Looking at the images coming from Sweden on July 14th this year, two things struck me. Firstly, the second in line to the throne, Princess Estelle, has royal engagements wrapped up at the age of three. Secondly, doing a walkabout every year on a royal birthday is really rather a good idea. And it got me wondering whether it’s time our royals started doing the same thing.
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As most readers of Royal Central know, The Prince of Wales is my favourite royal. As I have written many articles on Charles, I came across a quote during some research and inquired as to where it originated. In 2010, Charles wrote: “And what greater icon could we have…
The Great Yorkshire Show, now in 157th-year continued its royal connection on Tuesday. Its patron, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended the first day of what is heralded as “England’s Premier Agricultural Event .”
The Prince of Wales and…
At the end of this month, a lock of hair snipped from the head of a woman who died almost 500 years ago will be sold at auction. The estimate on this tiny lot is up to £500. The sale will take place just days after a pair of 100 year old bloomers sold for over £12,000. And what do both these unusual objects have in common? They both belonged to long dead queens. Royal memorabilia is…
Prince Harry has announced that the second Invictus Games will take place in Orlando, Florida in 2016. The news came in a video recorded last month by Harry and published today on the Kensington Palace Twitter account.
The games will take place from May 8th to Mary 12th 2016…
It may be the summer residence of Her Majesty The Queen, but Balmoral Castle will open its doors to a whole new audience at the end of July as it plays host to the popular BBC programme, Antiques Roadshow. People are invited to visit The Queen’s summer retreat near…
The Duchess has landed: Camilla arrives on traditional narrowboat and opens new landing stage in Swindon
13th July 2015
After a busy week in Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall kicks off another week of engagements beginning in Swindon on Monday.
Camilla has been the patron of the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust for the last eight years.
The new Wichelstowe landing stage is located alongside Waitrose at West Wichel.
Camilla arrived at the event on Dragonfly, a traditional style narrowboat built by the Wilts and Berks…
It is the beginning of a new chapter in his life but as The Duke of Cambridge reported for work on his first day as a pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance today his thoughts were with his family. He had warm words for his son and daughter but above all praise for his…
The Princess Royal has spent three days in Bosnia-Herzogovina where one of her responsibilities was to represent Britain at a service marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Princess Anne stood alongside other dignitaries including Queen Noor of Jordan…
Camilla reaches out to family that lost their daughter and donates to children’s trust
11th July 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall has sent a moving letter to the family of a young girl who died from a brain tumour. And Camilla has also made a donation to the charity set up in memory of Katy Holmes and which raises money to fund research into childhood brain tumours.
The Duchess of Cornwall has shown her support for a family from Preston, Lancashire who lost a daughter to a brain tumour
The Duchess…
