Spain

Pope Leo’s plane grounded, so Spain’s king gives him a ride

The pontiff flew back to Rome on the monarch’s private jet after the papal aircraft’s engine failed to start.

Pope Leo boards a plane at Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, Canary Islands, Spain, on Friday. Photo: Vatican Media via Reuters
Thailand

Thailand observes 15 days of mourning for ‘Princess Bha’, who died aged 47

The eldest daughter of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn had been in a coma since 2022, after she collapsed from a heart condition.

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Well-wishers bow in front of an image of Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol at Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok on December 16, 2022. Photo: AFP
Kate Middleton

Who is Kate Middleton’s university boyfriend, Rupert Finch?

Both were spotted this past weekend at the wedding of Prince William’s cousin Peter Phillips – the pair dated in university and remain on good terms.

Norway

Days before rape verdict, court grants release of Norway crown princess’ son

Facing 40 charges including rape, Marius Borg Hoiby wins a release order after pleading to see his ailing mother, but prosecutors appeal.

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