Lt Col Johnny Thompson, the King’s popular equerry, has announced his engagement to a PR executive

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They were sold by him in 1988 to help a children's charity after he found them in the back of a drawer.A private collector put them up for auction with Dix NoonanWebb this week, along with his RAF logbooks. Auction house spokesman Christopher Mellor-Hill said: During the Battle of Britain, Townsend epitomised the very spirit of Churchill's famous' Few'." Then his royal connections brought him to prominence in the 1950s, and now, as a result of the Netflix series The Crown, he is known to a new g

Such a special, special event for me.... “ It has been a very tough and lonely time.... We shielded for nine months and then we all got Covid, ” they said.“ We prepared for the worst....

The Prince of Wales reportedly wrote to the troops whilst they were in Afghanistan and thanked them for their “ indomitable Para spirit ” during the withdrawal from the country.... Prince Charles is the Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment involved in Operation Pitting, the mission evacuating British nationals from Kabul after the Taliban takeover.He wrote in the letter: “ You are not only an outstanding credit to the Parachute Regiment but also to this country, which, without doubt, is more fortun

Winston Churchill referred to the House of Commons as" his theatre" in a letter dating from 1929 which is going up for auction with a list price of up to ￡6, 000.At that point, Churchill had retained his seat as MP for Epping in the general election in which the Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, lost. Out of government, Churchill wrote a letter to Sir Frederick" Fritz" Ponsonby in which he said:" The House of Commons has always been my theatre, and if I cannot play an effective part there i

Kate Middleton, who celebrated her 40th birthday yesterday, has had an eventful decade or so within the Royal Family.... After tying the knot to Prince William back in 2011 she has embarked on global tours, found herself in the Megxit fallout and mourned the loss of Prince Philip back in April. However, the Duchess of Cambridge is reported to have developed a way of coping with some of the more dramatic episodes in a similar way to another late royal. Speaking to the Times about the Duchess, on

” before being told: “ Just go.... That’s what we’re here for.” “ It just so happened that the[ royal] nannies were there, ” he said.... They[ the children] stayed up at Balmoral Castle while I was away.” His son, he said, was able to “ run about ” with young Prince George, joking: “ Kids are kids....

The Duke of Cambridge has helped an Afghan officer get his family out of Afghanistan on a UK-bound plane following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, it has emerged. The man, who was a fellow Sandhurst officer cadet with Prince William, is believed to have served with his country’s national army and been integral to the British military operation in Afghanistan, according to the Daily Telegraph. His role meant his family of more than 10 people, who were reportedly eligible for evacuations, w