The Queen has given one of the UK’s
highest awards for bravery to the NHS as it celebrates its 73rd
birthday. Her Majesty announced the award in a hand written letter,
sent from Windsor Castle. The Queen said “It is with great pleasure
on behalf of a grateful nation, that I award the George Cross to
the National Health Services of the United Kingdom. This award
recognises all NHS…
The Prince of Wales has picked some of
his favourite songs for a special radio programme marking the UK’s
first ”Thank You Day”. The hour long special also celebrates the
anniversary of the foundation of the National Health Service and
will be broadcast…
The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales
was finally revealed this week, on what would have been her 60th
birthday. Her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, shared the
tribute to their mother in an intimate ceremony in the Sunken
Garden at Kensington Palace on July 1st 2021.
Royal weddings bring all kinds of
expectations and among them is one filled with sparkle and glitter.
For we all assume a royal bride will arrive for her marriage
wearing a tiara. When the wedding will result in them becoming a
consort or consort in waiting, the expectation is even higher.
However, some of the most high profile royal brides of recent times
have decided to ditch the diadem. Royal…
The King of Spain has spoken of the
importance of richer countries sending coronavirus vaccines to
poorer nations as he welcomed the Secretary General of the United
Nations to Madrid. King Felipe’s appeal came in a speech at a lunch
at the Royal Palace in honour of…
It was billed as Monaco’s biggest
celebratios in over fifty years. In July 2011, Prince Albert II
married Charlene Wittstock in civil and religious ceremonies that
brought royals from across Europe to Monaco and grabbed the
attention of the world. The wedding was one…
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit,
a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a
princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to
Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the
help of Karl Lagerfeld. Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding took
place on July 1st 2011 at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco. For the
event, the first…
The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales
has been unveiled at Kensington Palace. Her two sons, Prince
William and Prince Harry, revealed the memorial on the afternoon of
July 1st 2021, the 60th anniversary of Diana’s birth. The
sculpture, by Ian Rank-Broadley…
It’s the place where one of the most
famous royal stories of the 20th century began. Park House, on the
Sandringham Estate, was the birthplace of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Diana was born there on July 1st 1961. Her parents, then Viscount
and Viscountess Althorp…
PICTURES: Take a look at Diana's favourite garden which has been redesigned to welcome her statue
1st July 2021
One of Diana, Princess of Wales’s
favourite locations has been redesigned as it becomes home to the
statue commemorating her life and legacy. The Sunken Garden at
Kensington Palace has been reshaped and now includes even more of
Diana’s favourite flowers. The new layout has been revealed just
hours before her sons, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of
Sussex, unveil the statue they…
