Prince Charles paid a visit to his local
small community hospital in Tetbury Friday in his capacity as
Patron of Friends of Tetbury Hospital, which raises funds to
maintain it. The Prince opened the recently upgraded X-Ray unit.
The £108,600 needed for the upgrade took Friends of Tetbury
hospital around 12 months to raise. The hospital receives money
from the NHS for the patients, but it seeks…
"An event of great national and international significance": The Queen’s message opens the order of service at Richard III’s reburial
26th March 2015
The Queen has issued a message on the
occasion of the reinterment of her predecessor, King Richard III,
who was buried at Leicester Cathedral today. Her Majesty mentions
The King’s death in the Battle of Bosworth, and her memories of
Leicester Cathedral. She also…
The Supreme Court has today ruled that
letters sent by The Prince of Wales to government ministers can be
published. The hand-down of the judgement, which was delivered just
after 09:45 GMT, ends a nine-year legal battle between The
Guardian and the government. The Court…
Duke of York sings Happy Birthday to daughter Eugenie virtually during Pitch@Palace awards
24th March 2015
The Pitch@Palace event is an initiative
by the Duke of York to encourage entrepreneurship in the United
Kingdom. In the past, the initiative has been described as a cross
between the television shows Shark’s Tank, Dragon’s Den, and the X
Factor. This week it can be compared to a new television
program-American Idol-the try-outs. The Pitch@Palace awards event
coincided with the celebration of…
Last Thursday The Duke of Cambridge made
a secret visit to the country’s most secretive building to witness
how the communications of alleged terrorists and foreign spy
organisations are being monitored. The visit to Government
Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in…
Freundel Stuart, the Prime Minister of
Barbados, said that the nation will be moving towards becoming a
republic, replacing The Queen with a President as Head of State.
“We cannot pat ourselves on the shoulder at having gone into
independence; having de-colonised our…
Laurie Doyle, a registered nurse from
Lousiville and avid Royal watcher, could not believe her luck on
Friday afternoon. What began as a chilly day standing in front of
the Cathedral of the Assumption turned into shaking the hand of the
future King of England complete with a proper curtsey. Laurie, a
Royal Central reader, was kind enough to discuss her experience
with me. Laurie your Twitter name…
The Queen-in-Council issued a
proclamation setting out the dates when Parliament will be
prorogued ahead of its dissolution, heralding the beginning of the
short campaign for the British General Election on this May.
The Order read that Parliament would be prorogued (which…
The UK Supreme Court has today
confirmed that it will hand down judgement next Thursday on
whether the contents of letters sent between The Prince of Wales
and government ministers should be revealed to the public. Prince
Charles wrote a series of letters to seven…
The final piece in our Queen Mother
series sees us focus on the last few years of her life in the
2000s, her death and legacy she left behind. Our post begins in
early 2000 when The Queen Mother celebrated her centenary. She was
the first member of the Royal Family to reach her 100th birthday
and was said to be “very pleased” to celebrate such an occasion.
There were some minor…
