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 Queen’s left hand. Buckingham
Palace hasn’t commented (as you would expect) but there was plenty
of debate on Twitter and…
The Queen hosts Jordan's royals at Buckingham Palace
28th February 2019
The Queen has welcomed King Abdullah II
and Queen Rania of Jordan to Buckingham Palace. Elizabeth II was
joined by the Princess Royal for the meeting which was also
attended by Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan. Their Majesties King
Abdullah II and Queen Rania, Her Majesty…
King of Saudi Arabia in Egypt for Official Visit
26th February 2019
All eyes in the UK seem to be viewing the
EU Arab League summit as an opportunity for the Prime Minister Rt
Hon Theresa May to discuss Brexit with some of her EU partners.
However, that is very much a side-show, and on Saturday, King
Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in Egypt…
Saudi Arabia’s Princess Reema bint Bandar
bin Sultan has been appointed as the 11th Saudi Arabian Ambassador
to the United States through a royal decree by Crown Prince
Mohammed (in his role as Deputy King) on Saturday. King Salman
issued a decree earlier in the day ordering the Crown Prince to “to
steer the state’s affairs” while His Majesty is in Egypt for
the Arab League-European Union…
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia chairs workshop on tourism
7th February 2019
As many of us are dreaming about warmer
climates to take our minds of the English winter weather, the
tourism industry throughout the world also needs to consider what
they have to tempt us. Such subjects were on the agenda this week
in the historic Diriyah’s Al-Turaif…
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia chairs Defence Council meeting
2nd February 2019
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of
Saudi Arabia has chaired the first meeting of the Defence Council
in Riyadh. The purpose of the Council is essentially to have a
strategic overview of Saudi Arabia and its defence capability. The
meeting created governance councils to…
Saudi Arabian Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has
revealed the winners of the 2019 King Faisal Prize. The prize
recognises significant individual and institutional contributions
to fields including Service to Islam, Islamic studies, medicine and
science, and Arabic language and literature. The prizes were
awarded from committees who had international scientists and
experts in their fields. The Prize…
Netflix removed an episode of Patriot Act
with Hasan Minhaj that was especially critical of both Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
and military action in Yemen which is led by Saudi Arabia. The
episode was pulled from Saudi…
Saudi King's brother, Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has died
25th December 2018
It has been announced in Saudi Arabia,
that Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz has passed away. The 87-year-old
Prince was the half-brother of King Salman, and it was announced by
the Royal Court that prayers would be said for him at the Royal
Palace in Riyadh. His son, Prince…
Taking a peek at the collective 2018 royal Christmas greetings
24th December 2018
As it is Christmas Eve, let us take a
look at the royal Christmas greetings sent out by the royals this
year. In Britain, Clarence House released this year’s Christmas
card featuring a summer picture taken by Hugo Burnand in the
garden of Clarence House. Embed from Getty Images Kensington Palace
also released the photos that will be on the Christmas cards of the
Cambridge family and the Duke…

