British RoyalsQueen Elizabeth II

10,000 pieces of art to be moved during Buckingham Palace refurb

Next April the whole of the east wing of Buckingham Palace, where the balcony is situated, will be closed off and emptied. This massive undertaking will be part of the planned £369m worth of much-needed refurbishments which will be carried out at the palace over a span of ten years. The works will see an overhaul of the plumbing and electrics in much of the building which have not been changed…
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British RoyalsKing Charles IIIPrince & Princess of WalesThe Sussexes

The Royal Family's 2017 finances are released

Clarence House has released its annual accounts which reveal that funding for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex, including capital expenditure and transfer to reserves, has grown by forty per cent in a year which saw both a royal baby and a royal wedding. The increased expenditure on the activities of the Cambridges and Sussexes is accounted for under “Other Costs” on…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William meets Palestinian President in West Bank

The Duke of Cambridge was in Palestine yesterday where he met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The meeting took place during the first West Bank trip for a member of the Royal Family. While in Israel on Tuesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin requested that the Prince take with him a “message of peace” to the Palestinian Territories and the Palestinian…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William's emotional visit to Yad Vashem taught him "more than I thought I knew”

The Duke of Cambridge started his first day in Israel on Tuesday morning at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. The trip to the museum kicked off the Duke’s historic three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with him being the first senior member of the Royal Family to make an official visit. At the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Duke of Cambridge…
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