When Buckingham Palace opens its doors
for next summer’s Platinum Jubilee exhibition, the iconic portraits
of Queen Elizabeth II taken by the first woman to officially
photograph royalty will be on display. Dorothy Wilding became the
first female photographer to take pictures of royalty. Her
portraits of the new Queen Elizabeth II marked the first official
portraits of The Queen’s reign…
The past year for the Prince of Wales has
been marked by personal loss, family issues and focus on
sustainability and green initiatives as he helps navigate the Royal
Family and the UK through the new normal brought on by the ongoing
global pandemic. Today, as…
The Festival of Remembrance is one of the
main events on the Royal Family’s calendar every November, a chance
to pay tribute to the soldiers who have served and sacrificed their
lives in service to Great Britain and the wider Commonwealth. This
year’s event is…
The Duke of Cambridge's first investiture since pandemic sees him award MBE to Marcus Rashford
10th November 2021
The Duke of Cambridge has carried out his
first Investiture ceremony since the pandemic began with a ceremony
at Windsor Castle. Ahead of the event, on November 9th 2021,
William tweeted from the Kensington Palace Twitter account,
“Pleased to be back doing investitures in person, celebrating
people across the UK who have gone above and beyond for their
country and community,” and signed it…
What would happen if nearly everything
bad that ever happened in Diana, Princess of Wales’s life—that we
know happened, anyway—happened over the three-day period of
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day 1991? Spencer would
happen. Fair warning: this…
Norway and the Netherlands: the special friendship on show in past State Visits
8th November 2021
The King and Queen of the Netherlands
will make a State Visit to Norway this November. Willem-Alexander
and Maxima will be hosted by their friends, King Harald and Queen
Sonja, for the three day event. Although it’s Willem-Alexander’s
first State Visit to Norway…
Lady Louise and her special bond with her beloved grandfather Prince Philip
8th November 2021
Earlier this year, we heard Lady Louise
Mountbatten-Windsor speak at length for the first time. She was
participating in a special documentary entitled Prince Philip: The
Royal Family Remembers, with interviews from the many of the
WIndsors about the late Duke of Edinburgh—her grandfather. She
nearly stole the show. For an hour, Louise shared stories about
“one of the most interesting…
As Lady Louise celebrates her 18th
birthday today, let’s take a look at past members of the Royal
Family who shared this name and discover the unique lives each
woman led. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Louisa Caroline
Alberta, the fourth daughter and sixth child…
Looking back at the birth of Lady Louise: a medical emergency with a happy ending
8th November 2021
Though today Lady Louise
Mountbatten-Windsor celebrates her 18th birthday, on the day of her
birth in 2003, there was a medical emergency surrounding the event.
The Countess of Wessex was not expecting to give birth until early
December when she began to experience cramps…
The Prince of Wales has taken the lead at
COP26 on behalf of the Royal Family, meeting with world leaders and
policymakers while advancing the work of his green agenda,
including the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the Terra Carta.
Let’s break down exactly who Prince Charles has met this week so
far. Monday, 1 November Prince Charles’s first meeting on Monday
was with the President…
