After a 48 weather delay, Prince Harry
and the Walking With the Wounded Team were finally given the all
clear to fly to Novo (Novolazarevskaya Station) the Russian air
base located near the edge of the Antarctic on Friday. After a six
hour flight, Harry and the team landed in Novo at 1 pm GMT. The
change in temperature was a bit of a shock as they left the warmth
of Cape Town with its 30C…
As he battles cancer, Master of the
Queen’s Music Sir, Peter Maxwell Davies still plans to compose this
year’s Royal Christmas carol. “I’m afraid my illness held me back a
bit,” the composer commented in The Telegraph. “It is a little
delayed, but this is the…
University of Oxford academic suggests how Richard III could be reburied
22nd November 2013
Alexandra Buckle, an academic from St
Anne’s and St Hilda’s colleges, Oxford, has recently been looking
in greater detail at the way in which medieval royal funerals and
reburial services were conducted. This new scholarly work
has given significant indications towards…
This afternoon at Buckingham Palace,
Prince Charles will call together the Prime Minister, the Deputy
Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader along with 50 young people
to reveal a national pledge, #iwill, by way of a new collective
campaign known as ‘Step Up to Serve.’ The Prince of Wales is once
again joining in helping young people with the Step Up to Serve
Campaign launching today. Over…
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit former youth offenders at Only Connect in London
20th November 2013
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made an
official visit to Only Connect’s London offices on Tuesday morning.
Prince William and Kate, who left Prince George at home, visited
the crime prevention charity’s headquarters as they spent time
speaking with staff and listening…
Prince Charles delivers the opening
welcome at the CHOGM in Sri Lanka Friday. Amid the controversy of
human rights violations, The Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 began in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday.
Approximately 3,500 delegates which include the…
Slice of William and Kate's wedding cake sold at auction for £2,588
16th November 2013
A slice of the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge’s wedding cake has sold for £2,588 ($4,160) at a recent
auction. The piece of the royal wedding cake, which was made by
chef Fiona Cairns in April 2011, fetched the high price after going
under the hammer at California-based auction house, Julien’s
Auctions. A representative for the auction house confirmed the
selling price, but would not name the…
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend Royal Premiere of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
15th November 2013
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will
attend the Royal and UK premiere of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
in Leicester Square on December 5. Prince William and Kate will
leave four-month-old Prince George at home for the evening as they
attend the anticipated film’s first…
Channel 4 documentary reveals insight into childhood of Queen Victoria’s grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm II
14th November 2013
Kaiser Wilhelm II is most notably
recognised as the man who led Germany into World War One in 1914.
He consequently was leading his people into outright war against
his own mother’s country. From this new Channel 4 documentary,
‘Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser’…
The new hydropower systems recently
installed on the River Thames are now generating enough power
for Windsor Castle, and more according to the director. David
Dechambeau, Director of South East Power engineering said, “At
the moment we have perfect conditions. Right now we are producing
200 kWh, meaning the whole castle is being powered… They
[turbines] have become so efficient that they…
