Richard Palmer
@royalreporter
Royal Correspondent with 20 years’ experience of covering the UK Royal Family at home and abroad.
Lady Sarah and Daniel Chatto’s son, Samuel, is engaged to be married to Eleanor Eskerdjian. The couple, both 29-year-old artists, plan to wed in the spring of 2027. Sam made the porcelain engagement ring. Photos: Sam Chatto and Huseyin Ovayolu.
The Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic is seeking fresh ways to challenge his life sentence. A rare non-royal story from me in The Observer. I went to Bosnia in 1992 and 1993 to cover the war for The Sunday Times.
Donald Trump says he’s removing tariffs and restrictions on Scottish whisky in honour of the King and Queen.
The Prince and Princess of Wales celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary today by visiting IntoUniversity, an education charity that benefitted from their Royal Wedding Gift Fund in 2011. They joined Year 5 pupils at its Walworth site learning key skills.
The US, along with the UK, Russia and Ukraine signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, under which Ukraine relinquished the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances. Here’s a section of Harry’s speech.territorial integrity.
Birthday boy Prince Louis, who is eight today, photographed earlier this month on a family holiday in Cornwall by Matt Porteous.
A blockbuster Royal Collection Trust exhibition opening on Friday at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace is one of numerous celebrations of the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth. Will they distract us from the monarchy’s current woes? open.substack.com/pub/royalrep...
After visiting Bermondsey Beer Mile, the Prince and Princess went on a trip down the river.
The Prince and Princess of Wales at Borough Market today during a series of engagements focusing on the River Thames and the communities around it.
Queen Camilla on women victims of violence and abuse, as police investigate her brother-in-law, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s, friendship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The private apartments used by Queen Elizabeth II at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch’s official residence in Scotland, will open to visitors for the first time from May 21 to September 10, 2026 to mark the centenary of her birth.
The christening robe worn by 62 royal babies, including Elizabeth II, will go on show in the centenary exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace from April. Photos: Janet Sutherland, Vandyk, Royal Collection Trust.
The King of Canada responds to two gun attacks that have left nine dead and at least 25 injured in British Columbia.
Britain’s beleaguered prime minister, Keir Starmer, is fighting for his political life but contrast his reaction to the Epstein scandal to that of the Royal Family. How can the monarchy help Epstein’s victims now? open.substack.com/pub/royalrep...
The Harry photos were taken by John Stillwell. Here are others taken of wounded veterans from Denmark, the UK, and the US.
Prince Harry’s statement in response to comments made by US President Donald Trump about NATO in Afghanistan. Also some photos of him in Afghanistan and his friend, injured Royal Marine Mark Ormrod, a triple amputee.
King Charles’s message to King Felipe after a train crash in Spain killed at least 40 people.
Prince Harry arrives at the High Court at the start of a marathon nine-week trial in which he and six other claimants including Elton John, Liz Hurley, and Sadie Frost are suing the Daily Mail’s publishers over a series of stories.
The King’s fourth Christmas broadcast was recorded in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. A key theme this year will be pilgrimage.
The King has sent a message to the people of Australia after the antisemitism attack at Bondi Beach.
At tonight’s state banquet in Windsor for the German president, the Princess of Wales is wearing a pale blue Jenny Packham dress, Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet Tiara, earrings that belonged to the late Queen, the Royal Family Order, and the GCVO Sash and Star. 📸Alex Bramall at Frogmore House.
A royal welcome in Windsor for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender on a state visit to the UK.
Some may suspect thrifty Princess Anne turns old curtains at Sandringham into outfits but the Dumfries House Sewing Bee has turned these into Christmas stockings now being auctioned by the King’s Foundation for charity until Dec 12. 📸 Jamie Simpson. uk.givergy.com/kings-founda...
Part of Prince William’s video message to the Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Assembly for young people this morning. How future generations commemorate those who gave their lives in conflict is a subject for discussion as the number of Second World War veterans dwindles.
Around 20 Second World War veterans, are expected to take part in the parade, 80 years after the end of the 1939-45 conflict. Six aged 101 are registered to be among the 10,000 British and Commonwealth veterans on parade on a bright autumn morning here in central London.
The chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has written to the Crown Estate, seeking further information about Prince Andrew’s lease for Royal Lodge. He asks if the deal achieves the best value for money in light of Andrew’s change in status.
Prince Andrew is forced to stop using his Duke of York title and remaining honours.