Princess Haya, the wife of prime minister
and vice president of the United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, attended the Leaders in Healthcare
conference earlier this week in Dubai. What is the Leaders in
Healthcare conference? The conference is one of the most reputable
healthcare conferences in the Middle East. The conference attracts
healthcare experts and leaders…
Rural farmers in India can now market and
transport their crops at a click of a button, thanks to a new
application unveiled by Prince Charles at the annual gala dinner of
the British Asian Trust (BAT) in London. The Digital Green App,
part of the BAT’s Rural…
Although the Emperor of Japan is afforded
no political powers by the Japanese Constitution, he still must
attend to numerous other ceremonial duties, such as his opening of
the Japanese National Diet earlier this year. Many of these are
purely ceremonial, maintained out of a…
This is an opinion piece by Royal
Central’s Benjamin Knights, and why he thinks it would be a grave
error to withdraw a State Visit invitation to Donald Trump. Nobody
can claim that Donald Trump’s first week as President of the United
States was not controversial. The billionaire property tycoon put
many of his unorthodox campaign pledges in action and signalled
that there would be no…
It was a career that became a
passion, and Prince Harry still feels nostalgic about it. Officer
Cadet Wales, as he was known when he first joined the Army in 2005,
has revealed that he misses “black humour” and camaraderie of army
life, as he spoke to a group of…
His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito of
Japan, opened the Japanese National Diet this Friday. Reading a
prepared speech within the upper assembly, it marks Japan’s 189th
Ordinary Session since the first Imperial Diet was opened by
Emperor Meiji on 29 November 1890. In…
It may shock some people who peruse this
site to realise that, despite some misconceptions to the contrary,
it is not the nature of the British Monarchy for its kings to be
chosen by popular vote. World-shattering, I know, but please,
humour me. By law, by tradition, and by expectation, the next King
(or Queen) of the United Kingdom, and by agreement, the rest of the
Commonwealth Realms, will…
The less than flattering assessment given
to King George III by many today has recently been shown to be
rather inaccurate, pending new insights derived from a number of
papers just uncovered that detail George III’s reign and activities
during the course of the…
Following the news of her forthcoming
divorce, Princess Tessy of Luxembourg has apparently released a
statement to some media outlets. The statement read, “I am very sad
to confirm that Louis and I are getting divorced after 12 years
together. Despite our separation…
Claire Louise Coombs was born on 18
January 1974 to Nicholas John Coombs, a British-born
businessman, and his Belgian wife, Nicole Eva Gabrielle
Thérèse (née Mertens). She has an older sister, Joanna and a
younger brother, Matthew. The family moved to Dion-le-Val, near
Brussels in Francophone Wallonia in 1977 when Claire was
3-years-old. After completing her primary and secondary
education…
