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The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah| Entertainment News

The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah| Entertainment News

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LONDON — He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain’s royal family. The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office in an inquiry stemming from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He is the first senior British royal to be arrested since King Charles I, almost 400 years ago. Born a prince in 1960, Andrew is the third child and second son of the queen and her husband Prince Philip. His elder brother Charles was destined for the throne. Andrew took a tried-and-tested route for younger royal sons: military service. After 22 years in the Royal Navy, including combat operations as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War, Andrew was named Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment in 2001. His frequent taxpayer-funded travel saw him dubbed “Air Miles Andy” by the press. The current police investigation stems from that …

With £640 million fortune, King Charles is now as rich as Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty | Trending

With £640 million fortune, King Charles is now as rich as Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty | Trending

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May 18, 2025 01:15 PM IST King Charles’s personal fortune has reached £640 million, surpassing Queen Elizabeth II’s £370 million. Britain’s King Charles’s personal fortune has risen to £640 million, making him as wealthy as the former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. UK’s former prime minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles in 2023.(REUTERS File) This puts the 76-year-old monarch significantly ahead of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, whose fortune was estimated at £370 million in 2022—the year Charles ascended to the throne. Charles now ranks 238th on the list of the UK’s wealthiest people and families, thanks to a £30 million boost in wealth over the past year. King Charles’ ‘real’ wealth The The Sunday Times estimate is based on King Charles’s personal assets, including an inherited investment portfolio and private estates such as Sandringham and Balmoral. It does not include the Crown Estate.  A 2023 investigation by The Guardian suggested King Charles’s total fortune could be close to £2 billion. Meanwhile, …

X-Men star Sir Ian McKellen blasts Queen Elizabeth II and Royal Family: ‘She was quite rude’ | Hollywood

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X-Men star Sir Ian McKellen is not holding back any scathing remark when it comes to Queen Elizabeth II and her Royal Family. Ian McKellen, poses for photographers upon arrival at the European Premiere of the The Critic, in London, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)(AP) McKellen told The Times about his less-than-pleasant and “very rude” interactions with the late Queen Elizabeth II and shared his thoughts on the British royal family. “On the few occasions I met her, she was quite rude,” he said. “When I received a medal for acting, she said, ‘You’ve been doing this for an awfully long time.’ I said, ‘Well, not as long as you.’ I got a royal smile for that, but then she said, ‘Does anyone still actually go to the theater?” “That’s bloody rude when you’re giving someone a medal for acting. It meant, ‘Does anyone care a f**k about you because I don’t. Now off you go!” ALSO READ| Prince Harry motivates how ‘to heal, to change lives’ in a new video: Watch The …

Ex-Chef Reveals What Royal Family Eats At Christmas Every Year

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The 61-year-old chef revealed that the royals stick to tradition when the festive season arrives. A former Royal Family chef has revealed what the King and his family will eat this Christmas and it’s not as lavish as everyone expects it to be. Darren McGrady, a Nottinghamshire chef who has worked for the late Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana, has cooked around seven Christmas dinners for the royal family during his career. The 61-year-old chef revealed that the royals stick to tradition when the festive season arrives. According to the professional chef, the menu remained nearly the same throughout his tenure cooking for the family and it’s pretty much the same as the meal enjoyed at home by many Brits. ”They’ve always been very traditional, so the royals eat the same things every year. They’re no different to most families in not wanting to mess around with the food at Christmas,” he told OK magazine. However, Mr McGrady spoke of one strange tradition during his time which was that of the men and women eating separate breakfasts. While the …

Prince Harry reveals Meghan Markle thought Prince Andrew was Queen’s assistant

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Prince Harry revealed in his memoir, Spare, which will be out on January 10, that Meghan Markle had initially mistaken his uncle Prince Andrew for a royal staffer. He recalled Meghan’s first meeting with his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II in October 2016, a few months after they began dating. Harry added that Prince Andrew had joined them on the occasion. Based on her confusion over Prince Andrew’s identity, Harry said Meghan ‘definitely hadn’t Googled’ the royal family. Also read: Prince William, Kate Middleton were ‘religious’ fans of Suits before meeting Meghan Markle, Prince Harry says in new book In his upcoming book, Prince Harry spoke about Meghan’s first meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew, where they were also joined by Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, their daughter Princess Eugenie and her now-husband Jack Brooksbank for lunch at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, England. In an excerpt of Spare shared by Us Weekly, Harry recalled Meghan’s first meeting with Prince Andrew and the late Queen Elizabeth II. He wrote, “After a moment, …