King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
will undertake their first state visit since the global health
crisis began over a year ago, with a state visit to Germany
confirmed for early July. The Dutch Royal House announced this news
on Tuesday, noting that the royals will visit Germany from 5 to 7
July. Their invitation comes from German President Frank-Walter
Steinmeier and is the latest in a…
The Duchess of Cambridge and Jill Biden meet for early years event during G7 Summit
11th June 2021
The Duchess of Cambridge teamed up with
US First Lady Jill Biden for a joint engagement in Hayle, Cornwall
today ahead of the G7 Summit. Both women have made early childhood
education and the early years core focus points of their public
work, and so the pair visited the…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark gave the
opening speech at the UN World Goals Conference, and the launch of
the new National Action Plan for those goals, earlier this week,
saying that “now it is action.” The UN Sustainable Development
Goals were created in 2015 as…
The Princess Royal honoured a ‘hidden
figure’ of engineering with the Prince Philip Medal this week,
ahead of what would have been her late father’s 100th birthday. Dr
Gladys West, an American mathematician whose pioneering work in
modelling led the way to the creation of GPS, was honoured by
Princess Anne in a virtual ceremony earlier this week. Speaking to
Princess Anne via video…
The Diana Award will be presented at the
childhood home of the late Diana, Princess of Wales later this
year. Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, will welcome winners of the
2021 Legacy Awards to the family home at Althorp House on 9
December for an awards ceremony. In…
The Earl of Wessex spoke of his late
father’s memory on what would have been his 100th birthday,
revealing that The Queen has been doing “remarkably well” in the
months since his passing. In an exclusive, and wide-ranging,
interview with CNN’s royal correspondent…
New details of The Queen’s upcoming
meeting with President Biden have been released ahead of their
meeting this weekend. The Queen will welcome President Biden and
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at Windsor Castle on 13 June, while the
President is in the UK for the G7 Summit. Buckingham Palace
announced that The Queen will receive the American President at the
dais in the Quadrangle at Windsor…
The Queen marks what would have been Prince Philip’s 100th birthday by planting a rose
10th June 2021
The Queen has received a commemorative
rose to mark what would have been the 100th birthday of Prince
Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. The deep pink commemorative rose,
bred by the Royal Horticultural Society—of which The Queen is
President—was presented to Her Majesty…
The Queen has made a historic designation
to a village in Northern Ireland, making it the first in the
country to receive Royal Status. The village of Hillsborough, where
Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Her Majesty’s official Northern
Ireland residence is located…
Beacons to be lit across the UK and around the Commonwealth to mark The Queen's 70-year reign
3rd June 2021
Buckingham Palace announced the first
major plans for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year, running
over an extra-long bank holiday weekend in June. On Thursday 2
June, one of the first major events of the Platinum Jubilee weekend
will be the lighting of Platinum Jubilee Beacons. These beacons
will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the
Isle of Man, other UK…
