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 scheduled to take place on Saturday, 13 November,
with members of the Royal Family in attendance, though The Queen
will miss it due…
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…
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 since becoming King in 2013, it’s not
the first time these two countries have shared these important
moments. Here…
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…
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 at Bagshot Park, her
residence in Surrey. She called for help and was transferred by
ambulance to Frimley Park Hospital…
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…
Camilla tells students: "We're all relying on you to make it a safer world" at COP26
3rd November 2021
The Duchess of Cornwall paid a visit to
schoolchildren in Glasgow, joining in as they learn lessons about
climate change as COP26 began, and telling them, “We’re all relying
on you to make it a safer world.” Camilla visited the pupils of
Wallacewell…
Today David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of
Snowdon, celebrates his 60th birthday. He is the first child and
only son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, and at
the time of his birth, was fifth in line to the British throne.
Given his glamorous parents and close proximity to The Queen, his
birth was covered with the usual pomp by British papers. On 25 May
1961, Kensington Palace…
