Queen Máxima of the Netherlands spoke
with the children of divorced parents during a visit to the Villa
Pinedo buddy program in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The program, which
won an Apples of Orange Award from the King and Queen’s Orange Fund
in 2020, supports young people who are living through their
parents’ divorce by matching them with a peer who’s already had the
experience. During…
The Duchess of Cambridge launches the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
18th June 2021
The Duchess of Cambridge has launched the
Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, an umbrella of her
charitable organisation which will “drive awareness of and action
on the extraordinary impact of the early years, in order to
transform society for generations to…
Crown Princess Mary officially opened a
youth hospice in Rønde on Djursland this week. The Crown Princess
opened Strandbakkehuset after a delay caused by the global health
crisis. The building is a state of the art facility that has
already won an award as Health…
Sophie talks about Prince Philip in new BBC interview: "He has left a giant-sized hole in our lives"
17th June 2021
The Countess of Wessex sat down for a
wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio 5 Live on Wednesday morning,
speaking about her late father-in-law, her work on behalf of rape
survivors, and life during lockdown. Speaking to radio host Naga
Munchetty, Sophie was brought to tears talking about the late
Prince Philip, who passed away in April. She called the loss a
“giant-sized hole in our…
The Duchess of Cornwall spoke about her
mother-in-law’s “passion in life,” horse racing, with ITV Racing on
Tuesday, the first day of Royal Ascot. Camilla agreed to sit down
with ITV Racing to discuss the Royal Family’s connection to racing,
and a snippet of the…
The Queen is told she was ''quite the hit'' during audience with Australian Prime Minister
16th June 2021
Queen Elizabeth II met with Australian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Windsor Castle on Tuesday,
discussing her appearance at the G7 Summit last week. “You were
quite the hit. Everyone was talking about you at dinner the next
night,” the Prime Minister told her…
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…
