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…
The Scandinavian monarchs have sadly
needed to continue sending condolences to each other as more
tragedy rocks their countries, this time with King Harald and King
Carl XVI Gustaf sending condolences to Queen Margrethe. Following a
shooting in Copenhagen on July 3 2022…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made
their first appearance at this year’s Wimbledon Championships on
Tuesday, watching as rising tennis champ Cameron Norrie sailed
through the quarter-finals. The couple, who attend several tennis
matches each year throughout the…
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…
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall have begun their annual sojourn to Wales to carry out
engagements for ‘Wales Week’, visiting Cardiff, Treorchy, and
Llandovery on Tuesday. Beginning at the BBC Cymru Wales
headquarters in Cardiff, the royals separated to…
William at 40: the future for Prince William
21st June 2022
When I think about the Duke of Cambridge
on his 40th birthday, one word comes to mind: settled. This may be
an odd word choice considering the ever-changing nature of monarchy
in our modern world, but stick with me. Nobody who pays attention
to William sees a person…
William at 40: Why is a future king called William?
21st June 2022
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…
William at 40: his charities and patronages
21st June 2022
The Duke of Cambridge has been an active
and vocal campaigner on behalf of his chosen causes for nearly two
decades now, and as he celebrates his 40th birthday, let’s take a
look at his patronages. William has several key areas of focus,
though the environment—and the…
William at 40: William and his children
21st June 2022
The Duke of Cambridge, father to three
children, has often claimed that the stability of his home life is
what grounds him and keeps him able to do his job. In an interview
with GQ magazine, he said that he wants his children to grow up “in
a happy, stable, secure…
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…

