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It’s Eleanor, HELLO!‘s royal correspondent, and I’m standing in for our fantastic Emily Nash with this week’s newslet…

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Quite simply five multiple choice questions which test you on the royal news from the past seven days.

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

Sarah Ferguson pictured for first time in months at luxury £14k a week ski resort

Royal family member arrives in Sydney just hours apart from Harry and Meghan

Queen Elizabeth II’s heartbreaking loss she kept hidden during 70-year reign

7 times royals tore up the rule book with off-duty looks – including Princess Kate’s halterneck sundress

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s emotional last day in Australia – see best photos

Picture of the day

Anyone with Princess Diana’s genes is bound to be fashionable, and that certainly rings true for her niece, Lady Amelia Spencer. The 33-year-old posted this picture of her in a butter-yellow swimsuit while on holiday at the picturesque Sibton Park Estate. From what I can see, the wooden cabin behind her looks like an ideal staycation spot and it’s making me wish summer would hurry up on this grey Friday afternoon here in London!

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

‘I didn’t want this’: Prince Harry’s heartbreaking confession about royal life after Princess Diana’s death

Duchess Sophie’s secret ‘nod’ to Princess Kate in most cinched Prada blazer

Royal toddler Princess Iman of Jordan displays cutest ringlet hair – and it’s so long

Prince Harry admits to feeling ‘lost, betrayed’ and ‘completely powerless’ during emotive speech

Who is footing the bill for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s abandoned £30m home?

Picture of the day

Eighteenth birthday celebrations must be underway for Princess Éléonore of Belgium. I can’t believe how grown up she looks in the stunning official portraits released for her special day. Happy birthday! (And I’m jealous of the dress, she is definitely looking like a true princess!)

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Alex, here! It’s been a minute. As you might recall, my London adventure wrappe…

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

Prince Harry admits the ‘struggles’ of being a dad and the sense of ‘disconnection’ with son Archie

King Charles leaves locals ‘shocked’ as he pops into whisky shop and newsagents on surprise visit

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s disappointing news from Montecito while Down Under

Carole Middleton wore Queen Camilla’s velvet gown - 14 years earlier

Inside The King’s ‘Cluckingham Palace’ - behind the scenes with the rescue hens of Highgrove

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The Belgian Royal Palace shared this photo of King Philippe, who is celebrating his 66th birthday today! We hope he enjoys the celebrations and has more than his fair share of yummy Belgian chocolates…

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

Duchess Sophie returns to royal duties after being forced to miss Easter service

Princess Catherine’s golden rule she refuses to break that made Prince Philip proud

King Charles may ‘never speak again’ to disgraced brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – report

Growing mystery as pictures of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at high-profile Netflix event vanish

Queen Mary of Denmark forced to postpone father’s funeral for family reasons

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Queen Letizia stepped out today at Zarzuela Palace wearing white tailored trousers and a blue patterned jacket for the UN Refugee Agency. Her light-toned ensemble made her look ready for her royal duties, and I liked how a simple glossed lip added to her natural look!

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It’s Ainhoa here, still on a high after organising our first in-person royal event earlier this week. It was so wonderful to meet some of you Royal Clubbers in person – I hope you enjoyed the morning as much as we all did at Team HELLO!.

For those who couldn’t make it, a group of HELLO!’s most ardent royal fans gathered at Browns Covent Garden, London for an exclusive event celebrating the life and legacy of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

As more than 60 readers sat down, our hosts of A Right Royal Podcast – Andrea Caamano, Emily Nash, and Emmy Griffiths – took their seats alongside our guest, royal author Robert Hardman, for a special live recording.

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The subject of the episode was Her Late Majesty, whose centenary falls on 21 April marking 100 years since her birth. The timing was also particularly apt as Robert was celebrating the publication day of his new book, Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story, which is the fifth he has written about the late Queen in two decades.

“I’ve had a wonderful morning here at Browns Covent Garden with lots of HELLO! readers and staff,” Robert said after the event. “And it’s publication day for me, so what a great way to start. I’m a very happy author.”

