As one of the hardest working couples in the British Royal Family, the Earl and Countess of Wessex have had a very busy 2021. There were several significant family events, as well as countless engagements where they represented The Queen. Edward and Sophie regularly carry out engagements, while their children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn do not.
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Prince Charles walks in the footsteps of the past to preserve history for future generations
15th December 2021
ast week the Prince of Wales visited the ruins of Abbey Cwmhir in the valley of the Clywedog brook in Wales to highlight the area’s history and the preservation work happening.
Prince Charles visited the Abbey ruins to meet with local historians and community…
Her Majesty’s Gold Medal for Poetry has been awarded for 2021 to Grace Nichols, a Guyanese poet who moved to Britain in 1977.
Nichols’ first poetry collection, I Is a Long-Memoried Woman, was published in 1983 and won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Her work celebrates…
Queen Margrethe was in the audience last night at the Pantomime Theatre, along with many of her family members, to enjoy her work on The Snow Queen. Appropriately, it was snowing as they arrived and were dressed for the weather.
The Queen has worked with Tivoli Ballet Theatre in Copenhagen on several different projects, both as a set and costume designer. Two years ago, she started working on a…
The Duchess of Cambridge has visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to see a new exhibition with royal ties.
Catherine visited the V&A on Thursday morning to see Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution, which recently opened. The exhibition includes over…
Aiko, Princess Toshi, the daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, will reach the age of maturity on her twentieth birthday on 1 December 2022. In the following days, she will take part in specific ceremonies and will start attending public engagements with her…
Inside the Jubilee Exhibition: The Queen's most famous portrait?
22nd November 2021
To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the Royal Collection Trust will be staging three different exhibitions in 2022. The exhibition at Buckingham Palace will focus on her Accession, the Windsor Castle exhibition on her Coronation, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse exhibition on her Jubilees. The Buckingham Palace exhibition will feature some of the most famous portraits of The…
Catherine the Great is back on screen: a new season of The Great premieres
22nd November 2021
The second season of The Great from Hulu has premiered in the United States and Canada and will be premiering in the United Kingdom on 5 December. The popular period drama is a fictional take on Catherine the Great’s early reign.Â
The Great was written by Tony…
Inside the Jubilee exhibitions: Coronation on show at Windsor Castle
18th November 2021
The Royal Collection Trust will be staging three different exhibitions in 2022 to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The exhibition at Windsor Castle is set to explore The Queen’s Coronation in…
The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara: an iconic royal jewel
17th November 2021
The Queen has numerous tiaras to choose from for formal occasions. However, there are a few that she turns to again and again. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is one of those pieces, and even features in the first portraits taken during her reign.
Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara was given to Princess May of Teck as a wedding present. Society hostess…
