September 29, 2003. Royal aides hope that releasing foootage of Prince Harry in the outback will relieve media pressure for the rest of his stay in Australia.
Hello! article
Three teenage Moroccan girls face charges of planning attacks on King Mohammed VI and his family.
BBC News article
Monarchists in western Queensland sympathize with Prince Harry's frustration at being pestered by the media.
News.com.au article
Prince Charles met the cast of Bright Young Things at the film's royal gala premiere.
Telegraph article
September 28, 2003. Prince Harry is staying in Australia, despite aggressive media attention.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Telegraph article
September 27, 2003. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Montenegro focused on raising funds for his troubled homeland during his visit to Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Star article
By marrying the Crown Prince of Denmark, Mary Donaldson will be joining one of the world's oldest royal families.
Sydney Morning Herald articles: 1, 2
More on Prince Harry and the Australian media:
BBC News article
Sydney Morning Herald article
The Scotsman article
Telegraph article
Security at Kensington Palace is being reduced.
Telegraph article
September 26, 2003. Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia and Montenegro are among celebrities visiting Indianapolis (my hometown) this weekend for events related to the U.S. Grand Prix.
Indianapolis Star article
Camilla Parker Bowles reportedly convinced Prince Charles to abandon his plans for a "mission statement."
Hello! article
Prince Harry may consider leaving Australia if the media attention does not diminish.
BBC News article
Artist Jeff Stultiens's giant portrait of the Queen was unveiled at Oxford.
BBC News article
Italian monarchists are not thrilled with Prince Emanuele Filiberto's socialist bride.
Telegraph article
Hello! article
New York Times article
Mary Donaldson's relationship with the Crown Prince of Denmark has already changed her life dramatically.
News.com.au article
September 25, 2003. The grandson of Italy's last king married a French actress in a lavish ceremony at a historic Roman church.
BBC News article
Angola's traditional kings may not have much power, but they are still respected by many.
BBC News article
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver cooked an organic banquet for Prince Charles.
Hello! article
The Prince of Wales's press secretary asked the media to leave Prince Harry alone in Australia.
The Age article and
palace statement
Sydney Morning Herald article
More on the engagement of Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Australia's Mary Donaldson:
The Scotsman article
Herald Sun article
News.com.au article
Sydney Morning Herald article and photo gallery
The Age article
September 24, 2003. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, 35, is to marry his Australian girlfriend Mary Donaldson, 31.
BBC News article
Hello! article
The Age article
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy and Clotilde Courau will wed tomorrow in the summer's most quickly planned royal wedding.
Hello! article
A circus director predicted the failure of Princess Stephanie of Monaco's new marriage to acrobat Adans Lopez Peres.
Yahoo! News article
More on Prince Harry's arrival Down Under:
News.com.au article
Telegraph article
Sydney Morning Herald article
Herald Sun article
September 23, 2003. The grandson of Italy's last king denied reports that his left-wing fiancee is an "anarcho-communist."
Yahoo! News article
BBC News article
Queen Silvia of Sweden visited St. Petersburg.
Yahoo! News article
In the only public engagement of his visit, Prince Harry met Australian animals and people at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
BBC News articles: 1,
2 and photo gallery
Hello! article
The Age article
Sydney Morning Herald photo gallery
Australian republicans continued to gripe about the security bill.
Guardian article
Prince Harry may delay his entry into Sandhurst Military Academy.
Telegraph article
The Prime Minister of Jamaica announced his desire for the country to become a republic.
The Scotsman article
September 22, 2003. A Vatican cardinal will marry Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy and Clotilde Courau at Sainte-Marie des Anges Basilica on Thursday.
The Scotsman article
King Norodom Sihanouk threatened to abdicate if Cambodia's political quagmire is not resolved.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Australian police will supplement Prince Harry's security during his visit there, much to the irritation of bitter republicans.
Telegraph article
NEWS.com.au article
The 19-year-old passed his military assesment test with flying colors.
CNN article
Yesterday's decisive conference vote on the monarchy showed that most Liberal Democrats remain wary of republicanism.
Telegraph article
Guardian article
Independent article
The Scotsman article
King Henry V's funeral shield is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Guardian article
September 21, 2003. The Liberal Democrats voted down the proposal advocating a referendum on the monarchy.
BBC News article
Prince Harry is planning a gap-year trip to Australia.
BBC News article
No longer exiled, Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, 30, engaged to French actress Clotilde Courau, 34, is preparing for Italy's first royal wedding in over 70 years.
Telegraph article
James Hewitt has received an offer of £600,000 for the love letters sent to him by the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Telegraph article
September 20, 2003. Plans for a memorial garden to Diana, Princess of Wales, were abandoned due to a controversy over funding.
Telegraph article
Prince Harry will arrive in Australia on Monday.
Sydney Morning Herald article
September 19, 2003. Prince Nicholas Romanov is proud of his heritage but uninterested in a restoration of the Russian monarchy.
Financial Times interview
Princess Astrid of Belgium joined the international campaign against landmines as her brother Prince Laurent and his wife enjoyed children's day in Tervuren.
