Christmas has come early for conspiracy theorists, courtesy of an unlikely Santa Claus: Scotland Yard.

Prince William has described his newborn son George as a "bit of a rascal" and admitted that fatherhood has changed him already.

Previously unpublished family photographs of the Queen as a young girl are to be seen by the public for the first time.

Former royal bodyguards spoke of their shock at "mystifying" new claims that the SAS murdered Diana, Princess of Wales.

Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into new claims that Diana, Princess of Wales was murdered by a member of the British military.

For the first time in New Zealand a postage stamp will be issued to celebrate a royal birth - with the release of one baring the face of newborn Prince George. Royal children have made their way on to Kiwi stamps before, however New Zealand Post say this is the first time there will be a commemorative edition to mark a birth. The set of stamps feature the first photographs taken of Prince George with his parents Prince William and Kate Middleton outside St Mary's Hospital in London a day after his July 22 birth.

An Australian company is cashing in on the recent royal baby hysteria, hand-crafting a human-like Prince George doll.

Two Tongan princesses have left the royal family in "disarray"after snubbing tradition and opting to marry commoners.

From crashing websites to a 600% surge in sales, how small firm behind that bird print swaddle coped with overwhelming demand.

The Buckingham Palace footman who helped announce the birth of Prince George has appealed to the Queen to help him return to his old job after he had to go home to India because his visa expired.

The Royal Family's footman who enjoyed world-wide fame on the day of the birth Prince George has returned to the Calcutta slum he grew up in.

Proud grandfather Prince Charles has revealed the newborn heir to the throne will be affectionately known as "Georgie".

I really hope Kate Middleton doesn't suffer from post-natal depression, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

In an age where women are booking in caesareans and tummy tucks at the same time; where new mums are exhorted to wear uncomfortable post-pregnancy girdles and corsets, it was great to see a woman looking as she should 27 hours after giving birth.

When Auckland grandmother Rosalie Joblin heard the royal baby had been named George, she had more reason than most to celebrate.

They are words likely to bring a look of trepidation to the faces of Prince George's parents.

Little things mean a lot. William brought out the baby's chair and buckled it in the back seat of the car.

And lo, in a great metropolis in a far-off land, unto us a child is born, blessed with supernatural powers to command the air waves and occupy vast swathes of the public prints.

As the newest member of the royal family was introduced to the world, a New Zealander was working round the clock making sure everything ran according to plan.

Women throughout Britain are being urged to boycott OK! magazine, after it printed a souvenir edition hours after the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth promoting an "exclusive duchess diet and shape-up plan".

If Prince George had been born a century ago, New Zealand's gift of a hand-made shawl would have been perfect.

The newborn royal baby, Prince George of Cambridge, "cried his eyes out" when he met his uncle Prince Harry for the first time.

To many it seems inconceivable that such a strange royalist fervour might have been witnessed in 21st-century Aotearoa NZ, writes Toby Manhire.

He woke up to only the second new day of his life, but already it was time for another moment of history for Prince George of Cambridge.