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Princess Diana is a style icon - an unlikely destiny for a woman reputed to own only four outfits when she became engaged to Prince Charles.The story of how she transformed from a teenager who loved to borrow clothes from family and friends into a fashion inspiration is told in the Diana: Her Fashion Story exhibition at Kensington Palace.Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper and Daily Mirror style director Amber Graafland were lucky enough to be given a private guided tour by assistant curator Isabella Coraça.Join them as they walk through the exhibition for a fascinating insight into Diana’s style and how effectively she used her fashion choices to orchestrate her public image.The exhibition also explores the close relationship Diana developed with her favourite designers though original fashion sketches. Highlights include the Victor Edelstein gown Diana famously wore at the White House when she danced with John Travolta and a Versace dress worn in 1991 for a portrait taken by Patrick Demarchelier that was la

Meghan Markle is making the most of her time before she goes on maternity leave, with a string of royal engagements.The Duchess of Sussex's decision to write messages on bananas being given to sex workers caught the eye as she brought her spontaneity to Bristol.And it's been a busy time for husband Prince Harry too, as well as for Prince William and wife Kate as the Fab Four start 2019 at pace.Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper is joined by Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers and style director Amber Graafland to discuss the impact the royals have had - and the missed opportunities.They also pick their best fashion moments from the recent engagements and look ahead to what comes next. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Philip walked away after his Landrover was involved in a crash near the Sandringham estate - and straight into a PR disaster.The proudly independent Duke of Edinburgh has always loved driving. He has a reputation as a daredevil, even apparently threatening to throw the Queen out of the car when she didn't like the speed he was going.Initial relief that he walked away unscathed merged with concern for the 97-year-old continuing to drive. But his reappearance two days later driving without a seat belt caused anger, as has the treatment of the others involved in the collision.Pod Save the Queen host Ann Gripper is joined by Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers to discuss whether it is the end of the road for the Duke of Edinburgh behind the wheel.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan Markle has officially taken up her first four patronages - and made her first visit as patron.The Duchess of Sussex had been tipped to take over from the Queen as patron of the National Theatre, and also added roles working with an animal welfare charity, a charity helping women back into work and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.She kicked off her time as patron with a visit to Smart Works in West London.Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper was joined by royal correspondent Russell Myers and style director Amber Graafland to discuss Meghan's new jobs.They also discussed Prince William's visit to the London Air Ambulance, upcoming engagements for the Sussexes and Cambridges - plus the final scores for royal engagements and fashion bills in 2018.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The royal family is assembling at Sandringham for Christmas, with the Sussexes and the Cambridge family among the guests.The family time comes during a period of increased attention on the relationship between William and Harry, Kate and Meghan after the announcement the newly-weds would be moving to Windsor, rather than staying at Kensington Palace. That news unleashed a swathe of claims of tensions between the couples and how palace staff find Meghan behind closed doors.And Thomas Markle's reappearance with a new interview hardly helps the festive spirit of peace and goodwill to all men.Daily Mirror royal correspondent Russell Myers joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to discuss the tensions - and what the royals can look forward to at Christmas and beyond.Pod Save the Queen will return in January. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Charles has celebrated his 70th birthday - and all but four of those years have been spent as king in waiting.When that time does eventually come, Charles will continue to use his network as a force for good (even if he will no longer meddle)."Neutral, but not neutered." That is the view of John Bridcut, who spent a year with the Prince of Wales for a BBC documentary to mark the milestone birthday and got a unique view of his life, work and family relationships.As well as following the Prince in his work, John interviewed Camilla, William and Harry to get their view on the public and private man.He joined Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to share his behind the camera stories and reflect on the man who will be king.He also discussed how Charles has changed in the decade since his last big birthday, which he had also made a documentary about, and how Prince Harry is coming into his own.Pod Save The Queen is having a week off, but we'll be back shortly! For information regarding your data privacy, vi

