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One of the best parts of the holidays is reflecting on the past year and looking forward to what is to come. The Royal Family has had an exciting 2017, with 2018 bringing about a new baby and a Royal wedding! Before we say goodbye to the past, let’s look at everything they have been up to these past 12 months. Part One can be viewed here. 

3 May
The Duchess of Cambridge on at a ‘Farms for Children’ farm with the kids of Vauxhall Primary school
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9 May
Prince Philip on a visit to Pangbourne College
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18 May
Princes Harry and William present the Legacy Awards on behalf of the Diana Award to Jonathan Bryan
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20 May
The Duchess of Cambridge with her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte at the wedding of her sister Pippa Middleton
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31 May
Queen Elizabeth II visits Drapers’ Hall for of the 70th Anniversary of Her Majesty’s Admission to the Freedom of the Company
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8 June
Prince Harry chats with Invictus competitors in the countdown to the Invictus Games in Sydney 2018
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8 June
The Duchess of Cornwall knights actor Callum Arnott with a leek at the 50th South of England Show at the South of England Showground
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11 June
Prince William chases Mia Tindall around after polo match
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15 June
Prince Philip tours Mayflower Primary School
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17 June
The Royal Family gathers on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the flypast during Trooping the Colour
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20 June
The Duchess of Cambridge and Countess of Wessex laugh off a mishap as Kate falls on Sophie
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21 June
Prince Charles visits Finsbury Mosque
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26 June
Prince Charles tours the Manchester Arena after the terror attack
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27 June
Prince Charles meets with Red Cross volunteer after the Grenfell fire
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27 June
Prince Philip at the funeral of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Patricia Knatchbull
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29 June
Prince Harry accompanies Queen Elizabeth at The Queen’s Young Leaders Awards
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1 July
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall join Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire for Canada150 celebrations
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12 July
Queen Elizabeth and Queen Letizia of Spain at the State Banquet
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14 July
The Queen with King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain during the State Visit
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15 July
Prince Harry gives his horse a kiss during the Jerudong Park Trophy charity polo match
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17 July
The Cambridge family visits Poland
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19 July
The Queen meets with Canada’s Governor General David Johnston on a visit to Canada House in London. One of the last meetings with him before his retirement
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19 July
Prince Charles gets a kiss
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20 July
Prince Harry at RAF Honington in Suffolk where he inspects the guards
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20 July
Prince William beats the Duchess of Cambridge in a boat race
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20 July
The Duchess of Cornwall chats with well-wishers on an official visit to Devon and Cornwall
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21 July
Prince George looks delighted to be in a helicopter while on Royal Tour Germany
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21 July
The Duchess of Cambridge consoles an upset Princess Charlotte in Germany
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30 July
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave the ceremony for the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele
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31 July
King Philippe of Belgium, Prince Charles, Prime Minister Theresa May, Prince William, and Queen Mathilde of Belgium stand at the Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
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2 August
The Duke of Edinburgh braves the pouring rain for his retirement
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30 August
Princes William and Harry visit the memorial outside Kensington Palace in honour of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales who died 20 years before on 31 August
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30 August
The Duchess of Cambridge opens her umbrella as she is off to see The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace which was planted all in white in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales
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