Queen ‘nurtures Will and Kate’s bond' after learning from Diana, says Andrew Morton

On Monday, the Order of the Garter service took place for the first time since 2019. Members of the Royal Family were present for the event including Kate Middleton who stunned in a blue number.

Prince Harry may need to “return to the royal family” to “take pressure” off the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a royal expert has claimed. Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor-the Truth and the Turmoil, said the current form of the monarchy is “looking a bit skeletal” as it wasn’t meant to “lose Andrew and Harry”. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2020 and moved to California in the US to pursue other projects.

Platinum Jubilee last week.The 62-year-old was spotted out and about on the grounds of Windsor Park on Thursday morning for the first time since he was forced to skip his mother’s festivities celebrating 70 years as monarch.The Duke of York passed on appearing with the rest of the Firm on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for Trooping the Colour, as well as other Jubilee celebrations, due to “conveniently” contracting COVID-19.Andrew was seen leaving his home at Windsor Park and getting into a large black Range Rover.The disgraced Prince — who was stripped of his military and royal titles earlier this year after being accused of sexual assault — got into the driver’s seat of his car and went for a ride out of the housing complex.A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace released a statement on June 2 noting that Andrew caught the coronavirus.“After undertaking a routine test, the duke has tested positive for COVID and with regret will no longer be attending tomorrow’s service,” the memo read.The Queen’s second son seemingly tested positive despite looking healthy while riding a horse just a day prior to the announcement.Royal watchers were skeptical of the diagnosis, taking to Twitter at the time to express their confusion. “Covid?? I call bulls–t on that one,” one Twitter user said.

Prince Harry is reportedly “furious” and feels he is owed an apology after he was “largely ignored” at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a royal expert had claimed. Harry and wife Meghan Markle only attended one public Jubilee event – the service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s – which took place last Friday.The couple sat in the second row of the cathedral, across the aisle from Prince William and wife Kate, however the couples did not appear to engage with each other.The two brothers are also not thought to have met privately during Harry and Meghan’s visit to the UK. According to royal biographer Angela Levin, who spent a year with Harry writing a biography on him, the prince will be "absolutely furious".

Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell gave an impassioned speech after an act broke down in tears on stage during the ITV talent show final. Alesha Dixon's Golden Buzzer act Flintz and T4ylor wowed judges with an emotional rap song.

After skipping several Platinum Jubilee events while feeling under the weather, Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony to conclude the four-day festivities.

Cheeky comedian Lee Mack wasted no time in using the Queen's Platinum Jubilee as an opportunity to stick the knife in Boris Johnson – metaphorically of course.The northern comic, 53, opened the concert, which is being held outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, by making light of the so-called 'partygate' affair in Downing Street. Speaking with the Prime Minister in attendance, who was in the royal box, Mack said: "Finally we can say the words ‘party’ and ‘gate’ and it’s a positive." The joke drew cheers and laughs from the crowd.The embarrassing quip comes just a day after the PM was booed outside St Paul's Cathedral as he attended the Thanksgiving service with members of the Royal Family.

Kate Middleton looked fantastic in a yellow midi-dress and matching hat today as she arrived at St Paul's Cathedral with her husband, Prince William, for the Service of Thanksgiving. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with Prince William's father, the Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall attended the service to give thanks to The Queen's 70-year long reign.The Queen, however, is unable to make today's celebrations and is watching from home.

Prince Andrew will officially miss another one of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee events after testing positive for COVID-19. According to royal reporter Omid Scobie, the queen’s 62-year-old son will not attend Friday’s Service of Thanksgiving.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations kicked off on Thursday morning with a parade and flypast around Buckingham Palace, and the bittersweet acknowledgement that Britain is unlikely to experience anything quite like this ever again.The milestone marks 70 years on the throne for Queen Elizabeth II, who took the crown at just 25 years old in February 1952. The U.K.

All eyes were on Kate Middleton as she appeared at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, looked sensational in a white Alexander McQueen coat dress that she paired with a Philip Treacy hat. She completed her look with some stunning jewels from Princess Diana’s collection.The diamond and sapphire earrings Kate wore came with a matching necklace that she also sported at the event.The jewellery is believed to have been a present from Prince William before their wedding that took place in April 2011.The late Princess of Wales visited Ottawa in 1983 alongside Prince Charles and sported the glistening jewels with a pearl choker.

Jennie Bond told OK! that The Queen has always had more in common with the Duchess of Cornwall than she did with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, but said that our monarch struggled to endorse her son Prince Charles' "adulterous relationship" with Camilla. The royal expert, who worked for the BBC for 23 years, gave her views ahead of the Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations.

The Queen may travel to Trooping the Colour by 4x4 for the first time in her 70-year reign - but her carriage still awaits with extra comforts. Royal expert Jennie Bond has revealed that Her Majesty’s carriages have been kitted out with rugs and hot water bottles to ensure her body stays warm and soothed after a difficult few months health-wise. “She’s very partial to having a rug over her knees,” says Jennie.

Queen Elizabeth is the first-ever British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. Not only has she been Queen of Britain for seven decades, but she has also been sovereign in more than 30 countries, while overseeing enormous social, economic and political change – including the end of the British Empire. But it's bittersweet, as The Queen will be without her beloved husband Prince Philip at all of the events, after he passed away aged 99 last April.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is fast approaching and, with a four day weekend to go with it, plenty of games will be played by families across the country to celebrate the Queen's historic reign. It seems that despite their royal status, even the Queen’s family members aren’t immune to enjoying a game or two and the team at SudokuCraze rounded up the favourites from The Firm. According to reports, Her Majesty is a big fan of The Name Game where players write names of famous people on a post-it note and place them on one another’s foreheads.The game is said to be an incredibly popular game with the Royal Family when the whole clan come together during holidays.

Jennifer Connelly is opening up about the recent royal premiere of her new film,, and how it proved to be something of a full-circle kind of experience.Connelly and the rest of the cast recently got a chance to rub elbows, so to speak, with Prince William and Kate Middleton at the film's royal U.K. premiere at London's Leicester Square last week.The actress spoke with ET's Rachel Smith at a special screening of Maverick at the AMC Magic Johnson Theater in New York City on Monday, and she opened up about why meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was particularly special.As Connelly, 51, explained, this wasn't her first royal premiere.