Zara Tindall returned to competitive show
jumping last weekend, two months after the birth of her second
child, Lena Elizabeth. She was competing on her horse, Class Affair
at the Somerford Park Horse Trials where she looked relaxed and
confident. As well she might, the thirty-seven-year-old won silver
at the 2012 Commonwealth Games in London, where the medal was
presented to her by her mother…
Autumn Phillips is the wife of Peter
Phillips, son of Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of HM Queen
Elizabeth II. She was born Autumn Patricia Kelly on the 3rd May
1978 in Montreal, Canada and has a twin brother, Chris and elder
brother, Kevin. She grew up in a Catholic…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia had
an enjoyable time this week as they hosted a garden show at their
summer residence, Solliden Palace on Öland, an island just off the
coast of Sweden in the Baltic. The purpose of the show was for
designers to showcase ideas for…
Queen Sirikit is the Queen Mother in
Thailand, having married the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950
shortly before his coronation; sadly she has not been seen much in
public recently following a stroke in 2012. She was born on 12th
August 1932, at the home of her maternal grandfather, Lord
Vongsanuprabhand. Her father, Prince Nakkhatra Mangala was a
diplomat in Thailand and at the time was on…
Antony Armstrong-Jones was born on the
7th March 1930, the son of barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones and his
first wife Anne Messel, in Belgravia, London. It is perhaps his
mother’s lineage that later led to his creative side, Oliver Messel
the stage designer was a maternal…
As Special Envoy for technology start-ups
in the Netherlands, Prince Constantijn has announced in Amsterdam
that he is looking for fifty companies to join him in January 2019
in Las Vegas for the world’s largest technology show. Earlier this
year, the Prince was there and…
It has been announced that a Rolls-Royce
from the Queen’s fleet, similar to the one used by the Duchess of
Sussex at her wedding to Prince Harry in May, will be sold by
Bonham’s auctioneers within a collection of eight “High Importance”
Rolls-Royce cars at an auction at Goodwood in September. The 1950
Rolls-Royce Phantom IV State Landaulette is one of only eighteen
manufactured and carries…
Memorial Services held across Romania to commemorate two years since the death of Queen Anne
30th July 2018
Memorial Services were held over the
weekend to commemorate two years since the passing of Queen Anne of
Romania aged 92. Her husband King Michael passed at the end of last
year and following his views the current custodian of the Crown of
Romania is their eldest daughter…
Most people when you mention Jane
Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, remember that from a difficult
first meeting between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, true love
eventually blossoms when young Elizabeth realises first impressions
may be deceptive. However, a recent…
The Duchess of Cornwall met a Dame who
has played two English Queens this week whilst visiting Osborne
House on the Isle of Wight. She spent some time on a private beach
with Dame Judi Dench, who received an Oscar for her appearance as
Queen Elizabeth I, and played Queen Victoria in Victoria & Abdul.
Many of the scenes were filmed in the grounds of Queen Victoria’s
former residence on the…
