Rebecca Armitage

4 days ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark |Rebecca Armitage

Just days before a huge military procession was due to march through London, the British royal family released a cryptic message that seemed to be directed at one of their own. Buckingham Palace told British media outlets that King Charles III hoped "nothing will detract or distract" from ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. It was an odd message for the palace to seed into the British press.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rebecca Armitage

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the closest thing America had to a princess. The fourth of nine children born to the Kennedy political dynasty, her family was synonymous with glamour, wealth, privilege and power. And while the fearsome patriarch of the clan, Joe Kennedy Sr, made his sons the focus of his ambitions, he always considered Kick to be the star of the family. "All my ducks are swans, but Kick was especially special," he once said.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Riley Stuart |Rebecca Armitage

In a ceremony steeped in tradition, faith and his characteristic humility, the head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has been laid to rest. The 88-year-old pontiff died earlier this month after suffering a stroke and irreversible heart failure. Dozens of leaders, dignitaries and royals joined an estimated 200,000 mourners in and around St Peter's Square in the Vatican for the funeral mass.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin |Rebecca Armitage

The first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff Pope Francis — born Jorge Mario Bergoglio — has died, aged 88. From the moment he stepped onto the Vatican balcony in his fresh white robes on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis established himself as a very different kind of pontiff. "Good evening!" he bellowed to the crowd of 150,000 people packed into St Peter's Square to witness this historic moment.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rebecca Armitage

In the five years he's been estranged from the British Royal Family, Prince Harry has always held space for the possibility of reconciliation. Even as he aired his family's dirty laundry during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, in a best-selling memoir, and a Netflix documentary, Harry insisted he still loves his father, King Charles III, and older brother, Prince William "to bits". "The door is always open. The ball is in their court," he told ITV in 2023.