The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
added a communications chief to their Royal Foundation as their
charitable work continues to grow. According to a report from the
Evening Standard, a former government employee named Edwina Iddles
has been named Chief Communications Officer to the Royal Foundation
of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The source, reportedly a
close friend of Iddles’s…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend Holocaust Memorial Day service
28th January 2020
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
attended the UK Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony on Monday,
honouring the six million people who perished during the Holocaust
on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The royal couple attended the service in…
Property developers apologise for using Sussexes in housing advertisements
27th January 2020
They say don’t build your house upon the
sand; they also say don’t mention members of the Royal Family in
your advertisements, lest you want a legal complaint. A Northern
Ireland property development business found that out the hard way
when they teased that their…
The Duchess of Cambridge releases two portraits of Holocaust survivors for Holocaust Remembrance Day
27th January 2020
The Duchess of Cambridge has released two
photographs of Holocaust survivors in honour of Holocaust Memorial
Day 2020. The photos, taken earlier this month at Kensington
Palace, are part of a larger exhibit that will open later this
year—conceived by Jewish News, the Royal Photographic Society, and
the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Kate photographed two survivors
who later settled in…
Royal Family reportedly has contingency plan for Harry and Meghan if press intrusion proves too much
26th January 2020
The Royal Family are allegedly planning
for a scenario that sees Harry and Meghan return to the UK to get
away from paparazzi staking out their mansion on Vancouver Island.
In the Sunday Times, reporter Tim Shipman reveals that “Sources
close to the Royal Household say…
Prince Charles in the Occupied Palestine Territories and Israel: Day Two
25th January 2020
The Prince of Wales continued his
official visit to the Occupied Palestine Territories on Friday,
undertaking engagements in Bethlehem on his first visit to the
country. Prince Charles’s day began with a walk through Bethlehem
with Muslim and Christian leaders before a…
The Prince of Wales began his first
official visit to Israel on Thursday, attending the World Holocaust
Forum, and undertaking engagements in Jerusalem. As soon as Prince
Charles landed—en route from Davos, Switzerland, and the World
Economic Forum where he’d given a keynote speech—he met Israeli
President Reuven Rivlin at his official residence, Beit HaNassi,
for talks.
The Countess of Wessex wrapped up a
two-day official visit to Sierra Leone on Thursday, visiting a
school in Freetown to see how girls and women are empowered through
education in the West African country. Sophie’s trip, as recounted
on the Royal Family website, notes…
The Countess of Wessex is in Sierra Leone
this week, focusing on “addressing sexual and gender-based
violence, supporting survivors, and championing women’s roles in
peacebuilding.” The visit, which came at the request of the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, sees…
The Duchess of Cambridge visited HMP
Send, a women’s prison in Surrey, on the final leg of her 24-hour
UK tour; reuniting with women she’d met on a previous visit in 2015
and meeting with new women to discuss the Forward Programme. The
scheme, implemented by the Forward Trust, provides “intensive,
abstinence-based addiction services in the UK, working across the
country to empower people…
