British Royals

King Charles and Queen Camilla in Kenya: what to expect from an historic State Visit

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26th October 2023
King Charles and Queen Camilla will undertake their first Commonwealth visit when they visit Kenya later this month. Buckingham Palace has announced that the King and Queen have been invited to Kenya for a State Visit between 31 October and 3 November, and that they will “celebrate the warm relationship between the two countries and the strong and dynamic partnership they continue to forge”…
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Spain

Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia lead the way celebrating communities in Asturias

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22nd October 2023
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía led the Spanish Royal Family in celebrating the parishes of Arroes, Pion and Candana, which have been awarded the Princess of Asturias Exemplary Town Award this year. Together, Arroes, Pion and Candana make up Villaviciosa. They jointly received the award this year due to “having managed to preserve a diversified economy based on local resources and that, at…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William hears about impact of wildfires in Canada

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22nd October 2023
The Prince of Wales has spoken with fire service representatives from across Canada following the worst wildfire season in the country’s history. Prince William spoke with six people from Nova Scotia, Quebec, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories after a historic wildfire season that saw 18.5 million hectares of land burned from over 6,500 fires. William began the call by asking…
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Norway

What is the Order of St. Olav?

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18th October 2023
King Harald’s gift to Prince Christian on his 18th birthday this past weekend was the designation as a Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav. What is the Order of St. Olav? Let’s discuss. Founded by King Oscar I in 1847, though he reigned as the Sovereign of both Norway and Sweden, the Order of St. Olav was distinctly a Norwegian chivalric order. When the union dissolved in 1905, another…
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