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…
The Royal Foundation Heads Together initiative named 100 Women in Finance’s 2018 UK philanthropic beneficiary
28th June 2018
Non-profit organisation 100 Women in
Finance (100WF) has announced that the beneficiary of their UK
philanthropic initiatives in 2018 will benefit The Royal Foundation
of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex. The grant given to The Royal…
The Duke of Cambridge ended his visit to
Ramallah yesterday by giving a speech at the British consulate
general’s residence in Jerusalem. An honour guard, marching band
and red carpet greeted the Duke of Cambridge when he arrived to
tour a clinic and school in Jalazone…
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…
Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley on 22
February 1933, she would one day become a much-loved member of the
Royal Family, as the Duchess of Kent, but now we take a look at her
life before her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Katharine
is the youngest child and only…
Buckingham Palace has said that The Queen
is feeling “under the weather” and has decided not to attend an
engagement on Thursday. The 92-year-old Monarch was due to attend a
service at St Paul’s Cathedral marking the 200th anniversary of the
Order of St…
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…
Zara and Mike Tindall have named their
newborn daughter. The couple chose the name ‘Lena Elizabeth’, a
lovely nod to Zara’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. Lena is
pronounced ‘Lay-na’. Lena was born on 18 June at the Stroud
Maternity Unit in…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex join Her Majesty at the Queen's Young Leaders Awards
27th June 2018
Back from his trip to Lesotho, Prince
Harry accompanied his wife, the Duchess of Sussex and grandmother,
Queen Elizabeth to the Queen’s Young Leaders Awards held at
Buckingham Palace. The Duchess wore Prada and sat front row with
Her Majesty as they listened to Prince…
Prince William's emotional visit to Yad Vashem taught him "more than I thought I knew”
26th June 2018
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…
