It’s been a week of remembering the past
and looking to the future for the Queen. As well as the usual
audiences, including her weekly meeting with Prime Minister Theresa
May, the Queen has celebrated a special anniversary and shown
everyone just how social media should really be done. Here’s the
Queen’s week, in pictures. Embed from Getty Images The Queen marked
a special moment…
The Duchess of Sussex has become the Vice
President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT). The Queen is
Patron of the Trust, which champions young people around the world,
while the Duke of Sussex is its President. Meghan’s new role will
see her supporting the…
Celebrations for 50th anniversary of the Investiture of the Prince of Wales: first photos
5th March 2019
The Queen is holding a reception to mark
five decades since the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of
Wales. Elizabeth II arrived at the event at Buckingham Palace with
her son and heir at her side. The Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke…
A museum in Britain has agreed to return
strands of hair taken from the body of the Ethiopian Emperor,
Tewedros II. The artefacts will be given back to government
officials in Addis Ababa after an appeal for their return. The hair
is currently in the possession of the National Army Museum which
says it’s not releasing any images of the artefact as a matter of
respect. It was given the hair…
Today, the Queen hosts a reception in
London to mark the 50th anniversary of the investiture of Prince
Charles as Prince of Wales. The ceremony itself took place on July
1st 1969 at Caernarfon Castle, watched by thousands at the ancient
royal site and many more on TV. It…
The Queen Mother’s determination to keep
her distance from Wallis Simpson is at the heart of a new TV
programme. In ‘Queen Mum: the Reluctant Queen’, her attitude
towards the Duchess of Windsor is examined with one letter,
describing her as a ‘’naughty lady’’…
It’s been another busy week for Princess
Anne as she supported several of the charities and organisations of
which she is patron and then helped welcome another royal family to
London. Settle down with a cuppa, you may need it. It’s time to try
and keep up with Anne. On February 26th, the Princess Royal
attended a Youth Commission Conference in her role as Patron of the
Learning and…
The Queen welcomed Jordan’s royals to
Buckingham Palace this week. And one image of the previously
unannounced meeting ended up causing some debate. For a closer look
at the photos of Elizabeth II with her guests revealed what appears
to be dark purple bruising on the…
As every parent in the UK knows, March
7th 2019 is World Book Day. While mums, dads and carers put down
their latest read to try and sort out the costume that their little
ones will wear into school for the event, those organising this
annual celebration of literature and…
Infanta Elena of Spain has joined a host
of people in making a pilgrimage to the statue of Jesus of
Medinaceli in Madrid. On the first Friday in March every year, tens
of thousands of people pay tribute to the icon. Spain’s royals have
taken part in the custom for centuries and this year, it was the
older sister of King Felipe VI who continued the practice. The
Infanta, who is third in line…
