British royal family

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2021 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greet guests at a reception for the Global Investment Summit in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

October 23, 2021, 12:58 pm

UK’s Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following brief hospitalization

95-year-old British monarch said to be undertaking light duties after spending night in London hospital for ‘preliminary investigations’; royal will mark 70 years on throne in 2022

By DANICA KIRKA

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the ceremonial opening of the sixth Senedd, in Cardiff, Wales, October 14, 2021. (Jacob King / AFP)

October 20, 2021, 6:25 pm

UK queen cancels trip abroad, ‘reluctantly accepting medical advice to rest’

95-year-old Elizabeth II will not travel to Northern Ireland for health reasons unrelated to COVID-19, Buckingham Palace says

By AFP

Guests attend the Kitty Spencer and Michael Lewis wedding at Villa Aldo Brandini in Frascati, Italy on July 24, 2021. (Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images)

August 2, 2021, 11:00 pm

Princess Diana’s niece marries Jewish South African fashion tycoon

Kitty Spencer reportedly converted to Judaism ahead of wedding with Michael Lewis, who chairs the Foschini Group and whose fortune is estimated at around $100 million

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Philipp, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, second left, attends the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip inside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, April 17, 2021. (Chris Jackson/Pool via AP)

April 18, 2021, 1:13 pm

At his wish, Philip’s German relatives attend funeral despite family’s Nazi past

While his mother saved a Jewish family, all 4 of his sisters married German aristocrats tied to Hitler’s party; sister Sophie met, was ‘impressed by charming’ Hitler in early 1930s

By Stuart Winer

Members of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery ride up the Long Walk to Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on April 17, 2021 for the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (PHIL NOBLE / POOL / AFP)

April 17, 2021, 3:52 pm

Queen Elizabeth II buries her ‘strength and stay’ Prince Philip

Funeral being held with just 30 mourners due to coronavirus rules, but broadcast live to millions

By Charlotte Durand, Phil HAZLEWOOD and Imran MARASHLI

Britain's Prince Harry, left, and his brother Prince William, right, stand with their grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh as they wait for the start of the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium, London, October 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

April 12, 2021, 11:08 pm

Sense of duty and barbecue skills: William and Harry remember ‘grandpa’ Philip

‘I know he would want us to get on with the job,’ says 2nd in line to UK throne of Queen’s 73-year consort, in statement separate from brother’s, issued amid ongoing family rift

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

Prince Philip, delivering remarks a ceremony in honor of his mother, Princess Alice, at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem memorial, October 20, 1994. (Yad Vashem)

April 12, 2021, 3:13 pm

Prince Philip: ‘My mother never mentioned’ that she saved 3 Jews from the Nazis

In poignant 1994 address at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, honoring his mother as Righteous Among The Nations, Duke of Edinburgh bewailed ‘man’s capacity for inhumanity’

By TOI staff

In this file photo taken on July 17, 2002, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh chat while seated during a musical performance in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, during her Golden Jubilee visit to Suffolk, east of England. (Fiona HANSON / POOL / AFP)

April 11, 2021, 5:56 pm

Queen Elizabeth says Prince Philip’s death has left ‘a huge void’ in her life

Televised funeral service for Duke of Edinborough to be watched for signs of strain or reconciliation between Princes Harry and William; Meghan

By Callum PATON

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, president of the World Wildlife Fund, center, leads a procession with representatives of various religions from the convent to St. Francis's Basilica during an interfaith ceremony marking the end of the WWF 25th Anniversary Conference in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 29, 1986. (Giulio Broglio/AP)

April 11, 2021, 4:23 pm

Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spirituality, respect of world’s faiths

Among other projects, Duke of Edinburgh organized a 1986 summit where representatives of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism pledged to protect the environment

By Jill Lawless

Britain’s Prince Philip jokes with British WWII veterans who immigrated to Israel, during a ceremony at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Ramle, Israel, on October 30, 1994, where he came to lay a wreath. (AP Photo)

April 11, 2021, 2:08 pm

Daily Briefing Apr. 11 – When Prince Philip broke royal taboo by visiting Israel

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By TOI staff

A tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in London, Friday, April 9, 2021 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

April 10, 2021, 11:30 pm

Prince Philip’s funeral set for next Saturday, with only 30 people attending

Pandemic prevents large event; Prince Charles says family ‘deeply grateful’ for public support, his father ‘would have been amazed by reaction’

By DANICA KIRKA

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, third from left, poses with the Duke of Edinburgh, left, Queen Elizabeth II, right, Israeli President Ezer Weizman and his wife Reuma at a State Banquet in their honor at Buckingham Palace, London, in this February 25, 1997 file photo. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/pool)

April 9, 2021, 5:09 pm

‘Much missed:’ Israeli leaders, UK chief rabbi mourn death of Prince Philip

Netanyahu hails Duke of Edinburgh as ‘consummate public servant’; Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis remembers royal’s ‘affection for’ Jewish community, notes his mother’s burial in Israel

By TOI staff

April 9, 2021, 2:36 pm

UK’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, dies at 99

Longest-serving consort in British history dies after hospitalization earlier this year; he was the son of Princess Alice, a Greek royal who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust

By Agencies and TOI staff

Britain's Prince William watches a child in the playground during a visit with Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, to School21, a school in east London, March 11, 2021. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)

March 11, 2021, 3:11 pm

UK royal family ‘very much not racist,’ William says after Meghan interview

Prince says he hasn’t spoken to his brother since Harry and Meghan revealed that family members had fretted about their unborn baby’s skin color, but says he will

By AP

MK Pnina Tamano-Shata, pictured on February 4, 2020, in Hadera. (Jack Guez/AFP)

March 8, 2021, 8:58 pm

Ethiopian-born MK on Meghan interview: No mother should raise child amid racism

Pnina Tamano-Shata says she’s shocked by allegation in bombshell interview, quips: ‘Sounds like UK royals would turn me into a cleaner’

By TOI staff