Add “fashionista” to the already crowded
list of accolades Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has received in
her 90th year. She has been placed on Vanity Fair’s International
Best Dressed List in a category of her own. In a “Special
Citation,” the Queen is honoured for her sixty-plus years of
fashionable moments, with a list of the key dressers and designers
that have influenced the style…
Prince Charles "surprised" as Evening Standard names him Londoner of the Decade
8th September 2016
While Prince Charles was “surprised” to
be named “Londoner of the Decade” at the Evening Standard’s
Progress 1000 party, the award did not come to a surprise to most
as the Prince of Wales is known for his work promoting Londoners
and the culture of Britain. His…
Prince Harry has sent three tweets in
support of the eleven Invictus Games competitors that are competing
in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, which will take place from 7-18
September. His Royal Highness said on the Kensington Palace Twitter
account, “To those @WeAreInvictus…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge started
the first day of the tour of Cornwall, the duchy will one day be
Prince William’s when he becomes first in line to the throne. The
day started off with the Duchess wearing a Lela Rose dress and the
Duke looking just as dapper when they met with civic dignitaries
and the Truro Cathedral and help raise support of the £3.2
million needed for a new slate…
Over the years, many people have stood
back and said we should protect animals in the wild, but Prince
Harry has recently put his skills and time into actually making a
difference on the ground. He has spent some time over in Malawi
working with an assisted migration scheme…
HMY Britannia by Tower Bridge. Credit:
Lynda Poulter via Wikimedia Commons. In service from 1954 until
1997, HMY Britannia is the former royal yacht of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II
acceded to the British throne in 1660…
The Queen fell victim to a cruel internet
death hoax this week, with a viral story circulating that the
90-year-old died in her sleep. Nigerian television among others
took to twitter to report that Her Majesty had died, despite it
being a fabrication created by an imitation news website. This is
not the first time Her Majesty’s death has been wrongly reported.
Last year a BBC journalist…
Francis, Duke of Teck, was born on this
day in 1837. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of King
George V, and therefore a great-grandfather of the present Queen.
He was born Count Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander of
Hohenstein in Esseg, Slavonia (present-day…
Prince William of Gloucester died on this
day in 1972. He was born at Hadley Common, Hertfordshire, on 18
December 1941, the eldest son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
(the fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary) and Princess
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. As a…
Sophia Dorothea of Celle would have been
Queen of Great Britain as the wife of George I and the mother of
the future George II. However, this most unhappy match ended
in scandal. It was doomed from the beginning with Sophia Dorothea
exclaiming, “I will not marry the pig snout!”, when told of the
plans for her marriage. After the births of their two children, the
future George II and Sophia…
