On Thursday, the 12th of February, The Duchess of Cambridge will visit Portsmouth, where she will carry out two engagements accompanied by competitive sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie.
In the morning, The Duchess will visit the new headquarters of Ben Ainslie Racing and the 1851 Trust to see what progress has been made in its construction, before going in to look at the mural in the site’s Visitor…
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While the 1920s would prove to be an eventful decade for Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (and later, The Duchess of York) the 1930s would transform her life in a way that no one would ever have expected. This decade would see Elizabeth crowned Queen and the outbreak of the…
Prince Charles to visit Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE
29th January 2015
On the request of Her Majesty’s Government, The Prince of Wales will carry out official visits to Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates from 7th February to 12th February 2015.
The tour will begin in Jordan on 7th February. Charles will spend…
Prince Harry in ‘Full Effect’ for youth group visit in Nottingham
29th January 2015
The Full Effect Youth Project is in for another visit from Prince Harry. On February 3rd Harry will visit the youth project for the third time, previously visiting in 2013 and 2014.
The Full Effect Youth Project, located in St. Ann’s, Nottingham, works to improve chances for young people and reduce violence through the support of The Royal Foundation. This is achieved through early…
The Duke of Edinburgh has written an opinion piece, supporting engineering, for theNew Scientist magazine.
The article, entitled ‘Make Things Better’, is approximately 500 words long and details The Duke’s passion for the engineering industry.
The piece comes…
Prince Charles: "Climate Change Agreement, the New Magna Carta"
28th January 2015
Prince Charles attended The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit meeting on Forests, Climate Change and Development at the British Academy in London on Monday.
The Prince has asked the international community to act on climate change before it becomes an…
Prince Charles to host reception supporting the campaign to save studio and house of eminent Victorian artist
27th January 2015
The Prince of Wales will host a Reception in support of the charity The Limnerslease Project Appeal on 28 January at Clarence House.
The Limnerslease Project purpose is to save, conserve and renovate public access to Limnerslease.
Prince Charles first visited Limnerslease in May 2011, becoming Patron of the appeal the following September.
In 2001, Lady Angela Nevill, member of the Limnerslease…
Katharine Kent will be an unfamiliar name to many, but in Royal circles she became well-known, causing controversy with her conversion to Catholicism in 1994.
Born Katharine Worsley on February 22nd 1933, her upbringing was that of a ‘commoner’ in the Yorkshire…
Residents near Anmer Hall, the home of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have become increasingly irked after a historic weathervane in the shape of a 17th century ship has apparently been ‘blinged up’.
The Georgian mansion’s weathervane has not…
Tony Abbott, the Australian Prime Minister, made an announcement this morning that Her Majesty had accepted his recommendation on the investiture of two Knights of the Order of Australia. The two were to be awarded to The Duke of Edingburgh and Sir Angus Houston.
Knighthoods were recently reintroduced to the Australian Honours list by Prime Minister Abbott with mixed reception. Some have claimed…
