Queen Elizabeth II

Mark your calendars for Her Majesty: September 2015

Buckingham Palace has calculated that Queen Victoria reigned for 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes, taking into account 63 years, 15 leap days, additional months and days and the precise timings of her accession and death. By those calculations, Queen Elizabeth II will overtake Victoria on September 9th, 2015, taking into account 63 years plus 16 leap days, additional months and days and the…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child

It has been announced by Kensington Palace that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child. In a statement the Palace said, “The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news.” Due to suffering from hypremesis gravidarium, the Duchess will no longer accompany Prince William on their planned engagement in Oxford today. The Duke will continue to attend…
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The Sussexes

Prince Harry to train with Invictus athletes

who is also going to take part in a wheelchair rugby match, as reported by Royal Central.   The athletes, a group of 400 injured, wounded and sick servicemen and women from 13 countries, will arrive at Mayesbrook Park Athletic Arena this weekend to make used of the…
King Charles III

Charles and Camilla pay tribute to Joan Rivers

In a statement released by Clarence House, Charles and Camilla are said to be “extremely saddened” to have learnt the news of her death. Prince Charles said: “Joan Rivers was an extraordinary woman with an original and indefatigable spirit, an unstoppable sense of humour and an enormous zest for life. She will be hugely missed and utterly irreplaceable.” The acid-tongued comedian and…
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King Charles III

Prince Charles's compassion for those persecuted in Iraq

Prince Charles’s remarks came in the form of a strongly worded personal letter to Archbishop Louis Raphael Sako, the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans: “You can have no idea how heartbroken I am to hear of the truly unbearable and barbaric persecution being suffered by not only the Christians in Iraq, but also some of their neighbours of other faiths alongside whom you have lived for…
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