Queen Elizabeth II

National celebrations planned for The Queen’s 90th birthday next year

The first details of major celebrations for The Queen’s 90th birthday next spring have just been revealed. And the big event will be marked with a special horse show at Windsor. The Queen will celebrate her 90th birthday with a special horse show at Windsor The Queen’s birthday is on April 21st but these celebrations will take place at Home Park, Windsor between May 12th and May 15th 2016.
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Prince Harry paddles up the Whanganui River on a waka

On Thursday Prince Harry spent the day in Whanganui, the ancestral home of some different iwi. Prince Harry spoke in M?ori to those gathered at P?tiki Marae. Photo credit: Emily Nash @emynash His first stop was Putiki Marae with the Governor General. Fundamental to M?ori culture and community activities, Marae are dedicated buildings embodying the genealogy and stories of local iwi or people. The…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen tells guests at Buckingham Palace garden party: “We love having another girl” in the family

The joy a baby brings is contagious, as Her Majesty The Queen is finding out. At the first garden party of the season, The Queen couldn’t help but share the excitement of the addition of a bouncing baby girl into the Royal Family. The wonderful sunny day brought about 8,000 guests to the gardens at Buckingham Palace to enjoy an afternoon of tea and biscuits. Her Majesty, along with the…
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Prince Harry reunited with his former school matron during NZ tour

Amidst the very public tour of New Zealand that Prince Harry is currently undertaking there was a very private moment for the royal as he reached Christchurch. During a walkabout in the city, he came face to face with one of his former boarding school matrons who said he hadn’t changed a bit. Vicky McBratney worked as an assistant matron at Ludgrove School in Berkshire, which Harry attended…
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