It’s one of the most heartwarming events on the holiday calendar, and Queen Camilla continued her tradition of welcoming children supported by Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity to Clarence House to help her decorate for Christmas.
The Queen was overheard telling her special guests, “This is an especially lovely occasion.”
During their…
For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II was a staple of Christmas Day, appearing on television, radio and on the internet throughout her reign to deliver her annual Christmas Message. Now, it is King Charles who speaks to country and Commonwealth on Christmas Day. But this…
For seasoned royal watchers, there’s really only one mystery left to wrap up King Charles III’s accession to the throne: his Royal Family Order.
Given out as a personal gift from the Sovereign to female members of the Royal Family, the Royal Family Order has been a…
The Princess of Wales opens children's day surgery unit at Evelina London
5th December 2023
The Princess of Wales has opened the new Children’s Day Surgery Unit at Evelina London.
The Children’s Day Surgery Unit will allow the hospital to treat up to an additional 2,300 children a year and offers two brand-new operating theatres capable of providing one-day service to families that includes pre-surgery check=ups, operations, and recovery in the same space.
During her visit…
Blink and you might have missed him, but the Prince of Wales has been out on the streets helping sell the latest edition of Big Issues magazine with his friend, Dave.
Kensington Palace shared a snap of the two together with the caption: “Great to be back with Dave…
How the Princess of Wales put young people at the heart of her carol service
5th December 2023
The Princess of Wales is ensuring that young people are at the heart of this year’s Together at Christmas carol service on Friday with Kensington Palace announcing a host of ways that children will feature.
Now in its third year, the Together at Christmas carol service…
Another major change is coming next year, this time within the Royal Collection Trust.
On 4th December, the Trust announced that in 2024, The Queen’s Galleries at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse will become The King’s Galleries, reflecting the new reign of King Charles III.
Opened by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2002, The Queen’s Galleries at Buckingham Palace and…
It was a banner year for King Charles: his first full year on the throne, not to mention the global spectacle of his coronation earlier this May, and now, as the year winds to a close, he finds himself on Time magazine’s shortlist for Person of the Year.
Time announced…
Surfing, video games and a very popular film pick - Norway's birthday prince reveals his passions to his big sister
4th December 2023
It wouldn’t be considered a hard-hitting interview by journalistic standards, but the charming royal siblings in Norway hit social media with an 18th-birthday interview for Prince Sverre Magnus over the weekend.
The Prince, who turned 18 on Sunday, was interviewed by…
How Queen Elizabeth II made history with a landmark Christmas message
2nd December 2023
”Twenty-five years ago my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages. Today is another landmark because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas Day.”
Queen Elizabeth II uttered those words on Christmas Day 1957 during her first televised Christmas Message, broadcast live from the Long Library at the Sandringham Estate in…
