British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II

The Queen’s Green Canopy to star at garden show

The Queen’s Green Canopy will be a star attraction at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week, with its ambassador Dame Judi Dench encouraging patrons to ‘plant a tree for the jubilee.’ The planting season begins on 1 October, so the initiative’s plans to promote its mission at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show will act as an official unveiling. As one of the centrepiece attractions this…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

William on the Earthshot Prize: "I strongly believe that change is possible"

The Duke of Cambridge recalled what led to the creation of The Earthshot Prize, his ambitious, decade-long initiative to help save the planet, in an introduction to the new book, Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet. William recalls a trip to Namibia in 2018 as the catalyst for The Earthshot Prize, writing that it was “a crucial disconnect this visit clarified for me, between the optimism and…
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British Royals

Princess Margaret's jewellery once again sells for big sums at auction

One of Princess Margaret’s most iconic jewellery pieces sold at auction for £320,000 earlier this week. The Princess wore the diamond-and-pearl bracelet in her 19th birthday portraits in July 1949. Sir Cecil Beaton took the portraits at Buckingham Palace on 8 July. The bracelet was gifted to Princess Margaret by her grandmother, Queen Mary, and came with a pearl necklace. She wore the…
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The Edinburghs

The Countess of Wessex helps launch new appeal for eyesight charity

The Countess of Wessex launched a charity appeal on Tuesday evening in support of a blindness support charity that wants to provide surgery to those in Ethiopia, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Sophie, who is a Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, attended the Surgical Fund Appeal launch at the Royal College of Surgeons in central London to learn more about…
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