The Countess of Wessex headed to a royal
local to meet up with old friends to show her support for
businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Sophie spent an
afternoon with fellow members of the Women’s Institute at a pub to
hear about the impact of lockdown on the hospitality trade. The
Countess visited the Half Moon at Windlesham, Surrey, a popular
spot with her husband who has…
Usually, as July gets under way, we
expect the royal diary to start to slim down as summer holidays
beckon. However, 2020 is proving different there, too. A lockdown
begins to ease in countries across Europe, the continent’s royal
families have had their busiest time…
The Duke of Cambridge has popped to the
local pub as the hospitality trade across England prepares to open
up again after months of closures caused by the coronavirus
pandemic. As pubs and restaurants across the country got ready to
welcome back visitors, William spent time…
The Princess Royal has been captured on
camera talking about the time her mother met a talking train. It’s
all in a good cause. Princess Anne has read a special version of a
Thomas the Tank Engine story to celebrate a successful campaign by
one of the charities closest to her heart. The Princess Royal’s
reading of ‘Thomas and the Royal Train’ brought to an end a
special…
One of the UK’s most famous royal
buildings is getting ready to welcome back visitors after
coronavirus pandemic restrictions began to lift. The Tower of
London will open its doors again to tourists as summer gets well
and truly under way. The Tower opens again on…
They were an unexpected king and queen
and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King
Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixty first
wedding anniversary. The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959
in Brussels, now live quietly following…
The King of the Belgians has been
pictured with his predecessor and his heir as the country’s royal
family continued their very public support for local tourism. King
Philippe, King Albert II and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
were photographed together as Belgium’s royals visited a popular
spot to encourage others to holiday at home. [getty
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The Queen has sent a message of thanks to
mark Armed Forces Day in which she praised personnel and veterans
for their dedication and spoke of the way both serving and past
members ‘contribute’ to life across the UK. The message, signed
Elizabeth R., was sent…
‘Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced,
beheaded, survived.’ That sad little rhyme, summing up the fates of
Henry VIII’s six wives, is familiar to many. But while just about
everyone knows that the monarch with a thing for wedding cake said
‘I do’…
Richard III was declared King of England
on June 26th 1483 – thanks to a royal romance which had all but
been forgotten. She was the long dead widow who was used by a king
to overthrow his own nephew and yet her name is all but forgotten
today. Eleanor Butler was the woman who helped change the royal
history of England forever and almost brought one of its most
famous dynasties to…
