Royal News

The King leads Royal Family cheers as England reach the final of the Euros

King Charles has asked the England football team to make it easy on their fans as they approach their second Euros final on the bounce. His Majesty sent congratulations to the team within moments of them winning their semi-final against the Netherlands. The match was secured by a wonder goal from Ollie Watkins just moments before the final whistle was due to go. And The King couldn’t…
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The princess who gave up being HRH - for love

Many of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s grandchildren married into various royal families across Europe. Not all did, though. Princess Patricia of Connaught was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Princess Margaret Louise of Prussia, and…
Queen Camilla

A fresh focus on literacy for Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla visited Moreland Primary School on Tuesday to see a Coronation Library in place. The Queen was out to celebrate a milestone for the National Literacy Trust’s Coronation Library campaign, a part of the Libraries for Primaries initiative that hopes to make sure every UK school has a dedicated library.  Her Majesty met with teachers, pupils, and community members at…
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The Palais-Royal: from a prince of the church to revolution

While we often associate the French royals with the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre Palace, they owned far more than that over the centuries. The Palais-Royal in Paris began as a cardinal’s palace but made its way into royal hands. The Palais-Royal is in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, on Rue Saint-Honoré. Architect Jacques Lemercier was commissioned in the late 1620s to create a…
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King Charles III

Tradition of the Ceremony of the Keys welcomes Charles III to his Scottish kingdom

The King took part in a historic ceremony to begin Holyrood Week in Edinburgh.  The Ceremony of the Keys is held in the Forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse whenever the Monarch arrives. This time it was for the week that King Charles and Queen Camilla traditionally spend in Scotland each July.  In the ceremony, the Lord Provost offered the keys of the city on a velvet pillow with this…
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