Jewels belonging to the doomed French
queen, Marie Antoinette, have gone up for auction in Geneva and
sold for several times more than the original estimate. Marie
Antoinette sent two diamond bracelets to a former Austrian
ambassador in Brussels for safekeeping and is thought to have even
wrapped the bracelets in cotton cloths and packed them in a wooden
box to keep them…
On Wednesday, 10 November, ahead of
Remembrance Sunday, The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Imperial
War Museum in London. She was at the museum to open two different
galleries, one which included some of her own photographs. In
an Alexander McQueen blouse that she…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of
the Netherlands are in Norway for a three day state visit that was
postponed from 2020 due to the global health crisis. They arrived
on the morning of Tuesday, 9 November and after several engagements
during the day attended a state…
On 8 November, Lady Louise Windsor – the
daughter of The Earl and Countess of Wessex – will turn 18. And on
her 18th birthday, she could choose to go by the style “Princess
Louise”. However, she would not be the first Princess Louise in the
Royal Family. The last Princess Louise was the Princess Royal and
the mother of a duchess in her own right. Princess Louise of
Wales was…
On 8 November 2021, Lady Louise Windsor
will turn 18. The elder child of Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex,
and his wife, Sophie, much of the conversation around her milestone
birthday is about her styling. Louise is known formally as Lady
Louise Windsor, as the daughter…
While The Queen was unable to attend the
COP26 climate conference in Glasgow due to health reasons, she
recorded a message for world leaders and activists gathered there.
She wore a particularly poignant piece of jewellery for her
statement, a butterfly brooch that is rarely…
The Prince of Wales has addressed world
leaders at the COP26 climate conference for the second time,
speaking at the World Leaders Action on Forests and Land Use Event.
He gave his speech while wearing a unique gift. Prince
Charles met with a delegation of Indigenous leaders representing 24
different nations with tropical rainforests from the Global
Alliance of Territorial Communities. The…
The Prince of Wales, the Duchess of
Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have attended an
evening reception on the opening day of the COP26 climate
conference in Glasgow. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is
hosting the reception at Kelvingrove Art…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has
continued a holiday tradition this year when she attended the
Presentation of the Christmas Seal this year. On Monday, 1
November, the Crown Princess unveiled the 2021 Christmas Stamp with
this year’s chosen illustrator, Peter…
The Queen marks independence anniversary for Antigua and Barbuda
1st November 2021
The Queen has sent a message of good
wishes to His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams, Governor-General of
Antigua and Barbuda, to mark their 40th Anniversary of
Independence. Antigua and Barbuda were formally British colonies.
Antigua was first colonised by the English in 1632 and Barbuda in
1678. Though originally separate colonies, Barbuda became a
dependency of Antigua in the…
