Royal News

King Charles might just have given a spoiler for the State Visit at Windsor

The State Visit of the President of Germany is about to get under way with many of the details only revealed once this important event starts. However, King Charles might just have dropped a spoiler. This State Visit, to cement relations between the UK and Germany, has seen hours of practise to make sure everything is perfect. And as the final rehearsals got under way, a rather big clue to one…
Read more
Royal News

This is why the President of Germany is getting a far sparklier State Banquet than Donald Trump

No one tell Donald Trump but the next State Banquet at Windsor Castle is set to be the most glittering of the year. King Charles and Queen Camilla will welcome the President of Germany, Franz-Walter Steinmeier, to the castle for a State Visit on December 3 and that evening, they will walk into St. George’s Hall looking at its finest. Royal Collection Trust For King Charles has put…
Read more
Royal News

King Charles takes down the curtains at Sandringham to make money for charity

The King has donated some of the curtains from Sandringham to be recycled as part of a push to make money for charity this Christmas. King Charles has donated old drapes from the royal residence in Norfolk so that they can be transformed into some of the most sophisticated Christmas stockings you might hope to see. The finished stockings are now being auctioned for charity with the proceeds…
Read more
Royal News

Constitutional questions arise as Royal Assent Is refused in rare use of monarch’s veto

In a rare intervention that underscores the enduring authority of Europe’s remaining absolute monarchs, Prince Albert II of Monaco has refused to sign a bill that would have legalised abortion in the principality, abruptly halting a reform passed by a large parliamentary majority. The bill, approved in May by 19 votes to 2 in the National Council, proposed allowing terminations up to 12 weeks…
Read more