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The Prince of Wales supports sustainable textile partnership

The Prince of Wales has helped launch a new design partnership and programme for textiles students to learn more sustainable ways to create fashion collections. The Modern Artisan Project, a collaboration with The Prince’s Foundation and YOOX Net-a-Porter, was dreamt up after Prince Charles and Federico Marchetti, Chairman and CEO of YOOX, met to discuss a mutual interest in sustainable…
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The Prince of Wales praises strength of society throughout these unprecedented times

The Prince of Wales has praised the work of society while dealing with the ongoing pandemic in his annual birthday leader article for Country Life magazine. The Prince, who marks his 72nd birthday on Saturday, wrote, “The strength of our society: its resourcefulness, its compassion and its stoical determination” is praiseworthy and that the nation will need to draw on those same qualities…
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Prince Charles releases video message for Diwali

The Prince of Wales has recorded a message for Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights. Prince Charles shared his message of good wishes on the Clarence House social media accounts, saying: “The Festival of Lights is, I know, a special time for families and friends to…
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Plans for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee are being kept a closely guarded secret - but there probably won't be another pageant on the River Thames

Plans for The Queen’s milestone Platinum Jubilee in 2022 are being kept a closely guarded secret, however, fans of river pageants may be disappointed as it seems unlikely there will be a repeat of the scenes we saw on the River Thames in 2012. Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, Oliver Dowden, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Culture, appeared to rule out another…
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Speculation that The Queen may abdicate is shut down (for the next 18 months at least)

Speculation that The Queen may abdicate in the not too distant future was shut down on Thursday following the news that the UK will enjoy a period of national celebration in 2022 to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. The UK government announced this week that in 18 months time, the country will be treated to a four-day national holiday to commemorate the occasion of The Queen spending…
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