Richard Palmer
Royal reporter and commentator since 2003. Words found in publications including The i Paper and The Observer, commentary occasionally on GB News, Sky News, Channel 5 News and BBC.
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King Charles fears all human life will end amid family dramas (opens the original)
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There could be no better illustration of the current problems facing the British monarchy than the choice of what to concentrate on today.What will the public want to read and talk about? The latest in the Sussex drama as Prince Harry begins his first day of charity engagements since returning to live in Britain? The Prince and Princess of Wales being almost as far away as possible in the United Kingdom from him on the Isle of Bute? The war of words between the palace and Earl Spencer over his b
Redefining what it means to be royal (opens the original)
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The King’s intervention to persuade Uganda to reinstate its team in Prince Harry’s Invictus Games was an olive branch to his son but also an illustration of the grey areas that exist around royalty.Last week palace officials did not want to say publicly that the 77-year-old monarch backed the games for injured troops which have become Harry’s greatest achievement. But privately royal sources said of course Charles was in favour of all organisations that supported wounded service personnel and if
Do we owe the Sussexes a duty to protect them? (opens the original)
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to move back to Britain has left the UK government in an awkward position over the family’s security.It appears to have taken politicians and civil servants in Whitehall by surprise as much as the Royal Family. But more than three weeks after the King and the Prince of Wales were informed, there is no sign of a decision on whether the Sussexes will be given access to taxpayer-funded armed police protection.Friends of the Sussexes complain of paralysis on
A new royal term begins (opens the original)
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There’s a sense of a new term at Buckingham Palace this week as members of the Royal Family return to public duties after their summer breaks.As ever, they and their aides will be hoping to focus public attention on their official work but they face a potentially difficult task of competing with the drama and controversy surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s return to living in Britain.There is a further distraction in Sarah Ferguson’s decision to return to the UK after months of living i
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