Rigby & Peller, the corsetier to the Queen and Hollywood A-listers including Lady Gaga and Scarlett Johansson, has reported a $447,524 loss.

Lawyers may take court action if the sale of the King of Tonga's Auckland mansion goes ahead.

The King of Tonga is selling his Epsom mansion - but rubber-neckers are not welcome.

There are reports India's president will declare the Commonwealth Games open, denying the British royal family the traditional honour.

The Queen was knocked back for a poverty handout to help heat her palaces by the British Government.

Former Deputy PM Michael Cullen has outlined a proposal which would see Parliament elect the Head of State, telling a conference there was "inevitability" about NZ becoming a republic.

Prime Minister John Key and his wife, Bronagh, will be spending a weekend with the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

Prince Charles is strange and his father so prejudiced that he could be a breakfast TV host, says NZ's former deputy prime minister.

The continuing financial chaos of Prince Andrew's former wife has, it is said, persuaded him to take charge of her financial affairs.

Crown Princess Mary is pregnant with twins and is expected to give birth to them in January.

The Queen is down to her last £1m and will go into the red in the year of her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, new figures reveal.

The Prince of Wales' private income had risen to record levels.

A UK Judge has accused Prince Charles of grossly exceeding his constitutional powers by interfering in a £3bn property development.

The wedding of Crown Princess Victoria has become a focus for growing antipathy towards the monarchy in a country that emphasises equality.

Britain's Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, has told Oprah Winfrey she was drinking and "in the gutter" during a videotaped sting.