The Sussexes

Michelle Obama and The Duchess of Sussex have private chat

On Monday this week, former US First Lady Michelle Obama held a speech at the Royal Albert Hall. Michelle was in London to promote her new autobiography which is called Becoming. In the audience listening to the sell-out speech was the Duchess of Sussex who had slipped in quietly with just a few security staff to listen to Michelle’s words without drawing attention to herself. Photo: Royal…
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King Charles III

Prince Charles sips gin at winter market in Ely

Yesterday, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall spent the day carrying out a number of royal visits. The location for the day’s excursions was the historic Cathedral City Ely in Cambridgeshire; their first stop was a lovely winter market which was filled…
Jordan

Queen Rania of Jordan visits those helped by empowerment project

On Wednesday, Queen Rania of Jordan visited Al Hasa Young Women Centre in Tafileh where she met up with beneficiaries of a multitude of local improvement projects. Tafileh is a poverty-stricken governorate in the south of Jordan which has the highest unemployment rates in the country. In the past, the city has been flooded with foreign-funded projects which have sometimes fallen short in their…
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British Royals

Garter day will be held next Monday

Every year in June, in the week of Royal Ascot, the Garter day service is held. This service and procession marks the installation of new members of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. This year the event is to be held on Monday 18th June. The Most Noble Order of the Garter, which was created by King Edward III, will be 670 years old this year. New members are selected by the sovereign in…
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HistoryInsight

Memorial to Welsh Princess vandalised

A few weeks ago a memorial plaque which was dedicated to the Welsh Princess Gwenllian went missing from its usual location at the top of Snowdon. It has since been returned to the Princess Gwenllian society by a local man named Rhys Jones, but the plaque was found to be…
OtherQueen Elizabeth II

Why does the Queen have two birthdays?

The Queen’s birthday is coming up soon, if you are experiencing a feeling of Déjà vu, don’t worry you are not imagining the fact that the Queen also had a birthday in April. The second Saturday in June is known as Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday, but the monarch was actually born on 21 April. While this means that the Queen has already celebrated her 92nd birthday this…
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