Category: British Royal Family

Behind The Crown: confessions of Getty’s royal photographer

By Kim Bunermann, Digital Photographer published 23 November 2024

Chris Jackson talks about what it takes to be the photographic companion of the British Royal Family
Chris is the royal photographer for Getty Images. He works with the British Royal Family across all facets of royal life, from day-to-day coverage of official engagements to official portraits, royal tours, charities and coverage of special events, such as the […]
Behind The Crown: confessions of Getty's royal photographer | Digital Camera World

A new YouGov poll on the British royal family asked Americans for their views of royal family members both living and dead, including their thoughts on the move to the U.S. of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and the cancer diagnosis of Catherine, Princess of Wales.
Americans are most likely to hold a very or somewhat favorable view of Diana, Princess of Wales (76%), who died in 1997. Majorities also have favorable opinions of Queen Elizabeth II (67%) — who died in 2022 — […]
What Americans think of the British royal family in 2024 | YouGov

The story of horse trainer Monty Roberts’ friendship with the late British monarch is chronicled in a documentary, ‘The Cowboy and the Queen.’
For more than three decades, Queen Elizabeth II had a close friendship with an American cowboy.
The unlikely bond between the British monarch and Monty Roberts, a horse trainer from California, is being explored in a documentary, “The Cowboy and the Queen.” It details how Roberts introduced his training methods to the U.K. with the support of the […]
Queen Elizabeth confided in American cowboy pal over ‘guilty conscience’

The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla held in May last year cost British taxpayers £72 million ($91 million), an amount some have labeled excessive.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said in its annual accounts released Thursday that it had spent just over £50 million ($63 million) to coordinate the “once-in-a-generation” event, while the Home Office spent nearly £22 million ($28 million) on its policing.

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Britain forked out $91 million for King Charles' coronation in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis – CNN