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…
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…
Princess Frederica was born into the
House of Hanover in 1848. Her parents were George, Crown Prince of
Hanover and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenberg. The
Princess was also addressed as ‘Her Highness’ when in the United
Kingdom due to her descent from King…
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…
Next April the whole of the east wing of
Buckingham Palace, where the balcony is situated, will be closed
off and emptied. This massive undertaking will be part of the
planned £369m worth of much-needed refurbishments which will be
carried out at the palace over a span of…
The art dealer and BBC Historian Philip
Mould has discovered what could be the earliest full-length
portrait of Elizabeth I as Queen. The painting is currently on
display at 18-19 Pall Mall after being restored. Art historians and
critics have been amazed by the painting…
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…
When Princess Anne had her children Zara
and Peter, they were not automatically given royal titles as royal
titles like ‘prince’ or ‘princess’ are usually passed down from a
monarchs son only. The Queen offered to give courtesy titles to
Princess…
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…
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…
