Royal family 9-10 June: Prince William marks major first for cause close to his heart after wedding celebrations, more

Good morning and welcome to another busy week for royals across the globe. Stay tuned as we'll be keeping you up to speed with all the latest news. 

So, what's on today's agenda? 

The King and Queen will present two new colours to the Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace. One of the new colours will be carried by The King's Company Grenadier Guards in the Trooping of the Colour at The King's Birthday Parade on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Princess Anne also has a busy day ahead. The Princess Royal will attend a reunion of the 1976 Olympic Games in London. She will also, as Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, attend its Annual Awards Dinner at Chartered Accountants' Hall. The royal is also expected to unveil a Memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Woking, Surrey. 

There will also be an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. 

The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, begins a state visit to the Netherlands today. A state banquet will take place on Tuesday evening, with Princess Amalia, heir to the throne, expected in attendance. 

Finally, HELLO!'s A Right Royal Podcast is hosting a live recording in the heart of New York City today. HELLO!'s Royal Editor Emily Nash will be travelling Stateside with her trusty cohosts, where they will be discussing the British royal family's love affair with New York City.

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In case you missed it, Peter Phillips and his bride Harriet Sperling tied the knot over the weekend in a royal wedding in the Cotswolds on Saturday 6 June.

HELLO! was inside the media pen as Princess Anne's son wed the NHS nurse in what was the first royal wedding since 2020.

The couple said 'I do' in Kemble, a sleepy village located just 17 minutes from Princess Anne's Gatcombe Park estate.

Their official portrait was taken in the Conservatory at Gatcombe Park, Princess Anne's estate, where the reception is believed to have been held.

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King Charles and Queen Camilla were among the royals in attendance, alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales, Zara and Mike Tindall. Peter's children Savannah, 15, and Isla, 14, and Harriet's teenage daughter Georgina, who acted as bridesmaids, were also present for the nuptials. 

One person who wasn't on the guest list was Prince Harry. A friend close to the newlyweds previously told HELLO!: "Peter and Harry haven’t spoken for several years and have simply lost touch, so he hasn’t been invited." 

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, were also absent from the wedding.

From torrential rain to local gossip about the Beckhams, find out what it was really like from our reporters on the ground. 

Plus, watch HELLO!'s latest Right Royal Podcast episode, where our hosts break down every major moment from the big day. 

It's been revealed that the Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle venture, As ever, has drawn just under 400,000 American visitors to its website since the start of the year.

It falls short of the inventory levels of 650,000 product units, which were exposed by a technical error on the site, according to Newsweek. Actual sales figures remain unpublished.

A source with knowledge of As ever told the publication that they anticipated it would "double in size this year. By any measure, for any startup, you can't deny that is anything but a success. People are obsessed with wanting her to fail.

"The commentariat are clouded by their own prejudice and a need to perpetuate a narrative that her business is a failure, because they pegged her that way from the start and they can’t take being wrong."

Meghan founded the brand in 2025, the same year her Netflix programme, With Love, Meghan, was launched. 

It comes after Meghan registered 12 trademarks in Australia for As ever, according filings with the Australian Government's intellectual property office filed in September 2024 and approved last year. Could these mean Meghan is planning to expand her brand in Australia? 

The filings cover a range of categories, including skincare, candles, gardening, clothes, jewellery, homeware, event planning, podcasts and self-care under the description "fancy".

They also include "gardening trowels, gardening shears, gardening wedding forks" and a "garden tool gift set", as well as "yoga straps" and "pet feeding mats". 

While Princess Anne is famed for her no-nonsense attitude, the royal softens when it comes to spending time with her grandchildren. 

According to Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, Anne breaks this one rule when it comes to her family. 

"Anne has a very masculine energy but definitely has a soft side, like Prince Philip did, and she is very proud of Peter and Zara," Ingrid told HELLO!.

"She's always refused to be photographed kissing babies in public, but she’s different with her own grandchildren and she obviously adores them."

This exception was proved back in 2016, when Anne affectionately kissed her granddaughter Mia's cheek as they watched her daughter Zara Tindall play in a Jockeys vs Olympians charity polo match.

Anne is the doting grandmother to her daughter Zara and her husband Mike Tindall's three children Mia, Lena and Lucas, as well as her son Peter Phillip's beloved daughters, Savannah and Isla, whom he shares with his ex-wife Autumn Phillips.

In the 2020 ITV documentary, Anne: The Princess Royal at 70, Peter shared some insight into what his mother is like as a grandmother.

He said: "She loves seeing them ride [horses], she loves having them round for Sunday lunches and taking them for walks. Doing all the things that we would do as kids."

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While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spend most of their time living on their sprawling estate in Montecito, California, along with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, the couple also own a beautiful home in Portugal. 

According to MailOnline, Harry and Meghan have enlisted the help of designers from Soho House, the members' club, to lead a design overhaul.

The Portuguese residence was reportedly acquired for a staggering £6.3 million in 2023. While we don't know what type of property it is, they do own a mansion in the US that's been created to look like a French chateau, so perhaps they have been drawn to a more traditional style. 

Their choice of designers is particularly special as Soho House is where the couple had their first-ever top-secret date. The pair met on 76 Dean Street in 2016, and since then, they have maintained their relationship with the luxury club.  

In 2025, Meghan's brand As Ever collaborated with Soho House and the Duchess called it a "full circle" moment. She wrote online: "Talk about a dull circle moment! In my old stomping ground of West Hollywood, with a brand, family and friends that have been part of my life for so long… also a part of my love story with H (since our very first date was at a SH restaurant)."

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Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling tied the knot on 6 June in a spectacular royal wedding held in the Cotswolds village of Kemble. 

After the ceremony, guests made their way to the Princess Anne's glorious countryside estate, Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, where it's believed Peter and Harriet reside together. 

The newlyweds reportedly have a cottage on the sprawling grounds, affording them privacy. 

The wider estate, which is a grand total of 730 acres, boasts stunning woodlands and lakes. It also features paddocks and stables, which is no surprise given Princess Anne's love of horses. The estate is also home to a "party barn" in the middle of the estate, a place that Mike Tindall has spoken about previously. 

Peter's sister, Zara Tindall, also lives on Princess Anne's estate. Along with her husband Mike and their three children, Mia, Lena and Lucas, Zara lives in a converted farmhouse called Aston Farm, having previously resided in Cheltenham.

Get a glimpse inside Peter's home here. 

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The King has arrived for a special ceremony, where he presented the Grenadier Guards with their new coloursa. The ceremony took place four days before Trooping the Colour, the annual birthday celebration of the monarch. Royal fans won't have long to wait to see the new colours, as they are due to be debuted during Saturday's event.

The ceremony doesn't oly inclade the presentation of the new colours, but also features an Inspection of the Guard, alongside a small parade.

The service last happened in 2023, and at the time, Charles said: "It is some eighty-five years since a King’s Colour has been presented and, on such a special occasion, I particularly wanted to express my heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you, as representatives from the three Services, for your loyal service over the course of her remarkable reign, to The late Queen who, I know, held you all in such high regard."

Charles became the new Colonel of the regiment following the death of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.

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Trooping the Colour is this weekend, but one key member of the royal family has been absent for years: Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex hasn't been seen on the royal balcony since stepping down as a working royal.

Harry has missed plenty of royal events over the years, including Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling's wedding. However, we've decided to delve into whether the royal could return to reunite with his family.

Either way, Harry will be returning to the UK next month for his upcoming Invitus Games, which will be held in Birmingham. The last games were held in Canada, where he stepped out alongside his wife Meghan. It is yet to be seen if Meghan will make the trip to the UK with her husband. 

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On Saturday, royal watchers were enchanted by the latest royal wedding with Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips, walking down the aisle with NHS nurse Harriet Sperling.

