Royal news – live: Kate Middleton return update as never-before-seen holiday snap with William emerges

The King and Queen enjoyed a tour of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) in central London on Tuesday, night which has trained leading actors from Sir Anthony Hopkins to Imelda Staunton and Tom Hiddleston.

The visit was the couple’s first major public event since Rishi Sunak called a summer General Election, as the monarchy has postponed any engagements “which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign”.

The royal couple watched a scene from House Of Ife by Beru Tessema, a play about a family dealing with the death of the eldest son, and met the cast afterwards.

They later toured Rada’s workshops where sets and backdrops are designed, built and painted by the students.

King Charles will take part in the Trooping the Colour this year, it has been confirmed.

The annual event has marked the official birthday of the King or Queen for more than 260 years and will take place on 15 June.

The confirmation comes after Buckingham Palace was forced to cancel and review dozens of royal engagements after the General Election was called for July 4.

Charles has recently returned to public-facing duties while still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer and will now take part in one of the highlights of the royal calendar.

While the King has been confirmed to take part in the ceremony, he will inspect the soldiers from a carriage as opposed to on horseback, which he did last years.

The Princess of Wales will not be returning to public duties for the Colonel’s Review next month, it has been revealed, following speculation she would be well enough to take part.

As colonel in chief of the Irish Guards, a role Kate was given in 2023, she would be expected to take the salute on June 8.

The news she is not taking part comes as the princess continues her cancer treatment away from the public eye, as she has done since her diagnosis in January.

It has been reported that the princess has been “out and about” with family in recent days as she continues her course of preventative chemotherapy, sparking some speculation has turned to when Kate will return to official engagements.

Though some conflicting reports suggest Kate could return as early as autumn and as late as into the new year, the Palace and royal insiders have been keen to stress that no official comeback date has been planned.

It’s usually royal family drama in the spotlight, but yesterday the King was able to enjoy being a spectator as he watched student actors perform a play about family betrayal.

In recent years, the Windsors have been at the centre of some very public rows, but on Tuesday night the 75-year-old was allowed to watch another dramatic tale unfold.

Attending his first major public event since Rishi Sunak called a general election, Charles and Camilla visited a student performance of House Of Ife by Beru Tessema at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada).

The play follows a family in the wake of the sudden death of their eldest son. The tense story sees characters “forced to confront the traumas they have long tried to bury”.

“As the sun beats down on their North London flat, and the authoritarian head of the family arrives from Ethiopia for the funeral, tensions rise, cultures clash and past betrayals are unearthed,” the RADA website describes the production as.

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The King is to take part in the Trooping the Colour ceremony next month and will inspect the soldiers from a carriage, it is understood.

The annual event has marked the official birthday of the King or Queen for more than 260 years and will take place on June 15th.

The confirmation comes after Buckingham Palace was forced cancel and review dozens of royal engagements after the General Election was called for July 4.

A royal photographer has opened up about what it was like to take the wedding photos for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

In a recent interview with The Sun, photographer Arthur Edwards explained that six years after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding, he can now admit that the wedding was “miserable” for him.

“The day was a miserable day,” Edwards told the interviewer. “I can tell you now it was the worst royal wedding I ever did. Because Harry was determined to keep the newspapers away from it as much as possible.”

The First Lady of Nigeria has seemingly taken aim at Meghan Markle’s choice of clothing following her and Prince Harry’s recent trip to the country.

The couple, who visited in their capacity as private citizens, spent three days in Nigeria celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, 63, made the comments during a speech celebrating her husband’s first year in office and discussed her hopes for the modesty of Nigerian women and girls.

The First Lady said Nigerian women and girls “do not want to mimic and try to emulate film stars from America” with their “nakedness.”

“The message here is we have to salvage our children. We see the way they dress,” she said.

A Welsh bed and breakfast has shared a never-seen-before picture of the Prince and Princess of Wales taken on a getaway last year.

Duffryn Mawr Country House shared the picture featuring the royal couple with their staff to their social media.

“It’s been 1 year since we welcomed William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, to Duffryn Mawr!” the social media post read.

It added: “So kind and friendly, it was a pleasure to have them stay here.”

The Royal Diary, which is circulated by Buckingham Palace, sets up a rather quiet day ahead for the royal family.

The Duke of Gloucester is set to attend two engagements.

Prince Richard, who is the late Queen Elizabeth’s cousin, will open a dental facility at the University of Suffolk on Thursday before attending a nearby county show in Ipswich.