Anecdotes about the late Queen

Robert, who is the only biographer to have interviewed all senior members of the royal family, was able to answer the question on everyone’s lips, “What was the late Queen really like?” And more. He captivated the audience with unheard stories, such as the time the late monarch suffered from “nervous exhaustion” in 1969 and took to her bed. The palace claimed she had “summer flu” when in fact she was at breaking point.

However, her overarching sense of duty and renowned stoicism were brought up from the start of our conversation, when Robert pointed out the time that the late Queen discovered an intruder in her room at Buckingham Palace – and how she went on to carry out an investiture at 11o’clock that morning.

Robert also clarified other well-known reports, such as the notorious “Tiaragate” episode, when the Sussexes fell out with the late Queen’s dresser, Angela Kelly. Our podcast host and Entertainment Editor, Emmy Griffiths, said: “It was so interesting to have an insight into what the Queen actually thought and felt about the Sussexes’ exit from the royal family. At the time, there was so much speculation, and every single news outlet was covering it and reporting different things.

“So, the fact that she still had that sense of humour during what was obviously a really challenging time in the monarchy, and her quip about how she knew they weren’t coming back because they’d ‘taken the dogs’, I think it just shows how she always maintained that sense of humour through every situation. And it was really interesting to see a little behind the curtain of what it was like for her during that time.”

Meanwhile, our Royal Editor and podcast host Emily Nash particularly enjoyed hearing about the late Queen’s earlier years on the throne: “I really loved hearing Robert talk about how the late Queen managed herself as a young woman in a man’s world. I thought that was absolutely fascinating.”

The thorny issue of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was also unpicked by Robert and our podcast hosts, including Robert’s extraordinary revelation that the ex-Prince came to blows with the Master of the Royal Household after he was unable to secure a room for a business meeting.

After the wide-ranging conversation, which can be played in full below, we opened the floor to our audience members, many of whom had come from far to attend the special event. “I really enjoyed hearing the questions from the readers and what it was that they wanted to know,” HELLO!’s Chief Content Officer, Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon, said. “And one of the questions about the Queen and the corgis was particularly brilliant and resulted in a story about how the Queen used to keep a little silver tray of corgi biscuits on her dining table. I thought that was very cute.”

Our readers also had the chance to speak to Robert as he signed books, making friends with each other as they stood in line. “My highlight was meeting some of our loyal listeners, who have been with us since the beginning of the podcast, but also hearing them laugh and just enjoy themselves,” our podcast host and Digital Content Director, Andrea Caamano, said. “I also loved meeting one of the listeners who said that she’d met wonderful people today and that she’d made lots of new friends, which I think is 100 per cent the point of all of these events.”

Audience members also went home with a luxury goodie bag including products from Clarins, Elizabeth Arden, Floris, Simple, Yardley, and Bronnley, as well as our special keepsake issue, Queen Elizabeth II: A Centenary Tribute.

I’d love to hear if you attended the event and what you thought of it. Please leave a comment below!

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If you missed out on this event, fear not as we will be hosting another live podcast recording about the late Diana, Princess of Wales. We'll be able to share more details soon, but the event will take place at the end of June in central London.

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Hi Royal Puzzlers.

Here are your Friday head scratchers…

Enjoy!

Quiz of the week

Quite simply five multiple choice questions which test you on the royal news from the past seven days.

PLAY THE QUIZ

Jigsaw

Just rearrange the pieces to form a photo of a royal taken in the past seven days. Play against the clock and let us know in the comments how quickly you solved it!

PLAY THE JIGSAW

Wordsearch

Find the words which all have links to royalty hidden in the grid. Again, play against the clock and let us know in the comments how quickly you find them all!

PLAY THE WORDSEARCH

Until next week, Royal Puzzlers.

