Excitement is building across racing and racing circles following the success of The King and Queen’s horse, Desert Hero, at Glorious Goodwood on Thursday.
The three-year-old colt, who in June provided Their Majesties with their first Royal Ascot winner, followed up in taking fashion when winning the Group 3 Gordon Stakes at the Goodwood Festival.
Desert Hero is now being backed for…
Queen Camilla reveals secret job
13th July 2023
The Princess of Wales has taken in several matches at Wimbledon this year, but The Queen has now made an appearance as well.
The Queen and her sister, Annabel Elliot, visited on Day ten of the tournament, where she revealed her previous connection to tennis.Â
While…
When King Charles & Queen Camilla announced their engagement in February 2005, they wasted no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle followed by a…
There were scenes of jubilation in Berkshire on Thursday after King Charles III and Queen Camilla recorded their first-ever Royal Ascot winner.
Desert Hero, trained by William Haggas and ridden by Tom Marquand, won the King George V Stakes by just a head.
Starting at odds of 18/1, Desert Hero was not fancied by many to win the race.
However, the horse showed a gutsy turn of foot, powering…
What is the Order of the Thistle?
18th June 2023
This week, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had appointed Queen Camilla to the Order of Thistle. The Order is the highest chivalric order in Scotland.
King James VII founded the first confirmed iteration of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle…
The Queen appoints a horse to carry the rank of Major - the first mare to ever hold the honour
16th June 2023
The Queen has made a Welsh mare the first ever female horse to be named a Household Cavalry Drum Horse.
The Shire Horse, who was named Juno by Queen Camilla, will lead the mounted parade at the the King’s birthday parade on Saturday.
This is the first time that a…
Juno in June: Queen Camilla names new Drum Horse
16th June 2023
Queen Camilla gave the Household Cavalry’s newest Drum Horse its name in a ceremony ahead of Trooping the Colour.
At Clarence House, the Queen met with members of the Household Cavalry, including the newly-named mare, Juno. According to tradition, Drum Horses receive names from classic mythology.
Juno was the Roman goddess of women, marriage and childbirth and is the equivalent of Hera in…
A sea of blooms and a Coronation commemoration for Queen Camilla during British Flowers Week
9th June 2023
The Queen has been treated to a first look at this year’s British Flowers Week exhibition at the Garden Museum in London. The week-long event champions British-grown flowers, talent in floral design, and sustainable floristry across the country.
The event was…
Queen Camilla makes a poignant tribute to her father as she takes on new military role
9th June 2023
Queen Camilla has taken on a new military role and revealed that it’s one her father, Major Bruce Shand, always hoped would come her way.
Her Majesty has been announced as the new Colonel-in-Chief of the Lancers, her father’s old regiment. And as she welcomed…
The King and Queen spent Wednesday in Northern Ireland with a full day of engagements on their first visit after the Coronation. The King met with Det Ch Insp John Caldwell, a police officer shot in February in front of his son.Â
King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted a garden party at Hillsborough Castle, their official residence in Northern Ireland. DCI Caldwell was among the garden party…