It first enthralled readers exactly 175
years ago this week, and now the magic of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by
Charles Dickens has been given a royal touch. As the festive season
gets well and truly underway, the Prince of Wales has brought part
of the celebrated novel to life by recording an excerpt for a
world-famous theatre. Prince Charles read part of the journey of
the Ghost of Christmas…
This past year was a big one for the
British Royal Family. The birth of Prince Louis, the wedding of
Prince Harry to the then Meghan Markle and another royal wedding of
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. All these stories and more
have dominated the headlines, so it…
It is often dubbed as one of the world’s
most secret societies – the world of Freemasonry. From covert
handshakes to Masonic rituals, mystery surrounds the organisation
which has connections to the British Royal Family. Many members of
The Royal Family are rumoured to…
On Sunday, The Duke of Kent, Grand Master
of the United Grand Lodge, marked 55 years of being a Freemason.
The Queen’s cousin was initiated into Royal Alpha Lodge, No. 16 on
16 December 1963 at a meeting held at the Café Royal. The then
Grand Master, the Earl of Scarbrough, was his proposer and his
seconder was Lord Cornwallis, Provincial Grand Master of Kent. The
Duke of Kent has been the…
The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed that
her granddaughter was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance.
She made the revelation yesterday during her series of engagements
in Wiltshire while she was opening the new purpose-built airbase at
Wilts Air Ambulance. During her…
Prince Charles presented actress Keira
Knightley with an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire) for her contributions in drama and charity work in
a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday this week. Knightley
was joined by her husband, James…
New photos of the Cambridge & Sussex family are released for Christmas
14th December 2018
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the
Duke and Duchess of Sussex have officially released their Christmas
photos this morning. Kensington Palace/Twitter The Cambridge Family
photo, taken by Matt Porteous at Anmer Hall, features William
and Kate with their three children, Prince Louis, Princess
Charlotte and Prince George, taken in the woods. Prince Louis is
held by Kate while Princess…
Princess Anne’s long-serving Private
Secretary, Captain Nicholas Wright, has been received in
audience by The Queen as he relinquished his appointment. During
his meeting with the monarch, Her Majesty conferred upon him the
honour of Knighthood and invested him with…
Camilla poses with Harry the Shetland Pony as she attends carol concert for working horses & donkeys
13th December 2018
The Duchess of Cornwall met a pony on
Wednesday who shares a name with her youngest step-son, the Duke of
Sussex. Camilla posed with Harry the Shetland Pony and Ollie the
Donkey at a Christmas carol concert in Westminster held in support
of working horses and donkeys. The…
The Queen and Prince Andrew conduct a rare joint engagement in London
13th December 2018
The Queen was joined by the Duke of York
in London this morning for a rare joint mother-son engagement. The
monarch and Prince Andrew visited The Honourable Society of
Lincoln’s Inn to officially open the new Ashworth Centre, and
re-open the recently renovated Great Hall. Lincoln’s Inn is a
Society for lawyers which houses a number of barristers’ chambers
and solicitors’ offices.