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

Prince William and Catherine prepare for ‘unforgettable weekend’ as they interrupt their Easter holidays

Mia Tindall, 12, is a mini fashionista as she steps out with glamorous mother Zara Tindall for Ladies’ Day

Prince William’s rift with uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was only for the public, new book claims

Prince William and Princess Catherine’s controversial sleeping arrangement at family home

Why Princess Beatrice’s husband has no claim to family’s £2.5 million villa

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Fridays are for two things: wearing pink and Ladies’ Day.

Zara Tindall stepped out in the sunshine for Ladies’ Day at the Randox Grand National Festival, looking extra cool in her rose-rimmed shades. Her pastel pink look was certainly in line with the spring weather, and she looked very happy to be attending!

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

‘I have plenty of opinions’: Princess Beatrice’s father-in-law breaks silence on marriage reports

Doting mum Princess Catherine places comforting hand on Prince Louis in subtle gesture

10 times royal parents have bent the rules for their children

Isla Phillips, 14, looks just like a young Prince Philip in uncanny new photos

Inside Prince Philip’s solitary retirement in the years ‘separated’ from late Queen at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s cottage

Picture of the day

King Charles and Queen Camilla are celebrating their 21st wedding anniversary today, and the sun is out in London for the occasion!

The couple wed back on 9 April 2005 in an unconventional ceremony, featuring a civil exchange of vows followed by an official religious blessing. As they were both divorcees, they certainly went through a lot before making it down the aisle…

My personal favourite fact is that Queen Camilla had two wedding outfits on the day – Do you remember their wedding? Let me know in the comments!

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

King Charles hit by tragic death of long-time friend

Princess Leonor enters her most decisive year - as she breaks with King Felipe’s tradition

Princess Catherine’s rare interaction with James, Earl of Wessex, 18, gets royal fans talking

Prince William and Princess Catherine’s surprising 3-month delay has royal fans talking

15 golden royal etiquette rules the royal family has to follow

Picture of the day

Happy 21st birthday to Leah Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise! The royal is well known as an online influencer with over 150,000 followers and a modelling contract. She also owns a beauty brand called Dorah. She is incredibly successful for her age, to say the least!

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s Iona here.

First, here’s the best of the royal coverage over on HELLO! today:

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor looks solemn for solo move into new home Marsh Farm

The real state of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson’s relationship now – report

Lady Sarah Chatto wears late mother Princess Margaret’s diamonds - with Easter bucket hat

14 rare photos of royals in swimwear: Prince William’s Speedos, Meghan Markle’s bikini, Princess Diana’s swimsuits, and more

Picture of the day

Royal outings are on the quieter side with the Easter holidays and the school half-term break in the UK. Instead, I wanted to share this throwback photo taken on this exact day in 1983. Princess Diana and the then-Prince Charles were photographed in Perth, Western Australia, being driven around in a Bentley (clearly living their best life).

Doesn’t Princess Diana look gorgeous in her all-pink, retro polka dot outfit? Do any of you remember this Australian tour? Let me know in the comments!

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Harry’s media faux pas

On the day the Duke of Sussex gave a keynote speech about privacy in Washington, DC, his father’s long-planned state visit to the US was officially confirmed.

Following government advice, the King and…

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Happy Easter for those who are celebrating! The British royal family certainly are. The King and Queen were out earlier today attending the traditional church service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor C…

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Hi Royal Clubbers, it’s HELLO!’s royal correspondent Tracy, standing in as best I can for the inimitable Emily Nash…

With Prince Harr…

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Hi Royal Puzzlers.

Here are your Friday head scratchers…

Enjoy!

Quiz of the week

Quite simply five multiple choice questions which test you on the royal news from the past seven days.

PLAY THE QUIZ

Jigsaw

Just rearrange the pieces to form a photo of a royal taken in the past seven days. Play against the clock and let us know in the comments how quickly you solved it!

PLAY THE JIGSAW

Wordsearch

Find the words which all have links to royalty hidden in the grid. Again, play against the clock and let us know in the comments how quickly you find them all!

PLAY THE WORDSEARCH

Until next week, Royal Puzzlers.