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, Guangzhou…
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…
The Queen has made a ‘generous donation’
to a Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal as the invasion of Ukraine by
Russia continues. The Disasters Emergency Committee revealed the
donation on March 3rd 2022, tweeting: “Many thanks to Her Majesty
The Queen for continuing to…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution
will reward 4,500 volunteers and frontline staff with a special
Platinum Jubilee medal in recognition of the 69,212 lives that have
been saved throughout The Queen’s reign. “I am delighted to see so
many RNLI volunteers and…
The Princess Royal unveils first-of-its-kind hospital helipad in Manchester
4th March 2022
The Princess Royal unveiled the first
hospital helipad in the North West of England earlier this week on
a visit to Manchester. Arriving at the Oxford Road Campus of the
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), which serves
Manchester and Trafford, Princess Anne officially unveiled the
helipad, which allows for quicker transportation of critically ill
patients in need of immediate…
The Earl and Countess of Wessex paid a
visit to the new airbase used by the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance
Service earlier this week. At the new airbase, located in North
Weald, Edward and Sophie were given the chance to thank first
responders for the work they undertook…
Prince George was the surprise guest of
honour on Saturday afternoon, joining his parents, the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge at Twickenham Stadium for the Six Nations
Championships. And at the age of eight, he got an early lesson in
the art of royal diplomacy by keeping his…
Princess Charlene appears in the latest
edition of a popular manga that already has ties to the Princely
Family. In a statement to Le Parisien, Princess Charlene, who is
still being treated for an undisclosed illness, said, “I am
delighted with the release of the sixth volume of Blitz,
magnificently enhanced by Garry Kasparov and drawn by Daitaro
Nishihara. The idea of participating in the…
