Royal News

The Prince of Wales focuses on food waste as he returns to public engagements

The Prince of Wales has put the spotlight on food waste as he began public engagements for the first time since the Princess of Wales announced she is being treated for cancer. Prince William headed to Surplus to Supper in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey to see how they make sure food and goods that shops and wholesalers would otherwise throw away is put to good use. The Prince spent time meeting…
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Features

The beautiful wedding flowers of Princess Grace of Monaco

It was a ground breaking and glamourous royal wedding and the images of it remain as familiar now as they have ever done. The world watched, enthralled, when Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 19th 1956. Her wedding dress has become one of the most celebrated royal outfits of modern times. And her bridal bouquet is just as well known. For her religious wedding, Grace chose a…
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Norway

King Harald set to return to royal duties after two months sick leave

The King of Norway will take up his official duties again after an absence of almost two months caused by illness. King Harald, 87, hasn’t carried out any engagements since the middle of February when he was taken ill during a holiday to Malaysia. He was treated in hospital there after contracting an infection and had to have a temporary pacemaker fitted before he was well enough to…
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British Royals

The royal bride who refused to wear white for her wedding

She was marrying a king’s son, a royal duke who was fifth in line to a throne. Her wedding was hugely anticipated, the latest in a series of magnificent marriages in a dynasty that still sparkled despite a continental turn against monarchy that had seen many of its most closely related royal families toppled from power. And yet this royal bride was determined to do things her own way. When…
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