Prince & Princess of Wales

Duke of Cambridge takes part in football podcast

The Duke of Cambridge has taken part in a football podcast to discuss the Heads Up campaign, which will be released this week. William invited That Peter Crouch Podcast hosts Peter Crouch, Tom Fordyce, and Chris Stark to Kensington Palace back in March to chat about the campaign and football; though they had to record bits of it over the telephone from lockdown as well. The That Peter Crouch…
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Duke of Cambridge pens letter of support for Kaziranga National Park

The Duke of Cambridge has sent a letter of support to the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve following devastating flooding during the monsoon season, which has seen 92% of the park inundated and 123 animals killed. William and Kate visited Kaziranga National Park in 2016 as part of their royal visit to India and Bhutan. In the message, William writes: “Catherine and I were…
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King's speech letter sells for £76,250 at auction

A letter from King George VI to his speech therapist has sold at auction for £76,250. The letter was written at Windsor Castle and was sold with a silver-gilt cigarette case by auctioneers Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury. The newly-crowned king wrote to Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist who had been helping him manage his stutter, five days after his coronation, on 17 May to say…
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The Cambridges grant £1.8 million to mental health and frontline workers with Royal Foundation

The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced grants totalling nearly £1.8 million from a COVID-19 fund established at the beginning of the pandemic. William and Kate announced the news on social media, writing that they have granted the money to “10 leading charities at the heart of mental health and frontline support through a bespoke fund” and “build on the…
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