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 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…
It has been announced that Princess Sara,
the Dowager Duchess of Harar passed away in Addis Ababa aged ninety
last weekend. She was born Sarah Gizaw on the 1st January 1929. Her
father was Gizaw Abera, a civil governor from Axum in Tigray,
Ethiopia, and was educated at the…
Where is Princess Lalla Salma? Mystery brought to forefront after Spanish state visit to Morocco
17th February 2019
After the much-delayed state visit of
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain to Morocco, Princess Lalla
Salma has been brought back in the news. In 2018, rumours
circulated outside Morocco that King Mohammed of Morocco and
Princess Lalla Salma had divorced. However, as was expected, the
Moroccan Royal Court never confirmed or denied the report. It is a
subject the Moroccan media don’t dare…
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
the Ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates,
said over the weekend that he welcomed a visit by Pope Francis to
the UAE. In a statement about the upcoming visit of the Head of the
Catholic Church, His Highness…
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…
The Thai Royal House has released a
bulletin stating that Princess Soamsawali has suffered a brain
haemorrhage and that she has high blood pressure. She is currently
recovering in the Chulalongkorn hospital and no further
details on her prognosis have been released. In August of last
year, the Princess was admitted to the Chulalongkorn Hospital for
treatment of a swollen shin of the right leg…
Following the abdication of Muhammad V,
and a meeting of the Conference of Rulers on 24th January, it has
been announced that the new King or Supreme Head of the
Confederation of Malaysia will be Sultan Abdullah of Pahang. He
will take office as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong…
There have frequently been comments in
the United Kingdom about the cost of policing official visits
especially the controversial ones like the recent visit of
President Donald Trump. However, nothing could probably have
prepared Queensland Police for what happened after a…
To mark the Principality of
Liechtenstein’s 300th anniversary, Hereditary Princess Sophie has
given an interview to Liechtenstein’s Vaterland to moving to
Liechtenstein, her family, and her social work. About her first
trip to Liechtenstein, Her Royal Highness said, “My first visit was
during a summer weekend in the early 90s. My husband invited me
together with several friends. I really…