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned from their first royal tour last week - and left a lasting impression.The Duchess of Sussex showed she means business with a series of impressive speeches, and her presence is helping her husband evolve his own royal role for the years ahead.Fresh from his time with the royals Down Under, Daily Mirror royal correspondent Russell Myers joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to discuss why the pair are so good together.They also reflect on Prince Charles turning 70 and his recent tour to Africa, William and Kate's appearance at the Tusk Awards and the importance of Remembrance events this weekend.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan Markle has come through her first royal tour with flying colours - and an expanded wardrobe.A schedule which packed in 76 engagements in 16 days in four countries, including everything from welly-wanging to wreath-laying and dinner with a king, was always going to need a wide range of clothes.In all there were 39 outfits , featuring 29 dresses, six coats, eight bags, 17 pairs of shoes, three pairs of trousers, six blazers, two hats and three pairs of sunglasses, adding up to £60,000 . And that's before you get to jewellery.The Pod Save The Queen fashion team of Amber Graafland, Zoe Cripps and Megan Rees joined host Ann Gripper to discuss their favourite looks, the ones that missed the mark and what we learned about the Duchess's style on this tour. Plus Zoe identifies her unsung hero of the tour. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan Markle's beautiful Givenchy wedding dress and incredible embroidered veil lived up to their billing for the wedding of the year.Now a new exhibition at Windsor Castle gives fans the chance to see the beautiful detail up close - and hear the Duchess of Sussex and Claire Waight Keller talking about its creation.Meghan and Harry both give their own accounts of key details for their wedding on the audio guide for A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which opens today.Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper and fashion director Amber Graafland joined a preview at Windsor Castle where curator Caroline de Guitaut talked them through the finer details.From hearing about the hours of painstaking work that went into the creation, to seeing details it's too easy to miss in photos, get up close with the exhibition with them. And visit yourself until January 6 (it's included with a Windsor Castle ticket) - or at Holyroodhouse from 14 June to 6 October next year.  For information regarding your data privacy

The Royal Tour has been a huge success, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle proving to be a big hit Down Under.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have visited Australia for the Invictus Games, with additional trips to New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji.Meghan pulled out of a number of events at the weekend and on Monday, blaming tiredness as she is 14 weeks pregnant.Daily Mirror royal correspondent Russell Myers joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to talk about what life is like on the road with the much-loved couple… and the demands a gruelling schedule is placing on the pregnant Duchess of Sussex. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Eugenie had a tough act to follow as she walked down the same aisle as Meghan Markle had done just five months ago.But the bride at the second royal wedding of the year had a show-stopping style of her own thanks to a gown by Peter Pilotto and an extravagant tiara from the royal collection .As Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank celebrate their start to married life with friends and family, the Pod Save The Queen team discuss all the fashion details of their big day.They take in the details of the dress, plus Eugenie's hair and make up, not to mention Sarah Ferguson's hat, Princess Beatrice's maid of honour look and Kate and Meghan turning to favourite names. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are tackling 76 engagements in 16 days on their visit to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand - and details of their royal tour engagements are now in.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will focus on youth leadership, social, economic and environmental challenges. But other themes running through their first royal tour include sport, mental health, theatre, women's empowerment and food as a force for community.Fresh from a briefing at Buckingham Palace, Daily Mirror royal correspondent Russell Myers joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to pick out the highlights.They also discuss how Palace briefings work, Meghan and Harry's first official visit to Sussex and the Duchess of Cambridge's return to royal duties after maternity leave. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan Markle has launched her first solo project - and her mum was there to see it.Doria Ragland joined her daughter and son-in-law Prince Harry for the celebration of the Together cookbook the Duchess has created with a community kitchen near Grenfell Tower.And there were more firsts for the Duchess of Sussex this week too, with her netball debut on her sportiest royal engagement yet, and her first royal engagement alone at a Royal Academy preview night.Mirror photographer Ian Vogler joins Pod Save the Queen host Ann Gripper to reflect on Meghan's solo steps.They also look ahead to the upcoming royal tour and reminisce about Ian's time on tour with the Cambridges in 2014. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Eugenie will marry fiance Jack Brooksbank three weeks today in the second royal wedding of the year.The couple will tie the knot in St George's Chapel, Windsor - just as Prince Harry and Meghan did in May.After Meghan wowed in her Givenchy dress and spectacular veil, Eugenie has a hard act to follow.But Eugenie, who is ninth in line to the throne, clearly loves fashion and has developed her own style. She has already revealed the designer will be British based, but who will it be? Fashion director Amber Graafland joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to run through the main contenders. They also reflect on their favourite Eugenie looks, tiara options and get mildly obsessed by her Alberta Ferretti look in Harpers Bazaar For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned from their summer break - and a night out at Hamilton is an ideal first day back at work.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a busy autumn to look forward to as they travel to Australia for the Invictus Games and a royal tour which also takes in New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji.Before that there is the not so small matter of Princess Eugenie's royal wedding to Jack Brooksbank, which is set to be a two-day extravaganza.Pod Save the Queen host Ann Gripper is joined by Russell Myers, Amber Graafland and Zoe Forsey to look ahead to an exciting few weeks.The royal podcast team also reflect on Meghan and Harry's recent appearances, Zara Tindall's recent interviews and Kate getting the George and Charlotte for going back to school.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince William was the royal representative at the commemoration service 100 years on from the Battle of Amiens. The battle was a turning point in World War One as the Allies combined ground and air force to push back the enemy, and the Duke of Cambridge was joined by Prime Minister Theresa May for a moving memorial at Amiens cathedral.Royal reporter Russell Myers was in northern France for the event and joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to discuss the latest royalnews.They are also joined by fashion writer Danielle Stacey and travel writer Julie Delahaye to look back on Daisy Jenks' wedding to Charlie van Straubenzee, Eugenia and Beatrice's Vogue Interview and how the royals spend their summer holidays.And the team are taking a summer break too, returning in the autumn - subscribe to be the first to hear when Pod Save The Queen returns. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Markle vowed he would not stay quiet until he was back in contact with daughter Meghan - and he has stayed true to his word.After yet another outspoken interview, there have been high level meetings at Kensington Palace on how to get the situation belatedly under control.But he is not the only one discussing deeply personal things with journalists. Princess Eugenie has appeared in Vogue with sister Beatrice, and Zara Tindall revealed the heartbreak of two miscarriages in a Sunday Times interview.Royal reporter Russell Myers and fashion director Amber Graafland join Pod Save The Queen Host Ann Gripper to discuss the royals getting personal in public.For Harry and Meghan, it is still very much the love bubble judging by their glamorous smooch at the polo - and they have a birthday day out at a friend's wedding to look forward to.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At what should be the happiest time of her life, Meghan Markle has an unwanted headache.Her dad Thomas has declared he will keep giving interviews until the royals break their silence in his latest bizarre bid to mend his relationship with his daughter, who he says has not returned his calls for two months.Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper is joined by Mirror columnist Alison Phillips, fashion directer Amber Graafland and reporter Russell Myers to discuss why the royal family have lost control of the situation, the impact it is (or isn't) having and what happens next.They also discuss Donald Trump's meeting with the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's visit to the Nelson Mandela exhibition, royals at the Wimbledon finals, the gorgeous pictures of Prince Louis's christening and plans for Princess Eugenie's wedding. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan Markle has completed her first royal visit abroad with Prince Harry - which meant we were able to enjoy her first tour-drobe.The Duchess of Sussex packed in four outfits in 24 hours on her visit to Ireland.With wall-to-wall designer labels rather than high street picks, the cost of the ensembles was eye-watering - and some of them divided opinion.Having already discussed the substance of Harry and Meghan's Dublin visit on Pod Save The Queen with Russell Myers, who travelled on the tour, the Mirror's fashion team join podcast host Ann Gripper to turn their attention to the tour's style.They also look back on Meghan's outfit for the RAF centenary, her nods to Audrey Hepburn and all the looks from Prince Louis's christening.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the couple of the moment - and they took their showbiz glamour to Ireland for their first royal visit abroad.With political meetings, cultural events and inevitably a taste of Guinness, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a flying visit to Dublin this week.The Daily Mirror's Russell Myers, fresh from his trip to the Middle East with Prince William, joined them for a packed schedule. He joins Pod Save The Queen host Ann Gripper to discuss the royals' reception, their relationship and the people they met.They also reflect on Prince Louis' christening. Subscribe to the show to make sure you get part two of the Irish tour - dissecting Meghan's fashion choices. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices