King Charles III

Duchess of Cornwall visits RAF training station and Cornwall Air Ambulance on last day in Cornwall

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22nd July 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall attended two engagements following the Ocean Plastics Awareness Day she attended with The Duke of Cornwall earlier on Wednesday. Camilla ended this week’s visit to Cornwall with stops at RAF St Mawgan and Cornwall Air Ambulance. The first event had Camilla visit RAF St Mawgan. RAF St Mawgan is a training station and home to the Defence SERE Training Organisation.
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King Charles III

Lobster tagging, Chardonnay and clotted cream: Charles and Camilla's day on one of the Isles of Scilly

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21st July 2015
After their first day in Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall spent the day at St Mary’s, the Isle of Scilly’s largest island and gateway to the rest of the islands. Charles and Camilla’s day began with them attending the Island Fair in Hugh Town on St Mary’s. [getty src=”481472134″ width=”594″ height=”396″] Hugh Town is the hub…
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History

Stories of the Stuarts: Holdenby House

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20th July 2015
Holdenby House in Northamptonshire first came to prominence in 1583 when it was built by Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Holdenby was the largest private house in Elizabethan and was built by Sir Christopher to honour his beloved…
King Charles III

Eat, drink and be merry: Charles and Camilla enjoy their first day as part of annual visit to Cornwall

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20th July 2015
After wrapping up a very successful week in Wales a few weeks ago, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall began their annual visit to the South West. A bit of rain did not dampen the spirit of The Duchess of Cornwall during her visit to Padstow on Monday. The theme for their time spent in Cornwall is year’s visit are tourism and supporting local communities. According to their schedule, for the…
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FeaturesInsight

A brief look at the Privy Council

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19th July 2015
An engraving showing the Privy Council in 1770. It’s often forgotten that just like the Prime Minister has his body of advisers in the Cabinet, Her Majesty has her own in the form of the Privy Council. Originally descended from the Curia Regis, a group of household…
Queen Elizabeth II

Buckingham Palace reacts to images showing The Queen as a child appearing to give Nazi salute

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18th July 2015
Buckingham Palace has said it is disappointed by the decision of The Sun newspaper to publish an image taken in 1933 of The Queen performing a Nazi salute under the gaze of her uncle, the man who later became Edward VIII. The image that appears on their front page this morning is taken from a 17 second video that the newspaper has also published. That footage shows the then Princess Elizabeth of…
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