Carole Hughes, a local artist has created
the piece, seen below, worth $2000 NZD. The poster depicts the
young family visiting their namesake town, Cambridge, on the
north of the island, as well as visiting the new national
velodrome, also in Cambridge. Hughes is renowned in her home town,
where she uses thick brush strokes to create modern art pieces, in
bright colours. The portrait shows the…
After the drive from the Irish embassy in
London accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall,
the Presidential couple were greeted at the saluting dais before a
short journey in the Australian State Coach to the castle to
receive the full salute. The Queen…
The 16-metre-high clock tower in Seymour
Square was completed in 1928, and is Marlborough’s monument to pay
tribute to the locals who died in the First World War. The War
Memorial and Clock Tower was unveiled in Seymour Square, Blenheim
in 1928 and serves as the…
They will now go on to Government House,
home to the Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and his wife Lady
Janine. On the lawn in front of the House, the couple will receive
a Powhiri, which is Maori for Ceremonial Welcome. The formal
ceremony closes with Prince William inspecting a guard of honour,
and the firing of a 21 gun salute. The Government House was built
between 1908 and 1910. It has…
A Coldstream Guard who was on duty at
Buckingham Palace on Friday was forced to leave his post to
intervene in an incident at the North Centre Gate during which a
man reportedly tried to gain entry. The report, which comes from
The Sun on Sunday describes how the sentry had…
The Queen, the Lover, the Mother, the
Outcast, the Victim and the Survivor; the six wives of Henry the
8th. Historian and Tudor expert Alison Weir brings to life these
six remarkable women in her book titled The Six Wives of Henry the
8th. The book is divided into three main…
Since George III made the Palace a family
home in 1761, the infamous London landmark has seen numerous births
and christenings of Royal children, including all 4 of Queen
Elizabeth’s children. Victoria even had another wing built in 1845
to accommodate her growing brood, which reached 9 in total, and so
there are many plenty of items to exhibit, charting
the history of Royal babies for over…
Cab driver John Sheen, who has been
driving for 45 years, drove Charles from Clarence House to the St
Bartholomew today. This was the third time in his career he has
driven the Prince. For his service, Charles gave Mr Sheen a £10
note and commented that he had a “jolly…
On 3 April 1987 the late Duchess of
Windsor’s jewellery fetched £31m ($50m) at auction in Switzerland.
The sum was six times the expected figure projected the collection
would garner. It was said that 1,000 bidders and 300 members of the
media packed into an enormous tent…
Princess Eugenie of York, Patron of the
RNOH Charity’s Redevelopment Appeal, visited the hospital on
Wednesday to formally open its new state-of-the-art Children’s High
Dependency Unit. “It’s wonderful to come back and see the new Unit,
and the fantastic work the RNOH Charity has done,” The Princess
commented via The Duke of York’s Twitter. In 2002, The Duke of
York’s daughter…
