As one in three UK children are born into poverty, one child will never know that reality thanks to his father's occupation as "Prince of the United Kingdom".
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Royal baby: Uncle (Prince) Harry says he'll make sure Prince George 'has fun' - is that a threat or a promise?
Friday 26 July 2013
Prince Harry has said that his role in the upbringing of his nephew, the royal baby Prince George, will be to “make sure he has fun”.
Welcome, baby George. And don't mind the millions of eyes watching your every move
Thursday 25 July 2013
The royal baby's name has been decided. It had to be something simple, English and firm, didn’t it?
Would Winston Churchill have failed the Tories' new Google test to seek out past indiscretions?
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Well yes, but not just because he wouldn’t know what it was. Would-be MPs are being asked to check their online reputations. Luckily, Winston never had to
George, James, Alexander or Richard? Bets come flying in on the name of the royal baby
Tuesday 23 July 2013
George remains the firm favourite as thousands head to place bets on the name chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Royal baby front pages - from Private Eye to 'The Son'
Tuesday 23 July 2013
The front pages of every national newspaper on Tuesday led with the news that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to the royal baby.
Royal baby: Stephen Fry salutes Britain's 'bonkers' birth traditions
Tuesday 23 July 2013
TV star Stephen Fry paid tribute to Britain's "bonkers" birth traditions today as the world celebrated the new royal arrival.
Royal baby: Three heirs to the throne in line for first time in 119 years - and the fact it's a boy avoids gender issue
Monday 22 July 2013
Royal baby will be heir presumptive, but a girl might still have faced obstacles from the Commonwealth
He's at it again: Prince Charles accused of lobbying Health Secretary over homeopathy
Sunday 21 July 2013
Prince Charles has apparently been lobbying Jeremy Hunt about the controversial alternative treatment, much to the annoyance of Labour MPs
The Belgian King’s brief? Unite a divided nation
Friday 19 July 2013
The new Belgian monarch is a former fighter pilot – and he will have a scrap on his hands trying to maintain the unity of this hybrid country
In pictures: HMS Queen Elizabeth (the Royal Navy's largest ship) nears completion
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Completed carrier will be amongst the second largest class of warships in the world
TV review: Princess Diana's Dresses: the Auction, Channel 4
Wednesday 17 July 2013
"Every sequin, stitch and seam provides a window on to her short but extraordinary life," said the voiceover at the beginning of Princess Diana's Dresses: the Auction, an instructively besotted film about the sale of 10 of Diana's frocks. "These dresses," it had already promised, "hold the key to understanding Diana as never before." An hour later, with your understanding of Diana unchanged by a single stitch, any doubt about that claim had hardened into certainty.
Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Our MPs were made of sterner stuff in the 17th century
Monday 15 July 2013
The ‘closest thing’ to a CEO, supposed Mr Nye, was the ‘Secretary and Keeper of the Records’
Senior aide William Nye defends Prince Charles over tax-exempt status for Duchy of Cornwall estate
Monday 15 July 2013
William Nye claims Duchy of Cornwall’s £847m property empire is a ‘force for social good’
Prince Charles' letters to stay secret, but judge condemns ministerial veto
Tuesday 09 July 2013
The Attorney General Dominic Grieve blocked the publication of letters from the Prince of Wales to MPs
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