At the age of 13, the then Princess
Victoria of Kent, was given her very first diary by her
mother, The Duchess of Kent, who intended for her to use it to
record her thoughts as she embarked on an educational tour of the
country. “This book, Mamma gave me, that I might write the journal
of my journey to Wales in it.” So began the first of Queen
Victoria’s journals. In her new journal, the…
Based in Brierley Hills, in West
Midlands, the company was founded by 47 year-old Trevor Jones, the
Managing Director at Apex Packaging. What started as a small family
business in 1992, now employs 20 people, and is continuing to
expand across the country. Apex Packaging…
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, also known
as Bonnie Prince Charlie or the ‘Young Pretender’, was the grandson
of the Stuart King James II of England, and a claimant to the
throne. After James II, a Catholic ruler, was deposed in favour of
his Protestant daughter and…
Ratan Tata is the Chairman emeritus
of the Tata Group, an Indian multi-national company. In the past,
the UK has benefited from inward investment from the Tata Group,
which took over Jaguar Land Rover in 2008, and is currently the
largest manufacturing employer in the country. In 2009, an honorary
KBE (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) was
granted to Mr Tata. This year, he…
i.am College Track in California, where
they were hosted by the Grammy Award winning singer,
will.i.am. The singer – born William Adams – is responsible for
setting up the i.am College Track in his old neighbourhood,
Boyle Heights. The College Track is a non-profit…
Named Georgie Boy after the nine-month
old Prince, the daffodil has white, overlapping petals, which
surround a bright yellow corona. The flower grows up to a height of
25-40 centimetres, and has an early flowering time. The daffodil
will first be displayed to the public at…
Alliance. Now, he is going back to
see the result of the efforts to restore the British
submarine. In one of his first official engagements following the
Royal Tour, the Duke of Cambridge travelled to Gosport, Hampshire
on Monday. He attended a service of rededication for HMS Alliance,
before touring the craft and accepting a tot of rum. NEWS: Prince
William is given a traditional tot of rum as…
This cause is very dear to the Princess,
as she too was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was seven years
old. At the schools, she spoke to teachers and pupils
about the importance of supporting children with dyslexia and
their work towards it. She also interacted with some…
On this day in 2011, Prince William
married Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. It was an
event watched by nearly 2 billion people worldwide. Since then, the
royal couple have spent many happy moments together, gone on three
foreign tours, and had one son, Prince…
“Dear Dilys,” begins the letter, which is
addressed to Dilys Cheetham, a fellow humanitarian campaigner from
North Yorkshire who was hijacked by armed paramilitaries. Written
on paper bearing the official Kensington Palace
letterhead, the letter is dated 11 August 1997, less than three
weeks before Diana’s untimely death in a car crash in Paris. Dilys
Cheetham was the founder of the…
