Queen Camilla

A celebration of winter flowers for Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla has helped launch Winter Flower Week, celebrating the seasonal blooms in the United Kingdom with a new exhibition at the Garden Museum. Winter Flower Week, according to the Garden Museum’s website, celebrates a sustainable approach to the festive floral decorations typically seen in the winter months. Embed from Getty Images Five floral designers have transformed the…
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History

The king who was crowned on Christmas Day

For almost a thousand years, coronation services have taken place at Westminster Abbey, in times of peace and strife. The sovereign sometimes arrives at the Abbey a popular figure; sometimes, they’re deeply unpopular. More often than not, they’re crowned by birthright…
Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla serves up special Christmas celebration

It’s one of the most heartwarming events on the holiday calendar, and Queen Camilla continued her tradition of welcoming children supported by Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity to Clarence House to help her decorate for Christmas. The Queen was overheard telling her special guests, “This is an especially lovely occasion.” During their…
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British Royals

The history of the Royal Christmas Day speech

For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II was a staple of Christmas Day, appearing on television, radio and on the internet throughout her reign to deliver her annual Christmas Message. Now, it is King Charles who speaks to country and Commonwealth on Christmas Day. But this…
King Charles III

Is the new Royal Family Order one step closer?

For seasoned royal watchers, there’s really only one mystery left to wrap up King Charles III’s accession to the throne: his Royal Family Order. Given out as a personal gift from the Sovereign to female members of the Royal Family, the Royal Family Order has been a…
British Royals

The Princess of Wales opens children's day surgery unit at Evelina London

The Princess of Wales has opened the new Children’s Day Surgery Unit at Evelina London. The Children’s Day Surgery Unit will allow the hospital to treat up to an additional 2,300 children a year and offers two brand-new operating theatres capable of providing one-day service to families that includes pre-surgery check=ups, operations, and recovery in the same space. During her visit…
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King Charles III

Royal Collection Trust announces big change for major venues

Another major change is coming next year, this time within the Royal Collection Trust. On 4th December, the Trust announced that in 2024, The Queen’s Galleries at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse will become The King’s Galleries, reflecting the new reign of King Charles III. Opened by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2002, The Queen’s Galleries at Buckingham Palace and…
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