Although his ex-wife, Autumn Kelly, wasn't among the guests at the nuptials, which was held in Kemble, Gloucestershire, she has such a strong bond with the Princess Royal.

Four years on from her divorce being finalised, Autumn joined her former mother-in-law at the 2025 Gatcombe Park Horse Trials.

At the time, royal photographer James Whatling told HELLO!: "Autumn was there, which was nice to see. She's obviously still part of the family and was chatting to Anne and everyone else. She's certainly not been ostracised in any way, and it was a nice little support team for Zara. They were all following her around to each section – dressage, showjumping etc."

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Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling invited many members of the royal family to their wedding, and it allowed fans rare glimpses of Lady Sarah Chatto and James, Earl of Wessex, among others. But it appears that there was another royal guest that flew under the radar.

Stephanie Phillips, the half-sister of Zara Tindall was in attendance was seen  wearing a striking red and white dress ahead of Peter and Harriet's royal wedding, and her outfit was seemingly inspired by the royals.

Stephanie's 16-year age gap with Zara and 20-year gap with Peter have not stopped her from developing a close bond with the royals.

Mark's youngest daughter has had a special role at both of her half-siblings' weddings in the past. She acted as a flower girl at Zara's wedding to Mike Tindall in 2011 and Peter's wedding to his first wife, Autumn Kelly, in 2008

Prince Harry, who in 2014 founded the Invictus Games, a multi-sport event for wounded, injured and sick military service personnel, both serving and veterans, has been named one of TIME's 100 most influential people in sports.

Reflecting on his inspiration to create the event, Harry recalled the time in 2013 he lit the cauldron at the Warrior Games, a sports competition hosted by the U.S. Olympic Committee for wounded service members and veterans. "I thought, 'Wow, look at the power of sport, look at how it is literally changing lives in front of my very eyes,'" he said. "It was so clear to me. Let's invite as many countries as possible to make it international, because clearly more countries need to benefit from this."

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"When you are wearing your nation's flag on your arm, on your chest, once that's removed, there's something that's missing,” he noted, adding: "What we've managed to achieve through Invictus over the years is not only to give people their purpose and their meaning back, but give them their identity back."

"Sport held me together," he then confessed. "I was one of those kids at school who did not enjoy classroom work. If it wasn't for the sports field, and the amount of sports that were on offer, there's no way I would have stayed in school."

HELLO!'s Right Royal Podcast is hosting a live podcast recording from New York City today at the Moxy Hotel in Chelsea, during which our Royal Editor Emily Nash digging deep into the British royal family's love affair with the Big Apple. 

There were four notable trips Princess Diana made to New York City during the 1990s, once to attend the Fashion Designer Awards, another for an official royal visit, during which she attended a gala for the Welsh National Opera in Brooklyn, as well as for the Met Gala for a solo trip after her divorce from King Charles.

During one of the trips, as you'll listen in Right Royal Podcast's New York City episode, she enjoyed herself a bit of shopping, one of the only times she likely did so, and, unbelievably, traffic on Lexington Avenue, famously southwards, was flipped north just so she could get off on the right side of the car. 

During Prince William and Princess Kate's visit to New York City in 2023 for the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit, per our Royal Editor Emily Nash on the Right Royal Podcast, the latter managed to go "completely unnoticed" during a jog in Central Park in the wee hours of the morning, accompanied by only a handful of security guards.

RoseMarie Terenzio was The Right Royal Podcast New York City edition's special guest, and during her conversation, she gave insight into what it was really like to arrange a meeting between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Princess Diana at The Carlyle, as the former wanted to feature her on the cover of his magazine George.

"I was terrified that we wouldn't be able to keep it secret," she shared, recalling how she had "come up with so many scenarios" for how to pull it off, even considering dressing both late icons in costumes to disguise them.

"We decided we were going to just walk right in," she said, though she did note they didn't want "the rumor started that they were having an affair or that something tawdry was going on."

RoseMarie further shared that Diana, then 34 years old, and John's interaction was warm and that she had "this sort of motherly tenderness towards him," and she moreover "felt for him and she felt empathy for his wife," Carolyn Bessette, though Diana ultimately declined to appear on the cover of George.

