Patrick Plunket News Today

Margaret Rhodes, the Queens cousin, recalled that following the 1936 Abdication - which resulted in her becoming Heiress Presumptive - Princess Elizabeth had prayed hard for a brother.

Historians were shocked to discover the job of sorting of the late Queens personal papers had been given to to a mere footman rather than a senior courtier, or a member of the Royal Family itself.

William’s withering private verdict on Harry’s tell-all memoir says the late Queen would have been ‘appalled’ at what her grandson laid bare in Spare.

GYLES BRANDRETH: On September 16 last year, eight days after Queen Elizabeth died, I watched as her four children stood in silence at Westminster Hall, heads bowed.

HUGO VICKERS: Up and down the country the aristocrats are hopping mad. Almost all of them were excluded from the Coronation - and they want to be there next time.

Princess Margarets lady-in-waiting opens up about the late Princesss taste in jewels—and how she picked out her wedding tiara.

The special friendship of Queen Elizabeth and Patrick Plunket, an Irish Lord.  Queen Elizabeth II is notoriously private, but a fascination with her younger years has renewed with vigor thanks to the BBC series "The Crown."

A range of figures both prominent and private have played an important role in the life of the head of state.

A range of figures both prominent and private have played an important role in the life of the head of state.

A range of figures both prominent and private have played an important role in the life of the head of state.