Our top 5 posts from February
What you may have missed this month and might want to catch up on...
Hi Royal Clubbers,
If a week is a long time in politics, then a month is an epoch in the world of royalty. Indeed, so much happens it can be hard to remember everything! With this in mind, we’ve decided to introduce a new feature where we select five Royal Club posts every month to tell its tale.
We hope you enjoy the trip down (recent) memory lane – and please jump in the comments to let us know your own February favourites…
1. Emily reacts to King Charles' cancer diagnosis
After the shock of Princess Kate and King Charles’ respective hospital admissions in January, it seemed unlikely February would top it for drama. Yet these expectations were swiftly confounded with the news of the King’s cancer diagnosis.
In this post, you can listen to Emily’s reaction soon after the news broke.
2. If Charles and Harry can't reconcile now, will they ever?
Much has been written about the schism between Prince Harry and his father, yet just hours after Charles’ cancer diagnosis was made public, his youngest son had jumped on a plane to come and see him.
In this post, with the assistance of royal biographer Robert Hardman, Ainhoa asked if now is the time for a royal reconciliation.
3. King Charles' 'fantastic example' in cancer fight
In light of King Charles' cancer diagnosis, Isabelle spoke to oncologist Dr Tom Roques. Dr Roques is the Vice President of Clinical Oncology at the Royal College of Radiologists. He is also a practising cancer doctor at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Â
In this post, you can watch that interview and find out why Dr Roques is so full of praise for the King.
4. Six times royal brother relationships have turned nasty
While a reconciliation between Prince Harry and his father appears possible, a thaw in relations with older brother William seems less probable. Though Harry’s trip to the UK was fleeting, the warring siblings could still have met up but they decided not to…
In this post, historian Jonathan Kiek picks out six other times in British history when royal brothers have turned on each other.
5. King Constantine's extensive royal connections revealed
At the end of the month, an extraordinary collection of royals gathered in Windsor for King Constantine’s memorial service. Even more extraordinary is how the last King of Greece was connected to so many of them.
In this post, Ainhoa maps out these connections.