British Royals

The newest member of the Royal Family has a very unusual name but she's got regal company

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29th January 2025
The newest member of the Royal Family has made her mark already with a rather unusual name. Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, have named their new daughter Athena, a name not used by the House of Windsor before. Photo credit: Edo Mapelli Mozzi via PA Handout In fact, it’s not cropped up in the main lines of the rather extensive Royal Family tree. However…
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Princess Anne and Family

Princess Anne starts South Africa visit as Sir Tim recovers from injury

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22nd January 2025
The Princess Royal has set out for a two day visit to South Africa on her own after an injury changed the plan. Princess Anne is beginning a two day South African trip but will not be joined by her husband, Sir Tim Laurence, as originally planned. Sir Tim was reportedly injured while working on the Princess’s estate, Gatcombe Park, and is now receiving treatment for a suspected…
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British Royals

If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown worn by Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

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20th January 2025
If ever a royal wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie Rhys-Jones for her marriage to Prince Edward on 19 June 1999 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Subtle, elegant and classic, this was the final Windsor bridal dress of the 20thcentury and it saw in a new era with style. Sophie and Edward’s big day might have been a modern marriage but it had an air of…
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King Charles III

What is The King's Trust?

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16th January 2025
The King’s Trust is only a year away from celebrating a milestone occasion, its fiftieth birthday. What is The King’s Trust and what does it do?  In 1976, the then-Prince of Wales founded a new organisation. The United Kingdom was facing high levels of…
Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William praises paramedics as he takes on important patronage

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16th January 2025
The Prince of Wales praised paramedics at the inaugural Emergency and Critical Care Conference for being the “adaptable, multiskilled” Swiss Army Knives of frontline healthcare. Prince William became Patron of the College of Paramedics leading up to the inaugural conference and made a previously unannounced visit to its Birmingham campus to take part in the day’s events. William met…
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