British Royals

A camouflaged Sophie visits her reservists in Cumbria

Camouflaged against the valley of the Warcop Training Area, the Duchess of Edinburgh jas joined one of her regiments for a training exercise. Sophie, Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen’s Own Yeomanry, joined the reservists on an away day in Cumbria. After meeting with the regiment’s leaders and members of the reserves, she watched as the reservists undertook a training exercise. The Queen’s…
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British Royals

How the Princess of Wales made Welsh daffodils part of her Coronation outfit

The Princess of Wales wore go-to designer Alexander McQueen at the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla and her dress contained a special nod to Wales. Her gown was ivory silk crepe and featured silver embroidery of the floral emblems of the United Kingdom: roses, thistles, daffodils, and shamrocks. The embroidery work was created with silver bullion and thread work. One of the…
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Norway

King Harald cold delays start at ski championship

The Norwegian Royal Family is set to celebrating skiing over the next week, but they’ll start without their monarch: King Harald has come down with a cold. The Royal Court announced on Wednesday, ahead of a week chockful of engagements in Trondheim and Granåsen for the…
British Royals

A chance to see the spot where the formal accession of King Charles took place

When St James’s Palace opens its doors to public tours later this spring, visitors will have the chance to visit the room where the formal proclamation of King Charles III took place in September 2022. The palace is not normally open to tours, however after a few years of a pilot programme testing out tours, its doors are set to open later this spring to officially welcome in visitors for a…
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Royal News

The King pulls a pint after a day out in Staffordshire

Joking that he’d be in the wrong place if he weren’t stepping into Tower Brewery, King Charles celebrated the end of a day of engagements in Staffordshire with a pint of ‘supercharged’ ale. The King was in the West Midlands to visit JCB, a construction equipment company, and Tower Brewery. The visit to JCB coincided with the company’s 80th anniversary. The construction equipment…
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