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Welcome to this week’s edition of Royalist , The Daily Beast’s newsletter for all things royal and Royal Family. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Sunday. King Charles ‘strikes deal’ with Angela Kelly What price keeping quiet? How about a nice house of your choice? The Mail on Sunday reports that Queen Elizabeth ’s former dresser Angela Kelly has been presented with a new grace-and-favor home in the north of England—after she was forced out of her Windsor digs—on agreement that she won’t reveal any more royal secrets. The Mail says a senior Palace aide acting for King Charles presented Kelly with a new non-disclosure agreement to sign as part of the deal. A source told the Mail that the agreement was eseentially a “gagging order,” preventing Kelly from using the words “king” and “palace” for commercial purposes. Kelly was expected to write a third book about her royal role, but the Mail says the agreement may imping on, if not … [Read more...] about King Charles Reportedly Strikes Deal With Queen’s Dresser to Keep Quiet

NEWSLETTERS Royalist Want even more Royals news? Sign up for The Royalist newsletter for all things Royal Family. By Clicking "Subscribe" you agree to have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy King Charles has failed to defuse a bitter colonialism row after refusing a request to repatriate the remains of an Ethiopian prince transported to England at the age of 7 who was befriended by Queen Victoria, died at 18, and is buried at Windsor Castle. Prince Alemayehu was taken to Britain by British soldiers with his mother, Empress Tiruwork Wube , in the late nineteenth century after his father, Emperor Tewodros, committed suicide when his forces were defeated by the British army. British-authored accounts claim that Tewodros ordered Alemayehu and Tiruwork to go to Britain to seek safety before killing himself, but many historians today characterize his transit to Britain as an abduction, and say that Alemayehu was essentially seized as a prize … [Read more...] about King Charles Fails First Big Colonialism Test

NEWSLETTERS Royalist Want even more Royals news? Sign up for The Royalist newsletter for all things Royal Family. By Clicking "Subscribe" you agree to have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy One of the most dangerous and destructive emotions that members of a royal clan can experience is jealousy. Unfortunately, it seems to have been endemic within the Windsor family through the ages. Some insiders are expressing concern that the green-eyed monster may currently be paying a call on King Charles , after he was upstaged by Kate Middleton when both chose the same day to attend the Chelsea Flower Show this week. “Charles is unlikely to be amused,” a friend of the king’s told The Daily Beast. “Gardens are very much his thing, and given that it was always his mother’s big pre-Trooping the Colour day out, I think he has a right to be annoyed.” However a friend of Kate’s disagreed with that characterization. Referring to a report … [Read more...] about Are King Charles and Kate Middleton Really at War—Over a Flower Show?

NEWSLETTERS Royalist Want even more Royals news? Sign up for The Royalist newsletter for all things Royal Family. By Clicking "Subscribe" you agree to have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Queen gave ‘ express approval ’ for books Queen Elizabeth ’s former dresser Angela Kelly is not departing quietly to the grace and favor home in the north of England given to her by King Charles . After last week’s revelation that he had gifted her the residence in exchange for her signing her an NDA—after she was forced to leave her home in Windsor— the Mail on Sunday reports that the late queen wrote a letter to her former dresser “granting express approval” for her to publish three books. Only two books by her have so far been published, and Charles —by reportedly getting Kelly to sign an NDA in exchange for her new digs—might have thought that the possibility of more behind-the-scenes Palace secrets being revealed had been … [Read more...] about Queen’s Former Dresser Holds ‘Formidable Weapon’ in Battle With King Charles

Club Ebony, a famed blues venue in Indianola, Miss., that was part of the chitlin circuit — a loose network of Black-owned clubs and venues in segregated American cities — has hosted hundreds of memorable moments. Bobby Rush , the 89-year-old blues singer, recalled one of his favorites in a recent interview: a scene from B.B. King’s 2014 homecoming concert. As King was meandering through an extended take on Bill Withers’s “Ain’t No Sunshine,” he noticed Rush had dozed off. “‘Ladies and gentlemen,’” he began, according to Rush. “‘I got my best friend in the house. I’m playing this music. And he’s laying over there asleep on me.’” The audience cackled, and Rush joined King onstage with his harmonica to cap his friend’s final performance there, ending a tradition of annual concerts that began in 1980. King passed away a year later . Club Ebony was more than King’s hometown club. After opening in 1948, it gave Indianola’s Black community a place to gather to eat, dance and … [Read more...] about Club Ebony, a Historic Blues Venue Tied to B.B. King, Rises Again

A Utah committee has responded to allegations “vulgarity and violence” contained in the pages of the King James Bible are reason enough for its removal from some Davis School District younger grade library shelves. ABC4 Utah reports the original complaint that sparked the move was filed by an unknown person in March. It came on the heels of a statewide law passed in 2022 that allowed residents to challenge any books found in school libraries. As of March, the law was used 81 times with Davis County having removed 33 books for material found to contain sex, vulgarity, and violence, the report sets out. A book removal request can be made on the district’s website, however, the complainant must set out their reasoning. File/10th June 1953: The first issue of the first edition of the ‘Authorised Version’ of the English Bible, printed in London in 1611 by Robert Barker. Commissioned by King James I, it is also known as the King James Version. (Topical Press Agency/Hulton … [Read more...] about ‘Vulgarity and Violence’ Cited as King James Bible Removed from Some Utah School Libraries