Today, Princess Beatrix of the
Netherlands turns 81-years-old. So we are going to have a little
look at who she is and what has happened in her life so far.
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born in 1938 in Soestdijk
Palace in Baarn, the Netherlands as the eldest child of
the future Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Princess Beatrix was soon…
It’s one of the world’s leading fashion
magazines and now its boss in the UK has publicly wished for the
Duchess of Sussex as its cover star. The editor in chief at British
Vogue has said he wants to put Meghan on the front of his magazine.
Edward Enninful was speaking…
When it was announced that Kate would
design the RHS Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, it immediately
brought to mind her father-in-law’s passion for gardening and his
own garden designs for the Chelsea Flower Show. According to the
palace, Kate’s garden is based on…
The Duchess of Cambridge has been helping
to design one of the gardens at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
Kate has been involved with the Royal Horticultural Society’s ‘Back
to Nature’ display at the famous event and we’ll all get to see the
results come to life in May. The duchess has been working on the
designs for the past three months alongside landscape…
After all the speculation, now we know.
The Duchess of Sussex has confirmed that she is six months
pregnant, sharing the news with wellwishers during a walkabout on a
day of engagements in Birkenhead. Which means that baby Sussex is
due towards the end of April. And while we…
It was widely speculated and much talked
about and now we have official confirmation. Among the four new
patronages being taken on by the Duchess of Sussex is that of the
National Theatre. Meghan takes over the role from the Queen who has
been the organisation’s royal…
The Duchess of Sussex’s support for the
Commonwealth, a central plank of her royal role since her wedding,
has taken centre stage in the list of patronages announced as 2019
gets under way. Meghan is now the patron of the Association of
Commonwealth Universities. The ACU was set up in 1913, making it
the first international university network in the world. Over a
century on, it has over 500…
One of the four new patronages announced
by the Duchess of Sussex at the start of 2019 is Smart Works, an
organisation which supports women into work. It was set up in 2013
with the aim of providing long term unemployed women with the tools
they need to get the job they…
Among the four new patronages announced
by the Duchess of Sussex as 2019 gets under way is the animal
welfare charity, Mayhew. The organisation is focused on supporting
cats, dogs and the communities they live in. Mayhew was set up in
1886 and since then has spearheaded…
Queen Anne takes centre stage as 'The Favourite' leads this year's BAFTA nominations
9th January 2019
Just days after scooping one of
Hollywood’s top acting prizes, Olivia Colman’s portrayal of Queen
Anne in ‘The Favourite’ has been nominated for another major movie
award. The star is in the running for Best Actress at the BAFTAs
where the film leads the field with twelve nominations in total.
The shortlists for the awards were revealed on January 9th 2019 and
put Olivia Colman in line to…
