The Edinburghs

The Countess of Wessex hosts lunch at St James's Palace to celebrate the Hockey World Cup

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30th July 2018
The Countess of Wessex hosted a lunch at St James’s Palace on Monday afternoon for her patronage, England Hockey. Her Royal Highness invited representatives from the world of hockey to the palace to celebrate the Women’s Hockey World Cup, which is currently taking place in London. England is still in the competition, with the team taking on Korea on Tuesday in an effort to progress to…
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British RoyalsThe Yorks

Princess Eugenie hosts UN meeting on ending modern slavery

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27th July 2018
Princess Eugenie travelled to New York this week to host a meeting of key stakeholders in the fight to end modern slavery. The meeting at the United Nations’ world headquarters in Manhattan focused on the global problem which affects over 40 million people around the world every day according to the Global Slavery Index. The fight to end human trafficking has long been an important issue for the…
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British RoyalsKing Charles III

Prince of Wales sends supportive message to President of Greece as wildfires rage in Athens

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27th July 2018
Prince Charles has sent a message of support to the President of Greece following devastating wildfires raging throughout the north east coast of Greece, in the seaside area near Athens this week. The message, which was also translated into Greek, reads: “My wife and I wanted you to know how deeply saddened we were to learn of the tragic loss of life following the devastating wildfires in…
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The Sussexes

Duke of Sussex and Elton John invited to Kenya by First Lady

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26th July 2018
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has invited the Duke of Sussex and Sir Elton John to visit Kenya following talks they had at the International AIDs Conference in Amsterdam. On Wednesday, the Duke of Sussex and Sir Elton launched a $1.2 billion initiative at the conference, the MenStar Coalition, to fight AIDs in Sub Saharan Africa. The First Lady spoke to the Duke and Sir Elton on the sidelines of…
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