His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan
hosted a visit on Tuesday from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at the Al Husseiniya Palace. The
Crown Prince is the Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed
Forces, but this was a meeting which celebrated the close ties
between the two countries in a wide range of areas covering
economic, political and development related…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia gave his
annual policy speech this week at the beginning of the third year
of the Shoura Council’s seventh session. He used to speech to both
outline the Kingdom’s foreign policy and to also comment on how
progress was being made domestically…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia hosted the
King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa at the Al Auja
Palace in Diriyah on Saturday. Also present at the meeting was
Governor of Riyadh, Prince Faisal bin Bandar, State Minister Prince
Mansour bin Mitch bin Abdul Aziz, and…
It has been announced in Rabat, that King
Mohammed VI has given his Head of Government, Saad Eddine El
Othmani more time to come up with detailed proposals with regards
to curbing youth unemployment in Morocco. The news came from a
meeting of the Royal Cabinet and followed a working session at the
beginning of the month when the King had entrusted him with a
project to create new Vocational…
One advantage of a monarch who reigns for
a substantial period is you can potentially see a long line of
succession stretching into the future. Prince Charles is heir
apparent; he has a son, the Duke of Cambridge who has three
children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and…
On Tuesday of this week, Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden attended the Protection Fair in Sweden and
awarded perhaps the most unusual prize she has ever awarded – a
gold fire hydrant! The magazine Swedish Firefighter is behind the
award which seeks to promote development…
Prince Edward visits Sage Gateshead to see how music changes lives
21st October 2018
The Earl of Wessex has been well-known
for promoting musicals, having in the past worked for Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s Really Useful Company, but this week he was fulfilling an
engagement at the Sage Gateshead to see the benefits music brings
to all generations from old to young. and looking at organisations
that worked under the umbrella of the Duke of Edinburgh Award
scheme to provide musical…
Whilst many eyes on Friday were looking
at the Hollywood “A” listers who attended Prince Eugenie and Jack
Brooksbank’s wedding at Windsor, there were also many
representatives of both our royal family and foreign royal families
in attendance who had some connection…
Both Prince William and Prince Harry have
followed in their father’s and grandfather’s footsteps and shown
both a liking and skill at polo. However, signs indicate that they
will have to curtail their exploits in the saddle during 2019,
mainly because of official duties…
The Duchess of Gloucester unveiled a new
music school at Kings College School, Wimbledon this week. The new
state of the art facility includes a concert hall that can seat 200
people and house an orchestra of sixty on the stage. The Duchess
was met by Deputy Lieutenant, Ms Clare Whelan OBE and Councillor
Mary Curtin, Mayor of Merton, along with the school’s two
headmasters: Mr Halls and Dr…
