The King and Queen of Sweden have
welcomed the President of Italy to their country at the start of a
three day State Visit. Sergio Mattarella and his daughter, Laura,
will be accompanied by the Royal Family throughout much of their
tour which will take them to Stockholm and Skane, in the south of
Sweden. The visitors were given a welcome filled with pageantry as
they arrived on November 13th 2018.
The King and Queen of Spain have enjoyed
local culture, talked business and met young people supported by a
scheme to open up job opportunities as they continued their State
Visit to Peru. Day two of the tour also saw Felipe VI and Letizia
host a reception at the Spanish…
The Countess of Wessex was anything but
‘not amused’ this week when she was welcomed to a royal engagement
by a Queen Victoria impersonator. The brush with her husband’s
great, great, great, great grandmother came as Sophie officially
opened a newly…
If you think that royal baby mania is a
new thing, think again. Seventy years ago this week, ahead of the
birth of Prince Charles, the papers were filled with plenty of
stories about his parents, their plans and a very regal pregnancy.
As the then Princess Elizabeth prepared for the arrival of her
first child, no morsel of information about her expected baby was
too small to merit a mention. On…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain begin state visit to Peru
13th November 2018
The King and Queen of Spain have begun
their State Visit to Peru. Felipe VI and Letizia touched down in
Lima at the start of a three-day trip focused on boosting relations
between Spain and Peru as well as celebrating the historic ties
between the two countries. The first…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians have begun a series of tributes to those killed during the
First World War as the centenary of the end of the conflict
approaches. The King and Queen attended a special concert held to
mark the 100th anniversary of the…
Charles, William and Harry on new stamp to celebrate a landmark birthday
10th November 2018
New stamps are being issued in the UK to
mark the 70th birthday of the Prince of Wales. The set of six
stamps includes one bearing a previously unseen image of Prince
Charles with his two sons, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of
Sussex. The new photo of Charles, William and Harry was taken
earlier this summer at an event marking the centenary of the Royal
Air Force. The three princes are seen…
It made headlines around the world with
its revelation that the Prince of Wales will step back from
campaigning once he succeeds to the throne but the new BBC One
documentary Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 had plenty of
other special moments to savour as it followed…
The Duke of Sussex has paid tribute to
those killed while fighting for their country by planting a poppy
at the Field of Remembrance in London. Prince Harry’s visit marked
the official opening of this year’s memorial in the capital, a
commemoration which has now…
The Queen has officially opened a major
new building in the City of London. On November 7th, Her Majesty
visited the new Schroders Headquarters to mark a fresh chapter in
the history of the firm which has traded in London for over two
centuries. The offices, which have already been used by the
international asset management company for the past two months, are
at the Barbican and during her time…
