It felt like a changing of the guard. For
decades, the Duke of Kent has handed over the prizes at Wimbledon
but today he stepped aside. For the first time, the Duchess of
Cambridge presented the trophies on Centre Court at the end of an
already legendary match. The duchess, patron of the All England
Tennis Club, had joined the duke, the club’s president, in the
Royal Box at Wimbledon for…
Wimbledon Champ, Simona Halep, can't hide her excitement at Kate and Meghan watching her win
13th July 2019
She’d just won the most famous tennis
tournament in the world but tennis star, Simona Halep, came over
ever so slightly star struck as she was crowned Wimbledon champion
for 2019. The Romanian player, the first from her country to ever
claim a singles title at the All…
It’s set to be a right royal turnout at
Wimbledon this weekend as the famous tennis tournament comes to a
close. Leading the way will be the Duke of Kent who is President of
the All England Club and whose presence at the finals is a long
standing royal commitment. But…
Lady Gabriella Kingston has opened up
about her royal wedding that took place in May during an interview
with Hello! magazine. The daughter of Prince and Princess Michael
of Kent revealed her fears about her tiara falling off after
bridesmaids accidentally stepped on her veil. “Suddenly I could
feel my tiara start to pull back and in those few unnerving
moments, I thought it would come…
The Alexandra Rose Charity is a
well-established British charity, which was founded in 1912 by
Queen Alexandra. The charity provides Rose Vouchers to low-income
families in order to afford healthy fruits and vegetables.
Embed from Getty Images Alexandra was originally a…
Many will only know the Duchess of Kent
as the lady who attended the Wimbledon Tennis Championship Finals
every year to hand out the prizes, famously having Jana Novotna cry
on her shoulder in 1993. The Duchess of Kent, or Katherine Kent as
she prefers to be known, has…
Prince Michael (b. 4 July 1942) is the
younger brother of the Duke of Kent and paternal first cousin of
Queen Elizabeth II. As a five-year-old, he was a pageboy at the
wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. He was
educated at Sunningdale School and Eton, before entering the Royal
Military Academy at Sandhurst, during his life he has always been
active in learning languages and…
The Duke and Duchess of Kent’s daughter
Lady Helen Taylor took centre stage at Royal Ascot on Friday as she
sat alongside The Queen in the carriage procession. Lady Helen, who
was joined by her husband Timothy, sat in the first carriage in
Friday’s procession at…
The Duke of Kent, 83, was involved in a
car crash with a student in Brighton earlier this month on the
evening of 2 June. The Queen’s cousin was in a crash on the A27
when he allegedly pulled out onto the roadway in his Jaguar in
front of student Olivia Fellows, 21…
93-year-old Queen & 83-year-old Duke of Kent stand to take salute at Trooping the Colour
8th June 2019
The Queen was joined by the Duke of Kent
as they both stood to take the salute at Horse Guards for Trooping
the Colour. The Queen, who is 93-years-old and her cousin, who is
83-years-old, stood for a large proportion of the hour-long
ceremony to acknowledge the troops as they paraded the Colour. Her
Majesty was also accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Duke of
Cambridge, Duke of York and Princess…