Hello! article
The Duke of York impressed onlookers with his golfing skills in his capacity as captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
Britain's Tories promised to resist the Government's plans to oust the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
(Great! But note that these spineless "conservatives" fail, as they have failed for the past six years, to mount any philosophical challenge to the pernicious egalitarianism which drove the other hereditary peers out of the Lords in the first place, objecting only to the deceptive and reckless way that the Government is handling this situation. For a real defense of the House of Lords, see Sean Gabb.)
Telegraph article
September 18, 2003. Queen Noor of Jordan arrived in Spain to promote her book Leap of Faith.
Hello! article
September 17, 2003. Princess Eugenie's security checks triggered a crackdown on smoking at her school.
Hello! article
Sweden's royal family presided over a sombre opening of Parliament.
Hello! article
Princess Stephanie of Monaco, 38, married acrobat Adans Lopez Peres, 28, in Switzerland last week.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
The Scotsman article
The Liberal Democrats will consider a proposal advocating the abolition of the monarchy at their conference next week.
Independent article
September 16, 2003. A visibly pregnant Princess Maxima joined her mother-in-law Queen Beatrix for the opening of the Dutch Parliament.
Hello! article
September 15, 2003. Tony Blair's government is planning to remove the last 92 hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
Telegraph article
Prince Charles spoke up for Britain's old buildings.
The Scotsman article
September 14, 2003. Two new operas, Deborah Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra and Einojuhani Rautavaara's Rasputin, bring the tragic story of the Romanovs to the stage.
New York Times article
British diplomats barred Princess Margaret from making an official visit to the U.S. in the 1970s due to the behavior of her entourage on a previous visit.
Telegraph article
September 13, 2003. The Prince of Wales will plead for the preservation of Britain's crumbling historic buildings in the finale of the BBC series Restoration.
Telegraph article
September 12, 2003. Ada Lewis, 105, received her second congratulatory telegram from the Queen.
BBC News article
Prince Harry may begin his military career in Wales.
BBC News article
The Countess of Wessex was visibly moved by a meningitis victim's account of her experience with the disease.
The Scotsman article
Princess Anne opened the official memorial to British victims of the terrorist attack two years ago.
Telegraph article
September 11, 2003. Queen Elizabeth will visit France and Germany in an attempt to heal divisions caused by the Iraq war.
Hello! article
Prince Andrew is visiting Poland.
Yahoo! News article
September 10, 2003. A constitutional expert warned that the new European Constitution would effectively supersede Queen Elizabeth II's role as Britain's head of state.
The Sun article
Princess Anne has become the warden of Scotland's Gordonstoun School.
The Scotsman article
September 9, 2003. Queen Noor of Jordan shared the spotlight with the current and former presidents of South Africa at the World Parks Congress.
Hello! article
September 8, 2003. Members of the crowd at Saturday's Braemar Gathering cheered the Queen and Prince Philip, but booed Tony and Cherie Blair.
Hello! article
Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark arrived in Lübeck, Germany for a brief official visit.
Hello! article
Zara Phillips may follow her parents (Princess Anne and Mark Phillips) to the Olympics.
Telegraph articles
September 7, 2003. Unlike in the US, the sons of Britain's elite, such as Prince Harry, still frequently join the military.
New York Times article
A thunderstorm disrupted Swazi girls' annual dance for King Mswati III.
New York Times article
A new book reveals the financial secrets of the Japanese imperial family.
Telegraph article
September 6, 2003. British nobility bonus item:
New York Times profile of the Duchess of Devonshire
Tony and Cherie Blair joined Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the Braemar Gathering in Aberdeenshire.
BBC News article
The Queen may visit the Republic of Ireland for the first time in its history.
BBC News article
Yahoo! News article
Queen Elizabeth II bought back a dessert service made in 1789 to celebrate the recovery of her great-great-great-great-grandfather King George III from porphyria.
Telegraph article
More on the ricin letter:
Telegraph article
September 5, 2003. A Scottish schoolboy sent a letter allegedly containing the poison ricin to Prince William and other prominent figures.
BBC News article
Prince Hans of Saxe-Altenburg revealed that German aristocrats plotted to take over Texas in the 1840s.
The Scotsman article
September 4, 2003. The Duchess of York is going to make her debut as a radio DJ.
Hello! article
Princess Aiko of Japan made her first visit to the home of her maternal grandparents.
Hello! article
September 3, 2003. Friends and relatives shared their memories of Princess Grace of Monaco on Larry King Live.
CNN transcript
The man who crashed Prince William's 21st birthday party is to stand for Parliament.
BBC News article
September 2, 2003. Prince Charles opened a memorial garden dedicated to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland.
BBC News article
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II will display her paintings at a new exhibition in Odense.
Yahoo! article
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway began her new job with the Directorate for Norwegian Development Aid.
Hello! article
Stars of stage and screen performed yeseterday for Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles to raise money for the Prince's Trust.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
Crown Prince Hamzah of Jordan, 23, married Princess Noor Bint Asem Ben Nayef, 20, at a private ceremony at Al Bareka palace.
Hello! article
September 1, 2003. The Prince of Wales attended an evening of Shakespeare at the Globe.
BBC News article
The Kingdom of Jordan will host next month the world's most expensive classic car rally, with drivers including the king's mother Princess Muna.
Telegraph article