Whilst in Scotland on Thursday, The Earl
and Countess of Strathearn were shown a portrait of Catherine from
a local artist, Tom Sutton-Smith; I have been fortunate enough to
talk with Glenys Andrews, who presented the portrait to the Royal
couple as Mr Sutton-Smith was in Paris, as well as the artist
himself. “The event organisers asked Perthshire Open Studios to
curate an art exhibition in…
At a request by Her Majesty’s Government,
the Duke of York will visit Germany on the 3rd and 4th June as
part of the celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the
‘Personal Union’ between Britain and Hanover. This year, British
Ambassador Simon McDonald will…
Born on the 10th February 1894, Maurice
Harold Macmillan was brought into the world at 52 Cadogan Place in
Chelsea to parents Maurice Crawford Macmillan and Helen Tarleton
Belles. Macmillan had two elder brothers, Daniel who was eight
years his senior and Arthur who was four…
On 18th June The Duchess of Cambridge
will visit the WWII-famous Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park, located
in Milton Keynes, played such a key role in WWII, that it is
thought the work that took place there shortened the war by two
years. Catherine will be there to commemorate its reopening
after a year’s worth of restoration. Opened in 1992 by Bletchley
Park Trust to preserve the key site for…
The remains of the last Plantagenet King,
Richard III, will be reburied in Leicester cathedral, it has been
revealed. Distant relatives of the King, who formed the Plantagenet
Alliance, have lost their battle in the High Court over where the
remains should be…
Robert Anthony Eden was born on 12th June
1897 at Windlestone Hall in County Durham into a Conservative
landed gentry family. His father was Sir William Eden and his
mother Sybil Frances Grey. Eden was educated at two independent
schools, Sandroyd School and Eton…
The Duke of Edinburgh has undergone minor
surgery on his right hand at Buckingham Palace yesterday, officials
say. The news was announced as the Duke emerged for the first
garden party of the year at the Palace this afternoon with a
bandaged right hand, which officials say is for ‘protection’ of the
Duke’s hand. Despite the surgery, the palace says the Duke of
Edinburgh will be continuing…
The new trail that Prince Charles
visited is one of a series of pathways which have been created in
order to connect Bonshaw Park and Strathgartney Park together.
These pathways have been named the ‘Prince of Wales and Duchess of
Cornwall Trail System’. When…
For Harrigan, it was an honour to be
escorting The Prince for the third time during his career, and it
was also a chance to show how grateful he was for Charles’s
indirect help in moving towards a new life after his military
career ended. Lt Harrigan has served with the…
Renovation work supposedly began on
the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West
Norfolk Borough Council agreed on the plans for the
refurbishment. William, Catherine and Prince George currently
reside at their apartment in Kensington Palace, which also went
through a great deal of renovations recently in order for the
family to move in and have a city residence in the…
