The Princess of Orange is poised to
undertake her first official royal tour early next year when she
accompanies her parents to the Caribbean parts of the kingdom of
the Netherlands. The Royal House of the Netherlands announced the
news on 1 September 2022, revealing that Princess Catharina-Amalia
will join King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima in February 2023
for a tour of Aruba, Curaçao…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit attends literary conversation in Lillestrøm
1st September 2022
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a
literary discussion at the new Lillestrøm library, opening the
Cultural Corners week at the new library. In a conversation about
representation and expectations and how that relates to literature,
the Crown Princess listened as…
As we look into the role The Queen plays
in appointing a new prime minister, we’re looking at Royal
Prerogative and how it is exercised. Simply put, Royal Prerogative
is the authority and powers vested in the sovereign to govern.
However, in modern times, it is…
Legoland Windsor celebrates Cambridge family move with new royal display
1st September 2022
The Cambridge family has packed up and
moved to Windsor, and their new chapter has inspired an exhibit at
the Legoland Windsor Resort. The ‘Royal Removal Company’ is a
4,100-piece Lego creation that shows the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and
Prince Louis, and pup Orla, moving to Windsor Castle and unpacking
a moving van filled with…
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has
completed a visit to India in her role as the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for
Development. The Dutch Queen’s visit comes as India is poised to
assume leadership of the G20 in December…
Queen Máxima mixed royal duties with
motherhood during a university orientation reception in Delft
earlier this week. The Dutch queen was joined by the Minister of
Education, Culture and Science for a session at Delft University of
Technology to welcome new students and…
Contents of the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester’s Northamptonshire manor up for auction
27th August 2022
A stately manor house once belonging to
the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester is the centre of an auction that
will see its contents—in some cases with royal provenance—up for
sale. Prince Richard and Birgitte lived at Barnwell Manor in
Northamptonshire until the mid-‘90s, when they moved to Kensington
Palace because they could not afford to pay for the 436-year-old
home any…
The Queen has thanked a Canadian marsh
and wetland preservation group for naming a swan in her honour. The
Friends of Wye Marsh sent The Queen a letter back in June during
the Platinum Jubilee weekend to alert her to their newest adopted
trumpeter swan, C70, named…
A young girl received a reply from The
Queen when she wrote about speed limits in her neighbourhood. After
a little boy was hit by a car in her Swindon neighbourhood, Ruby
Steadman sent a letter to The Queen asking her to act and make the
street safer. Steadman wrote…
The Queen has worn countless hats
throughout her 70-year reign, but her newest one has a special
meaning behind it. On 24 August, as Ukraine celebrated its
independence day, The Queen received a new hat from Ukraine as a
symbol of the relationship shared between the United Kingdom and
Ukraine. Melinda Simmons, the UK Ambassador to Ukraine, tweeted a
photo of her receiving the hat on behalf…
