Bhutan and the Bhutanese Royal Family
have paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. King Jigme Khesar and
Queen Jetsun Pema offered a thousand butter lamps at Samtse on the
morning of 9 September in memory of the late British monarch.
Photo: Royal Office for Media The Royal Family is currently on a
tour of southern Bhutan and performed the prayer ceremony in the
city of Samtse. Special…
An emotional Wessex Family greet mourners at Balmoral following the death of Queen Elizabeth II
10th September 2022
The Earl & Countess of Wessex were joined
by their daughter, Lady Louise, to meet the crowd of well-wishers
who had gathered at Balmoral to pay tribute to Her late Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II. After attending a Church service alongside
other members of The Royal Family in…
The Royal Family view floral tributes to The Queen left by well-wishers at Balmoral
10th September 2022
Members of The Royal Family who have
remained in Scotland left the Balmoral Estate on Saturday afternoon
to view the floral tributes left to Her late Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II. The Princess Royal and Sir Tim Laurence led the
family to the gates of the Castle, where they…
Queen Camilla signs her name into history at the emotional Accession Council of her husband, King Charles
10th September 2022
The new Queen Consort has signed her name
‘Camilla R’ publicly for the first time. Her Majesty signed a
series of declarations this morning at the Accession Council which
led to the formal proclamation of her husband as King Charles III.
And she used the ‘R’ which for centuries has denoted the signature
of a king or queen. It is an abbreviation of the Latin for queen,
regina. The…
Death Gun Salutes ring out to mark the passing of The Queen
10th September 2022
All around the world, tributes for the
late Queen Elizabeth II have been too many to count. Her troops,
the Armed Forces that she was the Head of for 70 years, have joined
those homages with gun salutes. On September 9th 2022, at
1pm, Death Gun Salutes took place around…
The Duke of Kent, Prince Michael and the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester come together to mourn The Queen
10th September 2022
The Queen’s cousins sat together to hear
the official declaration of Her Late Majesty’s death and the
proclamation of King Charles III. Embed from Getty Images The Duke
of Kent, one of Queen Elizabeth II’s closest relatives, looked
sombre as he sat at St. James’s…
The King shows brief glimpse of deep grief as he talks of his dread at losing his mother
10th September 2022
King Charles III gave a brief glimpse of
the deep grief he is living through as he met his Prime Minister
for the first time. As Liz Truss offered her condolences to His
Majesty during their first audience at Buckingham Palace, the
Monarch spoke of his pain. ”A moment I’ve been dreading,” he
confided, before adding ”as I know a lot of people have.” In
another indication of the…
King Charles III is proclaimed in ancient ceremony filled with emotion and history
10th September 2022
The proclamation of King Charles III has
taken place at St. James’s Palace in London. Just after 11am on the
morning of September 10th 2022, the Garter King of Arms read the
proclamation which had earlier been read to the Accession Council.
A fanfare sounded as the…
Much is known about the life of the new
King Charles III, but few know the story behind why he received his
first name. The answer is that His Majesty is named after Queen
Elizabeth’s favourite uncle, a Norwegian king. The Norwegian and
British royal families have very…
The words that declared a king - the full proclamation of Charles III
10th September 2022
They are words that link us to the past
and leave a mark for the future. Just after 11 o’clock on the
morning of September 10th 2022, at Friary Court at St. James’s
Palace in London, the proclamation of His Majesty King Charles III
was made. It followed an historic meeting of the Accession Council.
This proclamation was very modern – for the first time, it was
televised, ensuring that…
