On behalf of Her Majesty The Queen,
Camilla arrived at Westminster Abbey and was greeted by the Dean of
Westminster at the West Gate. The solemn commemoration saw
Camilla take part in a candle lit vigil, concluding the
commemorations made by the entirety of the Royal Family on the
4th August. The commemorative service was attended by some 1700
guests including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg…
Arriving in the country yesterday with
staff from RAF Northolt, the Cambridges first attended a ceremony
at the Cointe Inter-allied Memorial in Liège. They will be joined
by Prince Harry in early evening to attend a reception at Mons Town
Hall before attending a…
On the informal visit to the garden,
Princess Anne was shown around by the curator of Dawyck, Graham
Stewart and was informed of the site's history, activities that
happen in the present and the future ambitions for the garden. Also
present upon Anne's arrival were…
Derived from Sir Edward Grey’s quote ‘the
lights are going out all over Europe’, the Abbey will shift from
light into darkness, until one candle remains at the Grave of the
Unknown Warrior. At 11pm the lone candle will be extinguished to
indicate the precise moment the declaration of war was announced.
The Vigil will consist of music, scriptural readings, psalms,
poetry, and accounts from…
The two will be joining Chelsea
Pensioners, and are set to ride in the streets in cars from the
early 20th century. Alongside the group will be officials and
dignitaries from Britain and Western Front towns in
Belgium. The parade will follow a route that takes them from
the…
Celebrities including James Bond star
Daniel Craig, US pop singer Will.i.am and national treasures Joanna
Lumley and Stephen Fry amongst others, have already pledged their
commitment to the games with recorded messages of support. The
concert will take place in the Queen…
60 local schoolchildren were in
attendance at The Queen's London residence and for the
duration of the event they were split into two groups. The younger
of the two groups were learning how to code using Scratch while the
older children were using HTML. Prince Andrew looked on as the
schoolchildren did their thing while still encouraging the
youngsters to develop their coding skills beyond…
What made the celebrations more special
was that Eugenie was joined by her Mother, Sarah Ferguson, in the
Big Apple where they ate at Café Felix, a French and Brazilian
eatery in Soho. The celebrations were all in aid of Eugenie being
offered a permanent post with online…
The Duke of Kent, President of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), and Irish President
Michael D Higgins unveiled a Cross of Sacrifice to honour Ireland’s
war dead at Glasnevin Cemetery, in Dublin on Thursday. The Cross of
Sacrifice at Glasnevin is the first to…
Speaking to the BBC’s Chris Evans on his
breakfast show, the Prince said that launching the Invictus Games
was a full-time job but a “great” experience at the same time. The
games, which will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Park in
September, will involve a variety of sports from wheelchair
basketball to indoor rowing. Prince Harry said he saw a similar
idea in the US, and “stole” the…
