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 review/opinion piece is laden with
spoilers. If you want to watch without my ramblings colouring your
opinion, do not…
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…
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 of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert, led one of the most colourful royal lives. Born 18
March 1848 as the daughter of the…
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…
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 Primary School on Monday and saw firsthand how the
school is preparing its students for the realities of climate
change and doing what they…
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…
Princess Sofia of Sweden spoke out
against cyberbullying at the #nejtillnäthat 2.0 organised by the
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia Foundation on Monday. At the
event, taking place at Fotografiska in Stockholm, Princess Sofia
and Prince Carl Philip invited…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
met with Scouts from across the Dennistoun area to learn more about
the #PromiseToThePlanet campaign, launched to coincide with COP26.
William and Kate, who are in Glasgow this week for COP26, travelled
to the Alexandra Park Sports Hub to meet with Scouts and learn how
the programme has taught them efficiencies around supporting the
environment and ways to…
