The Prince of Wales visited The Old
Prison in Northleach on Tuesday meeting volunteers and members of
The Friends of the Cotswolds. The site was built in the 1790s as
the Northleach House of Correction, one of four houses of
correction in Gloucestershire. Built in the 1790s, The Old Prison
was at the time the example of a how a prison could encourage
adequate care and rehabilitation of prisoners…
Founded in 1891 by Colonel William Hoar,
Trinity Hospice was established to care, in his words, “for the man
who is neither curable nor incurable, but simply dying”. The Queen
Mother served as its Royal Patron for 76 years. The Duchess of
Cornwall became the Royal Patron…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
travelled to Portsmouth on Sunday to watch the second day of racing
at the America’s Cup World Series, though were left disappointed
after the event was abandoned due to extreme weather. Plans for
William and Kate were hastily changed…
On Thursday The Princess Royal made a
special stop at RAF Brize Norton, where she serves as honorary air
commodore, to bestow a new standard to honour the reformation of
the No. LXX, (70), Squadron. The Princes Royal at RAF Brize Norton.
The Squadron stood down five years ago after being based at RAF
Lyneham for over 25 years. There was great sadness over this, but
there was hope that it would one…
Cirencester welcomed a very special
visitor on Friday as The Prince of Wales paid a visit to the town
to present graduates from the Royal Agricultural University with
their degrees. The graduation ceremony took place at St John the
Baptist’s Church in Market Place and…
On Tuesday, Princess Alexandra paid a
visit to the famous Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest. Affectionately
known as ‘Queen Vic’, she opened the building’s newest expansion –
the Simco Wing, added in time for the Queen Vic’s 175th…
The Duke of York used the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' in forming Pitch@Palace
24th July 2015
Earlier this year, The Duke of York
launched Pitch@Palace 3.0, the third version of his entrepreneurial
endeavour that focuses on Technology within the Creative
Industries. His Royal Highness, who was in Cambridge to launch the
new Entrepreneurship Centre of which he is patron, spoke to
Cambridge News about Pitch@Palace in an exclusive interview on
Tuesday. “It’s dead simple,”…
The Queen’s annual income from her
private Duchy of Lancaster estate has risen to £16m, an increase of
18%, or £2.4m, on 2014, accounts reveal. Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II is the current Duke of Lancaster. The title Duke of
Lancaster continues to be used, even for a…
On 23 July 1986, Prince Andrew married
Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. Thousands of people
lined London’s streets, and an international audience of
approximately 500 million gathered around their television sets to
catch a view The Queen’s second son…
Duchess of Cornwall visits RAF training station and Cornwall Air Ambulance on last day in Cornwall
22nd July 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall attended two
engagements following the Ocean Plastics Awareness Day she attended
with The Duke of Cornwall earlier on Wednesday. Camilla ended this
week’s visit to Cornwall with stops at RAF St Mawgan and Cornwall
Air Ambulance. The first event had Camilla visit RAF St Mawgan. RAF
St Mawgan is a training station and home to the Defence SERE
Training Organisation.
