An online map showing street parties and
celebrations for the Coronation has been launched. The digital
record of big lunches and volunteer days will be interactive and
allow people to see what is going on in their area. Event
organisers are invited to load their celebrations on to the map as
the countdown to the Coronation reaches the two month mark. The map
can be found on the…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will host a
Coronation Big Lunch at 10 Downing Street. The PM will join
thousands of other organisers across the UK in setting up a
community celebration in his back garden to mark the crowning of
King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The…
The holy oil that will be used to anoint
King Charles III at his Coronation has been made from olives grown
at the final resting place of his beloved grandmother, Princess
Alice. The olives have been harvested from a grove growing at the
Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene in…
The oil of chrism which will be used to
anoint King Charles III at his Coronation has been consecrated in
Jerusalem. The oil was consecrated on March 3rd 2023 by the
Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, and
by The Most Reverend Hosam Naoum, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.
The anointing is one of the most sacred moments in the Coronation
and has never been…
It’s all change on the Windsor estate as
the keys to royal residences change hands. The Duke of York is
reported to be on his way out of Royal Lodge while the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex have confirmed that they have been asked to
vacate Frogmore Cottage. And that move…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will
make two State Visits in early Spring. The King and Queen will
travel to France and Germany at the end of March. On March 26th
2023, they will arrive in France for a four day State Visit which
will include time in Paris and…
The future kings of the United Kingdom
and Norway have met again and put the environment at the heart of
their conversation. The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed Crown
Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit to Windsor Castle
during an official visit by the Norwegian royals to the UK. The
four had previously met when William and Kate headed to Oslo in
2018. During their latest…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is
recuperating at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen after doctors
gave her the go ahead to leave hospital following extensive back
surgery. Queen Margrethe returned home over a week after the
operation. Her medical team said the procedure…
It’s been a generation game for the
Coronation in recent days as thoughts turn to the role the
grandchildren of King Charles III and of Queen Camilla might play
on the big day itself, May 6th 2023. There are reports that Prince
George, second in line to the throne, will…
There’s much debate about the roles that
the grandchildren of King Charles III and Queen Camilla might play
at their Coronation which takes place on May 6th 2023. A quick
delve into the history books shows that very few kings and queens
have been grandparents at the time they were crowned. But those
that were often found themselves welcoming new grandchildren in the
same year as their…
