With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
currently touring Belize as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
celebrations, let’s take a look at The Queen’s past visits to the
country in 1985 and 1994; as well as other members of the Royal
Family who have visited over the years. 1985 The Queen first
visited Belize in October 1985, over 30 years after she first
ascended the throne. In a…
A focus on marine conservation rounds off William and Kate's first full day of Belize tour
21st March 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrapped
up their first full day in Belize with a discussion on marine
conservation from leading Belizean experts. The royal couple set up
a roundtable discussion area on the pier at Hopkins, the small
fishing village where earlier in the…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
attended a Garifuna cultural festival in Belize, recognising one of
the oldest cultural groups in the Americas through food and dance.
Following their visit to a family-run cacao farm, William and Kate
visited the small seaside town of…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge carried
out their first engagement of their Caribbean Platinum Jubilee Tour
on Sunday, visiting a local cacao farm to learn how the small,
family-run farm produces world-famous Mayan chocolate. William and
Kate visited Julio, who runs the Che’il Mayan Cacao Farm and
Chocolate Factory in the Maya Center Village, on Sunday afternoon,
for a demonstration and…
Jubilee Tours: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Southeast Asia for the Diamond Jubilee
18th March 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set
to officially visit Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas next week as
part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, but let’s turn
back the clock 1tenyears to their previous Jubilee tour of
Southwest Asia. William and Kate…
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many
milestones, one of which is the Australian Republican Referendum in
1999 that saw the country debate replacing her with an elected head
of state. Republicanism has long been debated in Australia, dating
back to the early 1900s.
With King Tupou VI celebrating ten years
on the Tongan throne, let’s take a look at the succession of this
Polynesian country. The Kingdom of Tonga follows the
male-preference cognatic primogeniture, meaning that only
legitimate descendants of Tonga’s first king, George Tupou I, can
ascend to the throne and that male successors are given preference
over female successors. Queen Sālote…
The Queen became the first British
sovereign to visit China in 1986, officially visiting the country
with the Duke of Edinburgh over a six-day period beginning on 13
October. The Queen and Prince Philip visited the cities of Beijing,
Shanghai, Xi’an, Kunming…
The Prince of Wales led the Commonwealth
Day Service at Westminster Abbey on behalf of The Queen, in a
ceremony focused on a common future. Accompanied by the Duchess of
Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Alexandra,
Prince Charles led the Royal…
ICYMI: The Earl and Countess of Wessex send best wishes to Team GB Paralympians
7th March 2022
The Earl and Countess of Wessex spoke
with Paralympians from Team Great Britain ahead of the opening of
the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. Edward and Sophie spoke
with three Paralympians, skiers Menna Fitzpatrick, guide Katie
Guest, and Shona Brownlee, over a video call to learn more about
their training processes and how they’ve each made their journeys
to the Paralympics. Edward…
