The acutte morning sickness Kate is suffering is common, affecting around 15 per cent of all pregnancies, and in its extreme form it can mean hospitalisation.

Prince Harry welcomes news of new royal baby - and also quipped that he can't wait to see his brother "suffer more".

John Key says "Kiwis will be excited for the happy couple" as British Prime Minister tweets his delight.

With the birth of the royal baby not far away now, we thought it was a perfect time to reflect on the royal romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Italian AleXsandro Palombo transformed the Duchess of Cambridge into a dead ringer for a cast member of The Simpsons in a series of illustrations.

Prince Harry has recalled the "horrendous" images he saw during two tours of Afghanistan.

A Russian multi-millionaire was granted a private audience with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during the royal tour after pledging $1 million to the national velodrome.

The Royal Childhood exhibition offers a rare glimpse of life as a royal child, with 150 toys, gifts, journals and clothes displayed alongside previously unseen photographs and film.

Two weeks shy of his first birthday, Prince George has snagged a Vanity Fair cover.

Betting on a royal pregnancy announcement this month has been suspended by bookmakers, after a flurry of bets were placed overnight.

The note received by a 100-year-old New Zealand man read just like it was from one Old Salt to another until he saw "Philip" and the monogram of Buckingham Palace.

It was only a matter of time before Buckingham Palace saw its first royal selfie. And yesterday Princes William and Harry did just that.

The Duchess of Cambridge's sister has described how she has felt "publicly bullied a little bit" since being propelled into the spotlight following the royal wedding.

What is true for most babies appears to apply equally to Prince George - he looks like Winston Churchill, according to Prince Harry.

They are the latest craze to sweep the playground and, since Kate was seen wearing one during her tour of New Zealand, loom sales have gone through the roof.

The chubby prince, who will be one-year-old next month, showed the world that he has mastered the art of standing up on those sturdy legs.

A plucky NZ mum presented the Duke of Edinburgh with a surprise birthday gift, but the famously grouchy royal asked her to get someone else to carry it.

The Queen was last night to take her first ride in the Diamond Jubilee state coach, parts of which were Kiwi-made.

On the eve of the official celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 88th birthday, Danielle Wright talks to Aucklanders who share regal passions.

Bonny Prince George is back sleeping snugly at Kensington Palace in London but one of NZ's poorest families now has their baby tucked up in a bed fit for a king.

What is it with those Middleton women and their bottoms? First it was Pippa stealing the show at the royal wedding in that clinging Alexander McQueen dress.

An Australian newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch has become the second publication to run images of the Duchess of Cambridge's bare bottom in its pages.

A photograph has appeared of the Duchess of Cambridge’s apparently bare bottom, taken while she was in the NSW Blue Mountains during the recent royal visit.

It was only a year ago that he gave up his wings as a Royal Air Force rescue pilot, but it appears the lure of the skies may be just too tempting for Prince William to resist.

The imperturbable world of Monaco, cushioned by wealth, sunshine and secrecy is reeling from a double assault on its two royal families.

When Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, in a private conversation in Canada this week, it was far from a first, writes Tim Stanley.

Prince Charles is facing calls to ‘abdicate’ from a British Labour MP after he reportedly compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler in relation to his actions in Ukraine.

Matthew Hicks insists that until he went to university it never occurred to him that he looked like Prince Harry.