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Yes, well, you aren't the only one. A lot of people are confused by Buckingham Palace's insistence that the only actual princesses are the ones whose title says Princess. This means that the present Duchess of Gloucester would have been a princess during the couple of years before the old duke...

Couple of articles about the visit of the Austrian president: Official announcement from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 25 August: MOFA: Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria and Mrs. Margit Fischer Article in the...

Couple of articles about the visit of the Austrian president: Official announcement from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 25 August: MOFA: Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria and Mrs. Margit Fischer Article in the...

There's a thread in Members' Corner for discussion of the choice of venue of the 2016 Games: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f140/olympic-games-2016-its-decision-time-in-copenhagen-oct-2nd-24277.html Please let's keep this thread focussed on the royals who were present at the meeting...

I think in some ways part of the problem with the perception of the Middletons is that Kate and William met at university, before she'd had a chance to strike out on her own. To me, her background isn't that different from Sophie's (Sophie's ancient royal connection notwithstanding) but Sophie...

I'm still not clear what difference it would make if it was found that Mrs Middleton was a descendant of William the Conqueror or Henry I. Would the people who shudder at lower-middle-class or working-class habits, or social-climber pretensions, be more inclined to look favourably on her if it...

I think this depends on what you mean by social beginnings (as opposed to genealogical ones). The fact that one or another commoner marrying into the royal family descended from a king several hundred years ago is a bit irrelevant if the family itself has been in the lower middle class for the...

The story about Charles and Camilla being together on the wedding night has been debunked; I think we've been through that in previous threads too. I'll take Sarah Bradford's opinion on that score over Stephen Barry's any day. Please refer to my post #453 for backup evidence to show that even...

During the Panorama interview she agreed with the interviewer when he said that the Dimbleby book had claimed Charles had gone back to Camilla in 1986, and when Martin Bashir asked her how she knew there was a relationship, she said (emphasis added): " By the change of behavioural pattern in my...

The problem with this is - and I think we've had this conversation several times before so it's probably a waste of time saying it yet again, but whatever - that she had no actual evidence that Charles was carrying on with Camilla early in the marriage, just unsubstantiated suspicions. She said...

Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah is undertaking an official visit to Vietnam, where he's negotiating a bilateral agreement on various energy-related issues including a joint petrochemical venture between Kuwait, Vietnam, and Japan. Kuwait, Vietnam to step up cooperation for refinery » Kuwait Times Website

Because some people believe that everything bad about Diana was caused by Charles's affair with Camilla and that said affair is therefore the reason why Diana's legacy is any degree short of being perfect.

I seriously disagree with this. I'm not sure why some religious people are so certain that secular societies and non-religious people are "struggling to believe in a God..." but as an atheist I run across this attitude all the time, and I must say I find it annoying. Many of the people I know...

You can order it from Amazon.co.uk and get it long before the middle of October. My copy is already on the way. Like iluvbertie, I'm not expecting anything much other than a bit of flesh on the bones of what we already know. As long as the monarch of the day has some say in biographies written...

Peggielene Bartels, new King of Otuam (Ghana) Interesting story in the Washington Post about a secretary at the Ghanaian embassy who became king (yes, king) of a little town in Ghana after the death of her uncle. washingtonpost.com

President Napolitano of Italy meets with Emperor Akihito during a four-day official visit to Japan: Italian president to meet Japanese emperor_English_Xinhua AFP: Italian president praises Japan PM's greenhouse target

I assume Lady Gabriella would count in this list as well as Harry and Zara. She's a very junior member of the family, but because of the higher profile of her parents than, for example, the Gloucesters, I doubt they'd schedule William's wedding to clash in any way with hers.

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State visit to Qatar by Palestinian President Abbas: Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - First Page

In order to assist the moving-on process, I've deleted a few off-topic, non-English, and overtly political posts. Let's please keep the conversation on the topic of the Casiraghi siblings and their friends and leave Italian politics behind from now on. Thanks Elspeth TRF admin

I don't think there's going to be anything about Wallis that isn't the usual party line. The Queen and Charles have read and approved the draft, and they wouldn't be thrilled about anything that doesn't show Mummie as the good guy in every respect. Thanks for the reminder, though - I need to...

Even if different royals specialise in different countries, it isn't impossible for the IHA to accept certain invitations and refuse others. The Akishino family has a far higher profile at present, and given the well-known clashes between Prince Naruhito and the IHA, people can draw their own...

It isn't full moon is it? I've just deleted another personal spat including another attempt by a member to play moderator. We have a first-rate moderation team in the British forum, and I strongly suggest that the members leave the moderation to them. In the meantime, just FYI, please be aware...

This is the FAQ about speculation, which goes into more detail about the reasoning behind the rule: I received a message from a moderator saying that my post had been removed because it contained speculation. We don't know the royals and we get all our information second hand, so isn't it all...

Well, something isn't adding up. From the Daily Mail article: "The royal girlfriend has apparently asked that everyone call her Catherine, a name with a much more formal ring and a queenly history." Please note, "apparently." Which isn't quite the same as a report of an actual fact. It...