March 29, 2003. Having had hernia surgery, the Prince of Wales checked out of King Edward VII hospital.
New York Times article
BBC News article
Camilla Parker Bowles accompanied Prince Charles to the hospital.
Telegraph article
March 27, 2003. A newlywed whose husband recently left for the Gulf told Prince Andrew of her fears.
Telegraph article
March 26, 2003. Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, visiting Brazil with her husband and mother-in-law, made some new friends in Rio De Janeiro.
Hello! article
March 25, 2003. Not all Liechtensteiners share Prince Hans Adam's enthusiasm for the principality's unusual "rent-a-state" program.
New York Times article
Queen Elizabeth raised the spirits of military families in Plymouth.
Telegraph article
Hello! article
Friends and family (including daughter Sarah, Duchess of York and granddaughter Princess Beatrice) said farewell to Ronald Ferguson at a private funeral yesterday.
Telegraph article
Hello! article
March 24, 2003. The Duchess of York paid tribute to her "loving father."
BBC News article
The Queen and Prince Philip visited families of service personnel at Devonport Naval Base.
BBC News article
A major new exhibition on Queen Elizabeth I is to open in London next month.
Yahoo! News article
The union of the English and Scottish crowns began 400 years ago today with the death of Queen Elizabeth I and the accession of King James VI of Scotland to the English throne.
BBC News article
The Scotsman article
Guardian article
The Edinburgh Queen's Gallery offers a glimpse into Russia's Imperial past with its Fabergé exhibition.
The Scotsman article
Queen Noor of Jordan is energetically promoting her (highly recommended) new book.
Excessive tabloid attention may drive Prince William away from St Andrews University.
Telegraph article
The Grimaldis of Monaco hosted the glittering Rose Ball.
Hello! article
March 22, 2003. The Duke of York led tributes to those killed in the Royal Navy helicopter crash.
BBC News article
The world's poorest "king" is determined to protect his Irish island from drug dealers.
Times Online article
March 21, 2003. Sarah, Duchess of York, flew back to Britain for her father's funeral.
BBC News article
The Queen told British troops yesterday of her pride in them.
Telegraph article
March 20, 2003. As war began, Queen Elizabeth II sent a message of support to British troops stationed near Iraq.
BBC News article
Times Online article
King Gyanendra and Queen Komal of Nepal begin a visit to India today.
Asia Times article
March 19, 2003. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa offered Saddam Hussein asylum in Bahrain.
CNN article
March 18, 2003. Visiting Australia, the Crown Prince of Brunei enjoyed a visit to Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
Hello! article
In her new book, American-born Queen Noor of Jordan discusses her "storybook" marriage and the turbulent history of the modern Middle East.
Crown Princess Victoria is enjoying her service in Sweden's armed forces.
Yahoo! News article
More on the Liechtenstein referendum:
New York Times article
Prince Hassan of Jordan doesn't want to be king of Iraq, but hasn't ruled out a diplomatic role.
Guardian interview
Ronald Ferguson (1931-2003):
Telegraph article and obituary
Times Online obituary
March 17, 2003. Major Ronald Ferguson, father of the Duchess of York, died yesterday at 71.
BBC News article and
obituary
The overwhelming support of the voters has made Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein the most powerful monarch in Europe.
Telegraph article
Independent article
Guardian article
Hello! article
The return of the Savoys has stirred tensions in southern Italy.
Hello! article
Prince Andrew is facing pressure from feminists to renounce his position with the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which does not allow women to be members.
The Scotsman article
Prince Charles has risked continued controversy by letting Michael Fawcett handle Prince William's coming-of-age party.
Times Online article
Yesterday's poll suggests that the heir to the British throne's reputation has suffered as a result of recent controversies.
The Scotsman article
March 16, 2003. Voters in Liechtenstein approved Prince Hans Adam's constitutional changes.
New York Times article
Yahoo! News article
BBC News article
Prince Vittorio Emanuele says he has no intention of entering Italian politics or starting a monarchist movement.
Yahoo! News article
Returning to Naples after 57 years, the Italian royal family were welcomed with more criticism than affection.
Telegraph article
A new poll claims that a majority of Britons do not want Prince Charles to become king.
