The oldest surviving colour photographic print of a royal family member and an image marking Princess Kate’s 40th birthday are among those displayed in the new exhibition that opened on Friday.

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According to the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List, Hugh Grosvenor, 33, has a net worth of £10.127 billion – a substantial increase from the £9.878 billion he had in 2023.

However, he is soon set to lose his bachelor status when he ties the knot in the society wedding of the year next month.

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The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh took part in a special Church of Scotland service during a visit to Edinburgh.

The Ceremony of the Keys was held at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Friday, to mark the start of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

The guard of honour, Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland marched during the ceremony.

Chief Constable of Police Scotland, Jo Farrell also attended, and journalist, TV correspondent and British Army reservist Major-General Alastair Bruce.

During the Ceremony of the Keys the Lord High Commissioner, in this case the Duke of Edinburgh, as the King’s representative, receives the keys from the Lord Provost.

He was previously Lord High Commissioner in 2014, as Earl of Wessex, and represented his mother, the late Queen.

The Lord High Commissioner is the sovereign’s personal representative to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is appointed by the sovereign to attend proceedings on his behalf.

The Duke, who was granted the title previously held by his father on his 59th birthday last year, will make the opening and closing addresses to the Assembly and carry out a number of official functions throughout the week.

TV presenter Anne Robinson has confirmed her relationship with the Queen’s ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles, saying “Yes” but adding: “Mind your own business.”

Now Robinson has confirmed they are, telling Saga magazine: “Yes. Full stop. Mind your own business.”

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The King, Queen and Prince of Wales will attend commemorative events in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Buckingham Palace has said.

Charles and Camilla will be at the Ministry of Defence and Royal British Legion’s (RBL) event at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer on June 6, and William will attend the Canadian commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, on the same date.

The prince will then attend the international commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, later that day alongside 25 heads of state and veterans from around the world.

Elie Ng reports:

Queen Camilla was welcomed at the “Royal Rye” as she took centre stage to celebrate literature in East Sussex.

In a peacock-feather patterned dress and sand-coloured coat, the Queen arrived at the Church of Saint Mary as part of her tour of the county on Thursday.

Reverend Paul White told Camilla that the coastal town of Rye was dubbed the “Royal Rye” by Queen Elizabeth I when she visited in 1573, and added that, “if you felt that was in your gift today, Royal Rye it is once again”.

Camilla met members of local organisations including the Royal Voluntary Service and Mothers’ Union at the church before walking along the street to Lamb House.

The historic Lamb House, once home to novelists Henry James, Rumer Godden and E.F. Benson, also hosts a literature collection the Queen viewed as part of a tour of the property.

A garden tea party was held for Camilla, where reading performances of Mapp and Lucia were given by Oscar-winner Hayley Mills, and actor Timothy West, who sat next to the Queen as she was offered tea.

The King walked across the Royal Opera House stage hand in hand with performers at a gala celebrating the conductor at his coronation, on Thursday.

The event paid tribute to Sir Antonio Pappano at the end of his 22-year tenure as music director of The Royal Opera.

Performers were told Charles would be attending 20 minutes before they went on stage, and their show closed to a standing ovation.

After the curtain fell Charles and Sir Antonio spoke about the time that has passed since the coronation last May.

Sir Antonio said: “He was just so generous in his praise, and genuinely so, and that means everything, he loves music.

“He knighted me, and I’ve done several events at Buckingham Palace over the years where he’s been the engine for those things, and of course I conducted at the coronation, so we’ve done quite a few events.”

He said about the gala: “These kinds of programmes are almost impossible, with so many different pieces from one to the other, but the feeling that everybody wanted to be here, we had a full house, the King was here.”

Asked how he was feeling after the show, Charles, who has been receiving treatment for cancer, replied: “Not too bad.”

Prince William has pledged financial assistance to ensure that every farmer within the Duchy of Cornwall gets mental health support.

The annual cash pledge will provide every farmer with access to a 24/7 support helpline, and the three-year funding package will see a Herefordshire-based charity able to extend its reach to several generations on at least 260 farms.

Camilla was so impressed with the results that she asked Hugo Burnand to photograph her 2005 wedding to King Charles.

“[Charles] liked what I did at the wedding enough to ask me to take some pictures of him and then the boys,” a busy Burnand explained on his way to the Royal Portraits exhibition.

The event at The King’s Gallery, which opens today (17 May), is of particular significance for Burnand as it features “the first photographs that were taken of the members of the royal family in the Victorian era”.

“It’s really fascinating because [it goes] right through until today and obviously I’ve taken quite a few pictures of the current Monarchy,” he said.

The King is expected to attend Trooping the Colour amid his cancer treatment, but by carriage instead of the traditional horseback.

King Charles is determined to attend his birthday parade in London on 15 June, say sources, with concessions as his cancer treatment continues.

Instead of riding on horseback as he did last year, the monarch will travel by carriage from Buckingham Palace and watch the pageantry from a podium.

The Buckingham Palace and Ministry of Defence have been exploring ways for several weeks to find ways for the king to be a part of the celebrations without undue risk to his health.

It is unclear if the Princess of Wales will attend the ceremony.