British RoyalsPrincess Anne and Family

Princess Anne undertakes one-day visit to Northern Ireland

The Princess Royal was in Northern Ireland earlier this week for a day of engagements.The Northern Ireland government office tweeted the news, sharing, “Delighted to welcome The Princess Royal to Northern Ireland. Her Royal Highness will undertake a number of engagements.”Her first engagement was at the Ballymena Showgrounds to celebrate the St John Ambulance Cadets, a training scheme…
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European RoyalsSpain

Princess Leonor impresses at Princess of Girona Foundation Awards

Princess Leonor’s summer vacation from college has started but she is packing in public engagements. She was accompanied by her family at the Princess of Girona Foundation Awards on July 4 2022.The heir to the throne, who carries the title of Princess of Girona, was joined by her parents, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and her younger sister, Infanta Sofia, for the ceremony, after having…
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British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

William at 40: Why is a future king called William?

The odds were not in William’s favour when the newborn son of the Prince and Princess of Wales was born on 21 June 1982. In fact, the bookmakers predicted that the future king’s name would be George, or James, or Charles, or Philip, or Louis, but the bookmakers did not predict that William would be the child’s name.A week later, Buckingham Palace announced that the future king was to be…
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British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

William at 40: The romance that led to a new royal family

Theirs is a romance that has defined the future of the British Royal Family. With the tumultuous years of the ‘80s and ‘90s long past, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s love story and subsequent steady family life have been a balm to the royals, whose romantic scandals once played out on the cover of tabloids all over the world.As William celebrates his 40th birthday this week, let’s…
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