Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla appoints the Duchess of Kent's former lady-in-waiting as her new companion, as well as Lady Susan Hussey's daughter and a former Conservative Peer

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27th November 2022
Queen Camilla has appointed six of her closest friends as ‘Queen’s Companions’ – a new role created to replace that of Lady-in-Waiting. Her Majesty’s appointments have now been made publicly available, with the six aides expected to accompany The Queen on the official engagements she undertakes. Amongst those appointed to the role of Queen’s Companion is…
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Opinion

Danish Royal Family refuses to pussyfoot around the issue of ‘Queen Camilla’

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23rd November 2022
The Danish Royal Family have refused to entertain the notion of Camilla being styled as ‘Queen Consort’, instead referring to Her Majesty as ‘Queen of Great Britain’. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, official statements have referred to Camilla as ‘The Queen Consort’, despite there being no previous precedent for this. Ditching the ‘Consort’ title, a…
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King Charles III

An equerry lays a wreath on behalf of Queen Camilla at the Cenotaph

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13th November 2022
Queen Camilla was represented at the Cenotaph for the first time on Remembrance Sunday, with an equerry laying a wreath on her behalf. For almost two decades, Her Majesty has watched on from the balcony of the Foreign Office as her husband laid a wreath. However, as the consort of the sovereign, Camilla now lays a wreath on her own behalf, as was the case with the late Prince Philip. Her…
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State & Ceremonial

Plans for the new £200m Royal Yacht are scrapped

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7th November 2022
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has scrapped controversial plans to commission a new Royal Yacht at an estimated cost of £200,000,000. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in May 2021 that a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia would be built in memory of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. However, speaking in the House of Commons, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the plans…
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