Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Queen and Royal Family set to attend Trooping the Colour

The Queen, travelling in her carriage with the Duke of Edinburgh, will be joined by Prince Charles, Prince William, the Duke of Kent and Princess Anne who will follow her in their uniform on horse back whilst other members of the Royal Family will arrive at the parade ground ahead of The Queen to view the parade from the Duke of Wellington’s old office, overlooking the parade ground. From Horse…
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HistoryPrince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge commemorate Gold Beach Landings

They went to support the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings at Gold Beach, one of the many that the Allied soldiers landed on at the north of France. 83,115 British soldiers landed in Normandy on D-Day, with 24,000 of those on Gold Beach. A two-hour event was held at Arromanches-les-Bains to remember and commemorate the Normandy Landings. It was organised by the…
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HistoryKing Charles III

Prince Charles attends parachute drop by 89 year old veteran

After the jump The Prince met some of those who took part in the jump including an 89-year-old D-Day veteran, Jock Hutton who participated in a tandem jump with one of the Red Devils during the first drop. Mr Hutton is one of the last D-Day veterans from his regiment; The 13th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment. //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The 89-year-old Scottish D-Day veteran was one of…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Page boy standing 8ft away from the Queen faints during Queen's speech

she read out her speech to the House of Lords. The page boys stand just a few feet away from the Queen Just under nine minutes in from the start of the speech, a loud thud was heard as the boy fainted onto the ground. The Duchess of Cornwall, who was sat beside the boy, looked on with concern as he was carried out of the chamber by staff. The Prince of Wales was also distracted and looked around…
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