The Prince of Wales celebrates his 72nd
birthday on November 14th 2020 and will look back on an eventful
year which has seen change in his family and a challenge to alter
the Royal Family in a moment unprecedented in its recent history.
As Charles marks his birthday, Royal Central looks back at the year
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The Platinum Jubilee: the monarchical milestones reached in 2022 by Europe's other rulers
12th November 2020
The UK government has announced plans for
a four day celebration to mark the Platinum Jubilee of The Queen in
2022. Although the 70th anniversary of the accession of Elizabeth
II takes place on February 6th that year, the party won’t get
started until June when…
The Prince of Wales has laid a wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey as
commemorations for all those killed in war took place on Armistice
Day. Prince Charles, accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, paid
his respects at a special ceremony held at…
Westminster Abbey prepares for royal visit honouring the Unknown Warrior
11th November 2020
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall will attend a special ceremony marking the cententary of
the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey. The heir to
the throne and his wife will lead the commemoration which takes
place on Armistice Day, November 11th. Laurel has been placed
around the Warrior’s grave ahead of the service, echoing the
flowers and wreaths laid in…
The Queen’s floral tribute, left on the
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior ahead of Remembrance Day, was
especially poignant. Her Majesty left a replica of her wedding
bouquet on the grave as she paid her respects there just hours
before lockdown. It was a nod to a tradition…
It was a strange royal week as one family
retreated behind palace doors as a new lockdown began in England
while all continued to work round tough coronavirus restrictions
affecting the regal agenda as much as any other part of life. Queen
Sofia of Spain may have been glad…
It was a low key royal wedding, set
against a backdrop of family illness and impending drama. But the
marriage of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu
Douglas Scott, on November 6th 1935, began a royal partnership that
would become a bedrock for the House of Windsor as it faced some of
its most challenging times. Prince Henry, third son of King George
V and Queen Mary, had…
The Duchess of Cornwall has officially
opened the Field of Remembrance at Westminster. For the first time
in its 92 year history, the annual act of commemoration will be
closed to the public making this November’s unveiling even more
poignant. The Field of…
The Queen has paid her own personal
tributes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey.
Her Majesty made an unannounced visit to the grave, just hours
before lockdown began in England. This year marks the centenary of
the burial of the Unknown Soldier at the…
The Duke of Edinburgh has returned to
Windsor Castle from Sandringham, just days before a new period of
lockdown is set to begin in England. Prince Philip, who is 99, had
been living at Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in recent weeks
while the Queen returned to royal duties, basing herself at
Windsor. Her Majesty travelled to Norfolk in the last days of
October to see her husband and the…
