Queen Elizabeth

April 1, 2026 12:57 PM

King Charles to pay state visit to US as UK seeks to mollify Trump

King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British government hopes will help to repair relations with Donald Trump, damaged by the Iran war. Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will visit the U.S. in a long-planned trip to mark the 250th anniversary of that country's independence from British rule, before the couple pay a visit to Bermuda. "Their majesties’ programme will celebrate the historic conn...

February 19, 2026 6:32 PM

Britain’s Andrew hands back Norwegian royal order, Norwegian palace says

King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has given back a royal Norwegian order that the former prince received almost four decades ago, Norway's palace said on Thursday. The Order of St. Olav, Norway's most prestigious peacetime award, recognises distinguished service by its recipients, and was bestowed on then-Prince Andrew in 1988. "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has chosen to return his order," a palace spokesperson in Oslo said. The second son of the late Queen Elizabeth was ...

October 31, 2025 4:19 PM

Andrew: The king’s brother who is no longer a British prince

Once widely reputed to be Queen Elizabeth's favourite son and feted as a dashing young military officer, Andrew will now be etched into the public memory as the royal who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl and lost his title of prince. Britain's King Charles stripped his younger brother of the title on Thursday, seeking to distance the royal family from the furore surrounding Andrew and his links to the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew was accused by Virginia Giuffre ...