Conservators working on one of Prince
Charles’ pictures at Highgrove have come across a truly remarkable
self-portrait. One of the still-life pictures, which has been at
Highgrove for around a quarter of a century is called “A Vanitas”
by the seventeenth century Dutch painter Pieter Gerritsz van
Roestraten. Part of the picture is a suspended glass ball. When
this was cleaned recently it was…
The title Duke of Edinburgh is linked to
the capital of Scotland, and was first appointed in 1726, and but
it is not a Scottish peerage as such, but a Peerage of Great
Britain, and it is an appointment given to members of the British
Royal Family. The title does not carry…
The Duke of Cambridge has thrown his
support behind a new suicide prevention strategy launched in
Suffolk on 6 October. Suffolk Lives Matter is a joint endeavour
from organisations across Suffolk County which aims to reduce the
number of suicides each year. Current figures…
Though many of the details of life are
unknown or disputed by historians, Adela of Normandy is a saint of
the Roman Catholic Church and was the daughter of William the
Conqueror, the first Norman King of England and his wife, Matilda
of Flanders. Adela was born in the years following her father’s
accession to the English throne in 1066 and was one of up to five
daughters. (The birth order and…
Special Heads Together event for World Mental Health Day being held by the Cambridges and Prince Harry
5th October 2016
Kensington Palace has announced that the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will celebrate World
Mental Health Day at County Hall and The London Eye with Heads
Together on Monday, 10 October. Kensington Palace has said that the
theme for this year “focuses…
Support for jailed soldiers comes from Prince Charles and Prince Harry
5th October 2016
Six former soldiers who are jailed in
India for 5 years for not carrying the correct gun permits now have
the support of Prince Charles and Prince Harry to free them. The
six men were considered a threat to national security when they
were working on an anti-piracy vessel in…
Prince Harry praised the inspiring
qualities of some of the UK’s seriously ill young people
tonight at an award ceremony in Central London.
In his speech celebrating the 2016 WellChild
Awards, Harry, 32, said: “This is now my ninth
WellChild Awards and each year, at this remarkable event, I am
profoundly moved by the people I have met and the stories they have
shared with…
Prince Charles secretly visited grandmother’s grave after Peres funeral
3rd October 2016
The Prince of Wales secretly visited his
grandmother’s grave at a convent in Jerusalem on Friday, after
attending the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon
Peres. A number of images surfaced online which show Prince
Charles making the visit to the Mount of…
Prince Philip was upset about giving up his navy career for Queen Elizabeth II claims new programme, ‘The Crown’
3rd October 2016
New drama series The Crown is set to
reveal the Duke of Edinburgh’s frustrations about being made to
give up his Royal Navy career following The Queen’s accession to
the throne in 1953. The £100 million drama (believed to be the most
expensive television series yet…
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres
died on 28 September at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, after suffering a stroke two weeks
ago. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was 93-years-old. He received the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 alongside Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and President of the Palestinian National Authority,
Yasser Arafat for their work which…
