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 ahead of the announcement of
the winner(s) of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on the 3
February at the Royal Academy…
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…
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 countryside, albeit growing up amidst
the surroundings of a stately home, Hovingham Hall. Her parents,
Sir William and Lady Joyce sent…
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…
Queen Elizabeth II became the oldest
reigning Monarch in the world yesterday following the death of
the 90-year-old King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
Yet the record forms only the latest in a long string of longevity
records The Queen – along with the Duke of Edinburgh – have reached
over the past few years, as well as a number of
significant records which she is still…
Her Majesty The Queen made her annual
visit to West Newton on Thursday, to attend a meeting of the
Women’s Institute (WI). Upon her arrival at West Newton village
hall, where the meeting was held, Her Majesty was welcomed by the
group’s chairwoman, Yvonne Brown…
The Prince of Wales is to attend the
funeral of King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia later on Friday afternoon.
It is understood that Clarence House officials immediately began
working on travel arrangements to have Charles arrive in Riyadh in
time for ceremony. The Prince has…
As we continue our series on The Queen
Mother, the next decade to be examined is the 1920s. Also known as
the roaring twenties in some parts of the world. The 1920s was an
interesting time for Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyons. What makes
Elizabeth such a fascinating figure was that she had no interest in
being Royal. Elizabeth can be considered to be a free thinker, a
concept that had an impact on her…
