The Prince of Wales will attend a black
tie dinner hosted by English Heritage to honour 100 years of
heritage protection. In honour of 100 years of heritage protection,
English Heritage is hosting a black tie dinner on 4
December, which the Prince of Wales will be attending. Along
with the centenary celebration, the dinner will commemorate the
reopening of Kenwood House. Home to one of the…
Prince of Wales to attend 50th Anniversary reception of the Disasters Emergency Committee
27th November 2013
The Prince of Wales will attend the 50th
Anniversary reception of DEC on 4 December. On 4 December, The
Prince of Wales will be in attendance at the 50th anniversary
reception of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) at Lancaster
house in London where he will meet patrons…
The Duke of Cambridge to attend the British Military Tournament
27th November 2013
The Duke of Cambridge will attend the
British Military Tournament on Sunday 8th December. On Sunday 8
December, The Duke of Cambridge will be in attendance for the
British Military Tournament, at Earls Court Exhibition Centre,
London. The event is in support of the of ABF…
Prince Harry and Walking With the Wounded teams delayed... again!
25th November 2013
The WWTW Teams are grounded at Novo due
to inclement weather and are unable to continue their ski training.
Once again Prince Harry and the Walking With the Wounded teams face
yet another weather related setback. Adding to their previous
delays and departures is the current delay to leave for base camp
as of Monday. Extremely high winds and snowstorms have again put
the South Pole Allied Challenge…
King George VI contemplated declaring war
on Germany prior to Hitler’s Invasion of Poland in 1939. Sotheby’s
will auction off an initial draft of King George VI’s speech in
which he tells the country that Britain was ready, willing and
able to declare war on…
If skating through history catches ones
fancy, then the chance to hit the ice at the Tower of London is a
must. Now in its 8th year, the Tower moat is the site for the
holiday ice skating. Undoubtedly the Tower moat is the most
recognized moat in London, if not in the…
After a 48 weather delay, Prince Harry
and the Walking With the Wounded Team were finally given the all
clear to fly to Novo (Novolazarevskaya Station) the Russian air
base located near the edge of the Antarctic on Friday. After a six
hour flight, Harry and the team landed in Novo at 1 pm GMT. The
change in temperature was a bit of a shock as they left the warmth
of Cape Town with its 30C…
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce during
her speech on Friday 22nd of November has become the first
Governor-General in the position’s history to come out in favour of
Australia severing ties to the Monarchy. The very comments
have seen some of Ms Bryce’s…
As he battles cancer, Master of the
Queen’s Music Sir, Peter Maxwell Davies still plans to compose this
year’s Royal Christmas carol. “I’m afraid my illness held me back a
bit,” the composer commented in The Telegraph. “It is a little
delayed, but this is the…
University of Oxford academic suggests how Richard III could be reburied
22nd November 2013
Alexandra Buckle, an academic from St
Anne’s and St Hilda’s colleges, Oxford, has recently been looking
in greater detail at the way in which medieval royal funerals and
reburial services were conducted. This new scholarly work
has given significant indications towards how Richard
III should be reburied in the near future. Dr Buckle is a
liturgical advisor to the committee who are planning…
