With yesterday’s announcement from
Buckingham Palace that Prince Philip will be retiring from his
public role this autumn, talk has quickly turned to what this means
for the rest of the family. With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
already planning to relocate to London full-time this fall, the
time has clearly come for the younger generations to increasing
their contribution to supporting The…
A new exhibition displaying iconic images
of Diana, Princess of Wales has opened at the Althorp Estate,
Northampton, the princess’s final resting place and the family seat
of the Earls of Spencer since 1508. The images – fifteen in total,
taken in 1997 by legendary…
New BBC2 drama King Charles III portrays
a British Royal Family descending into chaos following the
ascension of Prince Charles to the throne. Adapted from Mike
Bartlett’s West End and Broadway hit of the same name, the show
features a full-blown constitutional crisis and…
Mayor Mircea Hava of former capital city
Alba Iulia, in Transylvania, has extended a formal invitation to
Prince Charles to take on the honorific title of Prince of
Transylvania. In a letter to the Prince of Wales Mayor Hava said:
“We know how much you love Transylvania. It has become your second
home and you have been the region’s most valuable ambassador.
Moreover, you claim your roots from…
During a three-day visit to strengthen UK
ties to the Middle East, Prime Minister Theresa May visited the
royal palace in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman and hold
talks on a wide range of subjects. At the top of the agenda was
security and business. A spokesperson for…
King Maha Vajiralongkorn has signed a new
constitutional document in Bangkok with paves the way for a return
to democracy in Thailand while still allowing the army to have an
influential role in politics. The document commits government to
follow the 20-year development plan…
Prince Charles speaks to Holocaust survivors about his grandmother who hid Jewish family
7th April 2017
Speaking with Holocaust survivors at the
Jewish Museum in Vienna, Prince Charles shared his pride for his
‘amazing’ grandmother, who sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis
during World War Two. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall were in Vienna on the final stop on their nine-day
European tour, which saw them visit Romania, Italy and Austria.
Their visit to the Jewish Museum gave…
Heir Force One! Aides to Prince Charles deny he bumped the Prime Minister off her plane for his European visits
6th April 2017
Royal sources have dismissed suggestions
that Prince Charles inconvenienced British Prime Minister Theresa
May by taking a Royal Air Force plane for his official visits with
the Duchess of Cornwall in Europe. Sources speaking to the Evening
Standard newspaper said that the…
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is
set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince
Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life,
publishing this Thursday, 6 April. After four years interviewing
300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
Documentary reveals MI5 spied on the Duke of Windsor during his reign & after his abdication
3rd April 2017
In a Channel 4 documentary, Spying on the
Royals, which aired Sunday night in the UK, it was revealed that
during and after his brief reign as King, Edward VIII was under
surveillance by the British secret service. Adrian Phillips, author
of The King Who Had to Go, has said that ‘putting MI5 onto Edward
VIII was to treat the unchallenged and legitimate head of state as
a potential threat to…