Yahoo! News article
Former aide Michael Fawcett is to be paid to organize Prince William's 21st birthday party in June.
Telegraph article
Sir Michael Peat appears to be perfectly suited for his difficult job.
Telegraph article
March 15, 2003. The people of Liechtenstein decide this weekend whether to give Prince Hans Adam more power.
New York Times article
Telegraph article
In their second return to Italy, Prince Vittorio Emanuele and his family are visiting Naples, but not Rome.
New York Times article
UPI article
Guardian article
Prince Charles left Bulgaria with plenty of gifts--which by his household's new rules will be carefully recorded.
Times Online article
St. James's Palace announced that departing royal aide Michael Fawcett will keep his grace-and-favour home but will not receive an additional cash pay-off.
Telegraph article
Times Online article
March 14, 2003. Nepal's Maoist rebels softened their opposition to the monarchy.
BBC News article
Liechtensteiners are bitterly divided over Prince Hans Adam's proposed constitutional changes.
Guardian article
Critics of St. James's Palace are enraged that Michael Fawcett will continue to work for Prince Charles in an informal capacity despite his resignation.
BBC News article
Royal staff have long been accustomed to receiving their employers' unwanted gifts.
BBC News article
The Prince of Wales is to make sweeping changes to the management of St. James's Palace in light of the Peat report's finding that he benefitted from the sale of gifts.
Times Online articles: 1, 2
Telegraph article
Telegraph: The principal characters
The report concluded that the Prince's former valet's rape allegations were dismissed too casually.
Times Online article
Telegraph articles
Prince Charles would have preferred for Paul Burrell not to be put on trial.
Times Online article
Telegraph articles
Sir Michael Peat and Edmund Lawson, QC, took turns fielding reporters' questions.
Times Online article
The 111-page report answers four basic questions and accounts for all but 19 of the thousands of gifts received in recent years.
Times Online articles: 1, 2
From Bulgaria, where he received his latest gift, Prince Charles and his staff reacted to the report's findings.
Times Online articles: 1, 2
Having successfully managed Buckingham Palace's finances, Sir Michael Peat has turned his attention to those of St. James's Palace.
Times Online article
Telegraph article
Fawcett's resignation ends a 20-year career with the royal family.
Times Online article
Telegraph articles: 1, 2
New York Times article
March 13, 2003. Royal aide Michael Fawcett resigned following the publication of the Peat report.
Times Online article
New York Times article
BBC News article and profile
Sir Michael Peat released his long-awaited report on alleged misconduct in the Prince of Wales's household.
BBC News article
Queen Elizabeth postponed a visit to King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium on the advice of the British government.
Times Online article
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands has been politically damaged over his handling of the row in the Dutch royal family.
BBC News article
Prince Charles revealed his romantic side at a local radio station.
Telegraph article
March 12, 2003. Whatever the outcome of this weekend's constitutional referendum, the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein may never be the same again.
Yahoo! News article
Disgruntled Princess Margarita filed a criminal complaint against the Dutch secret service and former Prime Minister Wim Kok.
Independent article
Prince Charles will be visiting King/Prime Minister Simeon in Bulgaria when the Peat report is released tomorrow.
Independent article
BBC News timeline and profile
King Mswati III of Swaziland has been threatened with expulsion from the Commonwealth unless he agrees to limit his powers.
Times Online article
Zara Phillips appears to have resumed her relationship with jockey Richard Johnson.
Telegraph article
Prince Charles went hunting despite his hernia.
Telegraph article
The search for a politically correct alternative to royal guards' bearskin hats continues.
BBC News article
March 11, 2003. The people of Liechtenstein will soon go to the polls to decide whether to give Prince Hans Adam II the power to dissolve the government.
Hello! article
BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond is to leave the job after 14 years.
BBC News article
Dutch government lawyers are considering a libel suit against the troublesome Princess Margarita.
Times Online article
The current scandal, while perhaps the worst, is not the first to affect the Netherlands' House of Orange.
Times Online article
Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy has withdrawn any claim to former royal property in Italy, including the crown jewels.
Hello! article
Times Online article
The Spencer family may sue Paul Burrell over Princess Diana's possesions.
Times Online article
For the second time, the Prince of Wales checked into a traditional rural bed-and-breakfast.
