The Queen is famous for her hard work and
sense of commitment, so it is rather unsurprising that on the day
of her 90th birthday, she will undertake a day of
public engagements in the town of Windsor. The Queen and Duke
of Edinburgh will both take part in two days of back-to-back
engagements, which will take place on April 20th and April 21st. On
April 21st, Her Majesty’s birthday, she and…
Prince Harry recently concluded his first
trip to Nepal, where he visited a Gurkha camp, went trekking, and
met earthquake survivors. The tour, which started as a four day
trip in the capital of Kathmandu, was later extended by six days to
help rebuild a school, in an…
Royal Cavalry of Oman to perform during Queen's 90th birthday celebrations
31st March 2016
The Royal Cavalry of the sultanate of
Oman has been invited again to perform before her Majesty and other
members of The Royal Family at the Royal Windsor Horse Show during
the celebrations for her 90th birthday this May. The cavalry also
performed at the Diamond Jubilee…
National Galleries of Scotland acquires long lost painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie
31st March 2016
A long lost painting of Bonnie Prince
Charlie has been acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland. It
portrays the Young Pretender during the ill-fated Jacobite Rising
of 1745 and is through the be only one painted in Britain during
his lifetime. The National Galleries of Scotland spent two years in
negotiations. The painting is now the centrepiece of a display of
Jacobite art treasures that…
Last week, Royal Central reported on the
emergency rescue where Prince William participated in transporting
a seriously injured patient and remaining with him for a half an
hour at the hospital. Ex-soldier, Jim Schembri, 37, was rescued by
the royal and his team of medical…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to host reception ahead of visit to India and Bhutan
30th March 2016
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set
to take part in a reception held at Kensington Palace on Wednesday,
April 6th, a few days ahead of their visit to India and Bhutan. The
reception will give Their Royal Highnesses the chance to meet
with and speak to young people…
Wolf Hall, the historical drama based on
Thomas Cromwell’s rise in King Henry VIII’s court, leads the Bafta
nominations with a total of four nominations. The series has been
nominated in Best Drama, Mark Rylance, who played Cromwell has
been nominated for Leading Actor, while Claire Foy’s
performance as Anne Boleyn has earned her a nomination for Leading
Actress. Anton Lesser…
The Imperial War Museum is putting
letters from two future kings on display for first time, one of
which describes how the future Edward VIII felt he had not earned
his military cross. King Edward VIII, then the Prince of Wales was
award the gallantry medal in 1916 for his…
Zara Tindall is preparing to take to the
saddle again for a four-star eventing return at the Mitsubishi
Motors Badminton Horse Trials in May. The Olympic silver
medalist missed much of the last equestrian season after her
horse, High Kingdom, suffered an injury last year…
[youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHz3E4QMVOg] The ITV documentary
‘Our Queen at 90’ aired over the weekend, and it gave viewers an
insight into the Queen off duty and showed her at her most relaxed.
But the two-hour programme appeared to be hijacked by the
appearance of a panda chasing an Alsatian. Inevitably, this
led to many people asking whether Her Majesty once owned a
pet…
