The Countess of Wessex has paid tribute
to Suffragette leaders at a special event in London. Sophie
officially renamed three towers at the London School of Economics
after some of the most high profile campaigners, one hundred years
after women were first granted the right to vote in Britain. The
countess attended a ceremony at Clement’s Inn in the capital on
Friday November 23rd to name the…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are moving out of Kensington Palace
24th November 2018
Harry and Meghan will start their family
life in a new home. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to move
to Frogmore Cottage, Windsor which will become their official
residence ahead of the arrival of their first child next spring.
Confirmation of their plans came from…
With just weeks to go until cinema
viewers get to see Margot Robbie in action as Elizabeth I, the
Hollywood star has been talking about what it’s like to play one of
the most famous royals in history. The Oscar-nominated actress
plays the Tudor monarch in the new…
The Portland Tiara, commissioned for a
duchess to wear at a glittering and hugely important royal
occasion, has been stolen. The diadem, made by Cartier in 1902
ahead of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was
taken on Tuesday night from the gallery where it is on display.
Thieves broke into the Portland Collection Gallery on the Welbeck
Estate in Worksop, Nottinghamshire…
It was the beginning of a royal chapter
which would make history time and time again. But on November 20th
1947, the ceremony which joined Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip as wife and husband was described by one of the clergy
involved as ”in all essentials, exactly…
If you’ve not yet had your guess on what
Baby Sussex will be called, then help might just be at hand.
There’s been plenty of speculation already about what the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex might call their first child, due in the spring,
but a little bit of history can go…
Once upon a time, there was a queen who
tried to help children live happily ever after – by encouraging
them to read. And this isn’t the stuff of fairytales. Queen
Mathilde of the Belgians spent a day telling stories to babies and
toddlers as she gave her backing to a literacy scheme focused on
helping the very youngest to read. Mathilde visited a nursery in
Boutersem in the province of…
It’s been a busy week for the Earl and
Countess of Wessex which has seen them support some major medical
initiatives, give their backing to the rural economy and meet Queen
Victoria. It’s also been a week which has seen Edward and Sophie
cover a large part of the UK on…
Prince Charles celebrates his birthday with some special septegenarians
15th November 2018
The Prince of Wales spent part of his
birthday celebrating with seventy other men and women who all turn
seventy this year. Charles, along with the Duchess of Cornwall,
attended a party in London organised by The Sun which invited
along readers born in the same year as the…
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.
