The Princess Royal has made her first
voyage as Admiral of the Sea Cadets. Princess Anne took to the
waves in TS Royalist, their flagship, and sailed for the Solent
during her visit to the organisation on April 21st 2022. Photo by
the Sea Cadets She took over as Admiral in 2021. The Sea Cadets
Corps is a national youth charity that works with around 15,000
young people around the…
The decision of the King and Queen of
Spain to pass their Easter holidays mostly in private has led to
debate in some of the country’s newspapers. King Felipe, Queen
Letizia and their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia,
spent Easter Saturday visiting Ukrainian…
The Earl and Countess of Wessex have
arrived in St. Lucia for a week long Caribbean tour marking the
Platinum Jubilee. Edward and Sophie were all smiles as they arrived
on the island on April 22nd 2022. The couple were welcomed at the
airport by the Deputy Prime Minister…
The Prince of Wales is challenging young
people around the world to design their dream future with nature at
its heart. Prince Charles has set the challenge to mark Earth Day
2022. In a video message, he calls on children and young people to
”draw, paint or write about” the future they want to see. He asks
them to put the natural world at the centre of their vision. His
call…
A ‘tree of trees’ will be placed in front
of Buckingham Palace as a central point of the Jubilee
celebrations. The sculpture, measuring 21 metres, will include 350
native British trees. The artwork, designed by Thomas Heatherwick,
will ensure that trees and…
Not all kings and queens are born in
castles. The tale of the longest reigning Monarch in British
history began in a London townhouse. To be precise, No 17, Bruton
Street, Mayfair for that is where Elizabeth II was born. In
the 1920s this now famous address was the…
As The Queen turns 96, many UK papers
feature her photo as well as tributes to a record breaking Monarch
in her Platinum Jubilee year. But Elizabeth II has been dominating
the front pages for almost a century now. Back on April 21st 1926,
when the Queen was born, there was plenty of excitement over the
arrival of a new princess who – at the time – was several steps
removed from the Crown…
The Platinum Jubilee tour of Grenada by
the Earl and Countess of Wessex has been postponed. Buckingham
Palace announced that, following consultation with the Government
of Grenada and advice from the Governor General, the visit would
not go ahead in the coming weeks.
The Queen will soon reach a new
milestone. On June 13th 2022, she becomes the second longest
reigning Monarch in recorded history. However, an argument from the
tailend of the reign of Queen Victoria might just be enough to
propel her into an even more historic position.
The Queen has marked her 96th birthday
with a new photo celebrating one of her greatest passions. Her
Majesty, long known for her love of horse riding and racing, is
shown with two of her fell ponies in a new image released by the
Windsor Horse Show. The Queen is seen standing alongside Bybeck
Katie and Bybeck Nightingale at Windsor. The image was taken in
March but shared as the Monarch…
