As Australia prepares to mark the 100
year anniversary of the Anzac Gallipoli landings, a programme
supported by The Prince of Wales is being introduced to help
today’s veterans resume to civilian life as entrepreneurs. The
Prince’s Charities Australia has set up the Lead Your Own Business
programme. The Prince’s Charities Australia created the Lead Your
Own Business scheme to…
The Queen may be celebrating two
birthdays, her own and if her new great-grandchild arrives on
Tuesday. The Royal Family standing on the balcony of Buckingham
Palace awaiting the flypast during Trooping the Colour in 2012.
Twitter is buzzing with hopes that William and…
The Queen was in London on Sunday to
honour the bravery of Canadian servicemen and women who fought
during the First World War. Her Majesty was accompanied at Canada
House in Trafalgar Square by The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess
Alexandra. The royal trio were at Canada…
Captain Harry Wales has spent his first
two weeks the Australian Army with the North-West Mobile Force
(NORFORCE) and the 1st Brigade. Captain Wales prepares for flight
on an Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) Tiger with the
Australian Army’s 1st Aviation Regiment, Darwin, Northern
Territory.© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence Formed
in 1981, NORFORCE is one of three Regional…
The Queen and members of The Royal Family to mark 800th anniversary of Magna Carta at Runnymede
18th April 2015
The Queen, Prince Philip and members of
The Royal Family will be in Runnymede for Magna Carta commemoration
event. The Queen will be in Runnymede on Monday 15th June to attend
a commemoration event marking the 800th anniversary of the sealing
of Magna Carta. Her Majesty will…
A baby girl of royal descent was born in
a hospital in London. But don’t panic, you’ve not missed the
arrival of THAT royal baby. This little person isn’t the one who
will be giving Prince George the run around in the nurseries of
Amner Hall and Kensington Palace. The…
“I don’t get to give this one out very
often. Well done.” And with those touching words The Queen pinned
the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour, onto the tunic of
Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey. He is the first living serviceman to
receive the medal for service in Afghanistan. View image |
gettyimages.com Paratrooper Joshua Leakey was presented with his
Victoria Cross…
It was the room where Queen Victoria
entertained European royalty in the later part of her reign, and
designed as a state setting in what had, until then, been her
family and personal retreat. Now the Durbar Room at Osborne House
on the Isle of Wight has been restored to…
She may be used to dining at
Downton as the “Dowager Countess of Grantham” but Dame Maggie
Smith will be in the company of Her Majesty The Queen and Prince
Philip on Monday evening as she dines with them at Windsor Castle.
Maggie Smith is among 20 other guests…
They may not be studying in this country
but a group of students from Australia have been researching the
family history of one of our most recognisable members of royalty.
Art historian, Michael Reed and his students from Hallam College in
Melbourne have uncovered evidence that shows The Duchess of
Cambridge’s family once had links to a forgotten stately home in
Leeds. Potternewton Hall…