Times Online article
Prince Charles cancelled his annual Swiss skiiing holiday for an operation.
Telegraph article
Animal rights activists demand that the Sovereign's Foot Guards replace their traditional bearskin headgear with fake fur hats.
Telegraph article
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh does not expect his father King Norodom Sihanouk's abdication offer to be accepted.
March 10, 2003. Prince Charles awaits the report on the Burrell affair.
Independent article
Prince William is reportedly worried that controversial royal aide Michael Fawcett might write a revealing book.
Times Online article
March 9, 2003. Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein has asked his subjects to approve proposals increasing his powers.
Observer article
St. James's Palace criticized the publication of informal photos of Prince William in News of the World.
BBC News article
Members of the household of the Prince of Wales completed a questionnaire about gift "perks."
Telegraph article
Former police colleagues have denounced royal bodyguard Ken Wharfe's book on Princess Diana as the "work of a fantasist."
Telegraph article
March 8, 2003. Prince Eudes of Orléans-Braganza, younger brother of the head of the Imperial House of Brazil, will be the special guest at the Wolfsonian Imperial Propaganda Ball in Miami Beach tonight.
Miami Herald article
King Norodom Sihanouk offered to abdicate as political tensions rise in Cambodia.
Telegraph article
Queen Elizabeth unveiled a bust of her mother at Sandown Park racecourse.
Telegraph article
March 7, 2003. Crown Prince Frederik's Australian girlfriend Mary Donaldson is still a mystery to Danes.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Princess Norodom Vacheahra of Cambodia has emerged as one of the government's leading critics.
Washington Post article
Prince Charles's charity The Prince's Foundation has been asked to freeze donations from controversial Turkish businessman Cem Uzan.
Telegraph article
The British royal family will establish a gift register to prevent staff from selling royal gifts.
Times Online article
March 6, 2003. Princess Margarita's allegations continue to rock the Dutch monarchy.
BBC News article
The Scotsman article
Guardian article
Queen Elizabeth was saddened by the death of her loyal designer.
Telegraph articles and obituary
Times Online article and
obituary
New York Times obituary
March 5, 2003. Royal dressmaker Sir Hardy Amies died at 93.
BBC News article
The Dutch prime minister has been drawn into the row between Princess Margarita and the royal family.
Yahoo! News article
Prince Charles launched Derbyshire's Royal Shrovetide football game.
BBC News article and
photo gallery
March 4, 2003. Princess Anne launched a literacy drive in Wales.
BBC News article
Royal treasures will go on display to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's coronation.
BBC News article
Lady Helen's new daughter is 29th in line to the British throne.
The Scotsman article
The director of the Press Complaints Commission claimed that St. James's Palace had negotiated with the News of the World to limit the damage of the Prince Harry drugs story.
Telegraph article
March 3, 2003. Lady Helen Taylor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday.
Hello! article
More on the Queen and the Michaels of Kent:
BBC News article
Japan may be considering altering the constitution to allow Princess Aiko to eventually become Empress.
Hello! article
Times Online article
Emperor Akihito has subtly but significantly changed the character of the Japanese monarchy over the course of his reign.
Times Online article
Times Online graphic: The Imperial Family
The Queen Mother's Castle of Mey is to be available for rent.
Telegraph article
More on Prince Charles and Cem Uzan:
Telegraph article
March 2, 2003. Queen Elizabeth is to take over her late mother's role as President of the Sandringham Women's Institute.
BBC News article
Scots are divided over the upcoming 400th anniversary of the union of the Scottish and English Crowns.
BBC News article
St. James's Palace will investigate "cash for access" claims involving Prince Charles and a Turkish businessman.
BBC News article
The Prince of Wales is to be questioned over the collapse of the Burrell trial.
Telegraph article
A rift is alleged to exist between the Queen and Prince & Princess Michael of Kent.
Telegraph article
The royal family suspected art historian Anthony Blunt long before he was revealed to be a traitor.
Telegraph article
March 1, 2003. The statements of Queen Beatrix's niece Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma have been embarrassing for the Dutch Royal Family.
New Zealand Herald article
Prince Charles paid tribute to his martyred great-great-aunt Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Russia (1864-1918) with a concert at Windsor.
Telegraph article