British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

Duchess of Cambridge lends support to Backyard Nature Campaign: “Spending time in nature can play a pivotal role in helping children grow up to become happy, healthy adults"

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10th July 2019
The Duchess of Cambridge has lent her support to a nature campaign encouraging children to play outdoors and protect nature where they live. In a statement on the Backyard Nature website, Kate wrote about how important it is for children to spend time outdoors. “Spending time in nature can play a pivotal role in helping children grow up to become happy, healthy adults.” Backyard Nature is a…
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British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are hiring a diary organiser

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10th July 2019
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are hiring a diary coordinator to help them with their complex diaries and schedules, and if you’re interested, you’d better apply soon! William and Kate are looking for a permanent addition to their Kensington Palace team. Duties include “compiling and managing coordinated diary updates and weekly overviews; providing regular briefings; communicating diary…
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British RoyalsPrince & Princess of Wales

The Duchess of Cambridge receives patronage of the Royal Photographic Society from The Queen

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26th June 2019
The Duchess of Cambridge inherited the patronage of the Royal Photographic Society from The Queen on Tuesday. “It is a huge honour to have The Duchess as our Patron, especially given her personal interest in photography,” says Mike Taylor, Chief Operating Officer of the Royal Photographic Society. Embed from Getty Images Her Royal Highness attended her first engagement as patron of the Royal…
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The Gloucesters

Who is the Duchess of Gloucester?

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20th June 2019
Today, let’s take a look at the life of the Duchess of Gloucester. Birgitte Eva Henriksen was born on 20 June 1946 in Odense, Denmark, the youngest child of Asger Preben Wissing Henriksen and Vivian van Deurs. When her parents separated in 1966, Birgitte took her mother’s maiden name of van Deurs. She was educated in Odense, and at finishing school in Lausanne, Switzerland, before…
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