Can it really be a month already since
the Platinum Jubilee? On June 5th 2022, the final spectacle of the
weekend of celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the reign
of Elizabeth II took place before Her Majesty stepped on to the
balcony of Buckingham Palace while the crowd sang the national
anthem. As most years do, 2022 seems to be picking up pace as it
grows older, meaning that the…
The Duchess of Cornwall has been
photographed for her 75th birthday – by the Duchess of Cambridge.
Camilla asked Kate to take an official picture to mark her
milestone celebration. The image will feature on the front of the
special edition of Country Life magazine which…
A new version of God Save The Queen grabs the headlines, but is it time to change the national anthem?
3rd July 2022
It’s been sung thousands of times in the
last weeks as the Platinum Jubilee celebrations took over the
country but the British national anthem just got a very special
makeover and it’s got plenty of people talking. Ahead of the
British Grand Prix at Silverstone…
The Queen’s outfits from the Platinum
Jubilee are going on show together for the first time. Less than a
month after they were all first revealed to the world, her picks
for her two historic appearances on the balcony of Buckingham
Palace have become part of a new display at Holyroodhouse Palace in
Edinburgh. A display celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee,
Palace of Holyroodhouse…
It was billed as Monaco’s biggest
celebration in over fifty years. But in the days before the royal
wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock, this
fairytale romance began to exercise a more morose fascination.
Reports that the bride had tried to flee…
Princess Charlene has given a nod to her
wedding day in a new portrait marking the anniversary of her
marriage to Prince Albert. Charlene wears an aqua blue outfit for
the celebratory snap, an almost identical shade to the colour she
chose for her civil wedding to the…
The Queen has arrived at the Palace of
Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to start the week of engagements that
traditionally takes place at the start of summer. Her Majesty’s
arrival was only confirmed a few hours before her car drove into
the Palace’s grounds. She was accompanied by the Earl and Countess
of Wessex. Holyrood Week usually takes place at the end of June and
includes a series of…
The Queen of Spain has met the First Lady
of the United States as Madrid gets ready for one of the biggest
international political summits of the year. Queen Letizia welcomed
Jill Biden to the Zarzuela Palace on June 27 2022, just hours
before the NATO summit was due to…
The Prince of Wales has commissioned a
series of portraits of the Windrush generation as he focuses on
ensuring their impact and contribution is fully recognised. Prince
Charles will bring together some of the best portrait artists in
the Commonwealth to paint members of…
Prince Charles hosts Boris Johnson and Commonwealth leaders at end of day of debate in Rwanda
25th June 2022
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall have hosted a dinner for Commonwealth leaders as CHOGM got
under way in Rwanda. Among their guests were the UK Prime Minister,
Boris Johnson, who held several meetings with the Prince through
the day. It’s the first time that Prince Charles and Boris Johnson
have come together since it was reported that the heir to the
throne objected to…
