Royals enjoy a mix of traditional and modern pastimes, including outdoor sports like horse riding, skiing, and shooting, alongside indoor hobbies such as gardening, reading, baking, and playing music, often engaging with their dogs and focusing on country pursuits or cultural activities like attending events and charity functions. Activities vary by individual, but common themes include sports, arts, country life, and sometimes high-end hobbies like collecting cars, depending on the royal house.
For the royals it's a life of leisure, punctuated by trips to museums, cinemas and ceremonies. No serious work, no pressure, no consequences or concerns about whether food will be on the table when they get home.
This one is slightly more obvious. Instead of using “toilet,” royals use the word “loo” when they need to use the facilities. “'Toilet' is French by origin, so it is apparently avoided,” The Mirror writes.
According to Sir William Heseltine, one of Queen's private secretaries, when staying with Her Majesty, members of the royal family should wait until the Queen retires to bed before they also hit the hay.
The mediaeval/renaissance princess would spend the afternoon with more enjoyable pursuits. She would do charity works, embroider, read and walk with her ladies. She would spend her evenings attending court festivities such as dancing and feasting.
Only wealthy people of means got to use cloth, rags, wool, or cotton to wipe their bottoms in the Medieval Era . The majority of peasants had to make do grass, straw, moss, leaves, wooden sticks, wood shavings, or hay.
When he's not busy preparing for his future (he's next in line to the British throne, after all!), he's going to royal events, hosting political dignitaries, running foundations, and raising three kids with wife Kate Middleton.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton
They share a bed and present a united front as a modern royal couple.
Meghan Markle has publicly shared that she experienced postpartum preeclampsia, a serious and rare condition involving high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine that occurred after childbirth, describing it as a "huge medical scare". She revealed this on her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, highlighting the life-threatening nature of the disorder, which can happen weeks after delivery and impact new mothers' ability to care for their newborns.
Traditionally people aren't allowed to touch a Royal unless one offered their hand. This generation of royals have totally broken that rule, it's thought that Prince Harry and William have followed in the footsteps of their mother Princess Diana who liked to hug people.
The Queen has a bath every morning, drawn by her maid while she sips a cup of tea. It's believed that the royals prefer to avoid taking showers, due to their belief that they're for members of the working class.
10 Words the British Royal Family Won't Say
Lavatory. Lavatory has Latin origins, deriving from the word “lavare”. During the Medieval period, this evolved to “lavatorium” and finally to lavatory which is still used today, though not commonly and only in the most formal settings.
The article, by Russell Myers and Jennifer Newton, based on Treble's research with data up until December 18th, reveals that although the 75-year-old had 478 engagements, she was outpaced by her brother, 77-year-old King Charles. He carried out 532 official acts, netting him this crown in addition to that other one.
The Queen enjoyed outdoor life. As well as riding well into her 90s, she also took great pleasure walking in the countryside and spending time with her dogs. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh both loved Scottish country dancing.
The British royal family will get an extra 45 million pounds (about $55 million) in April 2025, taking their annual income, the Sovereign Grant, from 86.3 million pounds ($105.6 million) to 132 million pounds ($161.6 million)—an increase of 53%!
In simpler terms, Meghan's teeth underwent a carefully planned “smile makeover” over the years. She started with a set of teeth that had a few common issues – a gap between her front teeth and minor misalignments – and through dental treatments she now has a straighter, whiter, and more uniform smile.
Meghan Markle's name was removed from Archie Harrison's birth certificate in 2019, changing it from "Rachel Meghan The Duchess of Sussex" to just "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex," as a move to align with royal protocol, similar to Princess Diana's birth certificate, though it sparked rumors of a "snub" to Kate Middleton and was described by Meghan's spokesperson as a Palace directive, not her own choice, adding complexity to royal naming conventions.
No, King Charles and Queen Camilla generally sleep in separate bedrooms, a common practice among the British upper class and royals, including the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, as it helps maintain their relationship and allows for personal space, with both having their own rooms at residences like Clarence House and private country homes.
Princess Kate had "planned abdominal surgery" in January 2024, described by Kensington Palace as successful and non-cancerous initially, but later revealed to involve cancer requiring preventative chemotherapy, though the specific type of surgery (e.g., hysterectomy, organ removal, or other issue) was kept private, with speculation ranging from gynecological to gastrointestinal issues, all pointing to a major procedure requiring significant recovery time.
The "baby brain" comment refers to a widely reported incident from Prince Harry's memoir Spare, where Meghan Markle allegedly told Kate Middleton she must have "baby brain because of her hormones" following Kate's birth of Prince Louis in 2018, causing a significant rift because Kate found the comment offensive, leading to a dispute about appropriate ways to speak within the Royal Family, although Meghan viewed it as a lighthearted comment she'd use with friends.
Prince William's project to show it is possible to end homelessness is set to build new homes for homeless young people in London next year. Homewards will work with youth homelessness charity Centrepoint to deliver 16 independent living homes on Duchy of Cornwall land in Lambeth, south London by the end of 2026.