The year was 1995; Diana died at 36 two years later, in an August 1997 car crash, and John two years after that, in a July 1999 plane crash, when he was 38.

Back in London, King Charles spent part of the day attending the British Asian Trust reception at The Peninsula.

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That's all we have for you today, but we will be right back here early tomorrow for more of the week's royal news — and stay tuned for when our Right Royal Podcast New York City episode is streaming.

Cheers!

Good morning everyone,

Welcome back to HELLO!'s royal live blog, where I will be bringing you all the news this morning. 

We're expecting to see Prince William and London Tech Week in Olympia -it's the first time he's attended, in support of his work to tackle homelessness. 

Princess Anne has several engagements in Scotland, visiting Raigmore hospital in Inverness and holding a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. She will also visit Black Isle Cares in Fortrose. 

Prince Philip, the late husband of Queen Elizabeth II, would have turned 105 today, so it's an emotional day for the royals. 

Over in Sweden, it's also Princess Madeleine's birthday. She turns 44 today. 

Meghan Markle has shared some adorable photos of her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, overnight. 

Archie, seven, is the spitting image of his father, Prince Harry, as they played with a giant football in the garden at their home in Montecito, California.

Meghan also shared a picture of Lilibet - and revealed her pop heroine! Lili, five, was wearing a "B is Beyonce" T-shirt. 

Maybe it was a birthday present from her parents? 

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden turns 44 today - and we're sending Happy Birthday wishes from all of us at HELLO!. 

The Swedish royal house has shared a brand new birthday portrait taken by photographer Linda Broström to mark the occasion, with Madeleine looking very elegant in a cream blazer and jeans. 

We can also see she's wearing a friendship bracelet - who can work out what it says?

Princess Madeleine is the youngest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. She shares children Leonore, Nicolas and Adrienne with her husband, Christopher O'Neill. 

After spending 15 years abroad, the family has now returned home to Sweden. 

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The Prince of Wales has arrived for day three of London Tech Week at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London. 

It's the first time William, 43, has attended the event, intending to highlight how data and technology can play a critical role in preventing homelessness. 

He has joined senior leaders from companies including Bloomberg and Natwest for a panel discussion about how to best identify those at risk of homelessness. 

London Tech Week 2026 is Europe's premier technology festival, bringing together over 30,000 global attendees, including 18,750 enterprise leaders, 8,250 startups, and 1,500 investors to explore real-world digital transformation and deep tech.

Homewards, the Prince's initiative, is an official partner of London Tech Week. It was launched in 2023 to make homelessness "rare, brief, and unrepeated". 

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There was a royal state banquet last night - but did you see it?

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands hosted the extravagant event at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam to welcome German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for his three-day state visit. 

Their daughter Princess Amalia pulled out all the stops in a fairytale blue gown and her mother's wedding tiara.  

She donned a cool blue column dress by Rachel Gilbert with a corseted, embellished bodice, paired with the Dutch Star tiara.

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Princess Anne famously has her Gatcombe Park residence in the stunning Gloucestershire countryside as her main residence. 

But did you know the royal also has a private apartment inside St James's Palace?

The 75-year-old uses the space when she's in the city for royal engagements. It's a grace-and-favour home, which means she lives there rent-free in exchange for completing official duties. 

St James’s Palace is officially the most senior royal palace in the United Kingdom, and Princess Beatrice also has a home there. 

We explore the full story behind Princess Anne's secret home - and its impressive history. 

Thank you all for joining me this morning. 

I'm handing over now, but stay tuned as there's plenty more to come! 

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The Prince of Wales has said "prevention is better than the cure" in the fight against homelessness, saying that technology can help "keep people in their homes".

William hailed the power of tech to enable those working in the sector to identify families and individuals at risk during a discussion at London Tech Week.

His Homewards initiative – a five-year project aimed at banishing homelessness for good – has launched the Homelessness Data Lab, a national collaboration aimed at improving the use of data and technology to prevent homelessness.

William told the crowd at London's Olympia: "As we all know, in life prevention is better than the cure, and so with the data and the technology we can deploy, being able to keep people in their homes, their jobs, their communities, families, at school, that is inherently much better than if we then deal with problems once they become homeless.

"The damage that someone goes through to get to that place is inevitable, sometimes almost very, very difficult to bring them back in, so if we can stop all that pain, that damage getting done, and that surely is a much better way of doing that."

Members of the Homelessness Data Lab include businesses like Bloomberg, Vodafone Three and the NatWest Group, who are working towards developing projects to enhance coordination between frontline services, reduce response times and improve signposting support for people experiencing the early stages of difficulties.

Zahra Bahrololoumi, chief executive of Salesforce UK and Ireland, a cloud-based customer relationship management platform and official Homewards supporter, also joined William on stage for the discussion.

Her company is supporting the lab with its expertise, and she stressed information held on individuals would be used "appropriately and responsibly".

She added: "The lab will now run a series of very short chart-focused experiments, tests, exploration around this data, because if we can make (homelessness) predictable, we can prevent it, so it’s really to understand the causes.

"There’s such a rich set of data, there’s years and years’ worth of anonymised data from people that have presented themselves as homeless that we can really explore and mine."

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Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is set to remain in prison following a decisive ruling by the Borgarting Court of Appeal, despite his mother's declining health.

The 29-year-old is currently in custody, where he awaits a verdict and sentencing on 40 charges, including rape and abuse. The Oslo District Court initially ruled earlier this week that Hoiby could be released on compassionate grounds, but prosecutors appealed the release order. 

On Wednesday, the higher Court of Appeal concluded that Hoiby must remain in prison due to a strong probability that he would commit new criminal offenses if set free, according to Norwegian outlet NRK.

The reversal was met with frustration from Hoiby's legal team. "We are very, very disappointed and find the decision almost incomprehensible," defense attorney Ellen Holager Andenæs told NRK.

Last week, Marius told Oslo district court: "Being locked up when I know mom is so ill is unbearable," according to broadcaster NRK.

Earlier this month, the Norwegian Palace shared an official update on the royal's condition.

It read: "The Crown Princess is on the lung transplant waiting list. As a result of her life-threatening chronic lung disease and following exhaustive health examinations, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant.

"The Crown Princess's lung condition is serious. Following a joint medical evaluation, she has now been placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant as soon as possible, says lung specialist Dr. Are Holm of Rikshospitalet.

"While awaiting surgery, the Crown Princess will be unable to work or carry out her official duties as normal. Her health condition also has implications for the schedule and activities of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess's family.

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Prince Harry has opened up about his struggles as a student at Eton College, revealing the one thing that stopped him from dropping out of the famous boarding school.

The Duke of Sussex made the rare admissions after securing a spot on the Time100 'Most Influential People in Sports' list for 2026. The honour recognises his work with the Invictus Games, the sporting tournament he founded for wounded, injured, and sick veterans.

Reflecting on the impact athletics have had on his own journey, Harry said that his passion for all things sport was a lifeline for him at the Windsor establishment.. 

"Sport held me together. I was one of those kids at school who did not enjoy classroom work. If it wasn't for the sports field, and the amount of sports that were on offer, there's no way I would have stayed in school," he said.

Harry attended the prestigious all-boys boarding school from 1998 to 2003, under the watchful eye of the general public. 

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King Charles is facing a difficult personal dilemma this weekend following the news of a close family death. Last week, the 77-year-old monarch expressed his "great sadness" following the death of his first cousin once removed, Lady Pamela Hicks.

Lady Pamela, who served as a bridesmaid at the late Queen Elizabeth II's 1947 wedding, passed away on June 5 at the age of 97.

According to an official peerage notice published in The Times, Lady Pamela's funeral has been scheduled for this Saturday at 3:00 PM at Brightwell Baldwin Church in Oxfordshire. This is a major scheduling conflict for the monarch since June 13 is also Trooping the Colour, the historic military parade in central London that celebrates the reigning monarch's official birthday.

Charles is scheduled to take the Royal Salute on Horse Guards Parade at approximately 11:00 AM, before leading his Guards back to Buckingham Palace. He will then gather with the Royal Family on the balcony to watch the Royal Air Force flypast at 1:00 PM. 

While the timings will be a little tight for King Charles, a quick turnaround is not impossible. Just last weekend, the King pulled off an incredibly swift turnaround using the royal helicopter. After attending the Cotswolds wedding of his nephew, Peter Phillips, and NHS nurse Harriet Sperling, Charles managed to touch down at the Epsom Derby in Surrey less than an hour later.

We're betting that we'll see the monarch present at both events. Watch this space... 

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Princess Diana made light-hearted jokes about sex and the use of antidepressants in newly-released personal letters. The former Princess of Wales, who was married to King Charles from 1981 to 1996, made the comments while writing to the late actor Terence Stamp.

 In one letter, dated October 1991, the late royal mentioned the antidepressant medication Prozac, while in another, she made a joke about sex during "married life". 

The letters, which are owned by the estate of the late actor, will go up for auction with Bonhams from June 15 at the Sound & Cinema sale. It's expected they will fetch between £1,500 and £2,000.

Thanking Terence for the "risotto" and a recent luncheon, Diana wrote: "Not many people would take the time and trouble to delve into such a complex situation… Three cheers for Prozac, not the American variety I hasten to add! Lots of love Terence and a huge thank you, from Diana x." A month later, she thanked Terrence for having her for lunch, adding that she wasn't having "Prozac withdrawals, as yet!"

In December 1991, she requested lunch with a tongue-in-cheek postcard wishing him "All the Breast from London," with an explicit picture on the front. In another lunch invitation, she sent him a humorous card reading: "Why did God invent sex?" with the answer joking: "So that married people do something at least twice a year."

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Queen Camilla visited a St Mungo's charity home in South East London today. She went to see how a special reading project is helping people who used to live on the streets build up their confidence and wellbeing. The royal was joined on the visit by TV presenter Lorraine Kelly and author Elif Shafak.

The project is run by the Queen's own charity, The Queen’s Reading Room. Since the start of 2025, the charity has donated hundreds of books, bookshelves, and training guides to help volunteers set up book clubs for people recovering from homelessness.

St Mungo's said that having access to books has helped people feel better. It has even encouraged some residents to speak with support workers for the very first time.

During her tour, the Queen visited a bright Activities Room filled with large, comfortable sofas and a big wooden bookshelf. Looking at the different types of stories on display, the Queen said, "It is so great that there is something for everyone."

She sat down to talk with the residents, including a man named Lee, who became emotional as he revealed he was sleeping rough on the streets up until three months ago. Reading gave him a lot of comfort during a very difficult time. He now lives in his own home and runs a weekly writing workshop for the charity.

"Reading helped me so much when I was going through the system, because it’s scary," Lee told the Queen. "Having a book to read is that little bit of an escape, like an oasis from the situation. Reading for me did what getting drunk did for other people. I didn’t have to use that escape, I was using stories."

To celebrate her visit, Queen Camilla brought a gift of 20 extra books to add to the shelves. These were all books from her personal book club, including famous stories like Wuthering Heights and War Horse.

As she put the books away, the Queen joked, "Well, we’ve filled up the bookshelf."

She also chatted with TV host Lorraine Kelly about how much they both love to read. Lorraine mentioned that she is currently teaching her two-year-old granddaughter to read and always keeps a book in her bag. The Queen smiled and nodded, saying, "So have I."

Before leaving, Emma Haddad, the chief executive of St Mungo’s, thanked the Queen for her support. She said the book project has had a "profound and transformative impact" on the people they support.

Queen Camilla said she was "so glad" that her charity is helping people find a peaceful escape through reading.