The Programme will run from 2015 to 2018.
During this time a total of 240 exceptional younger leaders from
the Commonwealth will be bestowed honours at Buckingham Palace. The
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic
Relief and The Royal Commonwealth Society, has created The Queen’s
Young Leaders Programme in honour of Her Majesty’s long and
continued service to the…
The original waxwork Royals were
previously wearing the same outfits they announced their engagement
in: Catherine in her navy Issa wrap dress, and William a
dark suit and purple tie. The updated models are now wearing
opulent evening wear. The museum artists have dressed…
Joined by long-term boyfriend Jack
Brooksbank on her left and along with the wife of the Chairman
of the All England Club, Gill Brook on her right, the decision for
Her Royal Highness to attend the match was an almost last-minute
one after Princess Eugenie heard that the…
On 5 July 1979 The Queen presided over
the Isle of Man’s 1000th open-air sitting of Parliament. She was
only the second British Monarch to satisfy this duty in person. The
last monarch to do so was Her Majesty’s father, King George VI in
1945. Her Majesty is the Lord of Mann as the official usage is
applied for traditional and cultural reasons. The title Lord of
Mann, though, was altered when…
The Royal couple laid a wreath at the
foot of the Welsh National Mining Memorial, before touring and
officially opening the Aber Valley Heritage Centre. The Wales
National Mining Memorial is dedicated to all miners who lost their
lives in mining disasters across the…
As president of Fields in Trust, the Duke
of Cambridge will visit the War Memorial Park in Coventry on
16th July to mark the Memorial Park being the first to be
dedicated as part of Fields in Trust’s ‘Centenary Fields’
programme, which is in partnership with the…
The oil-on-canvas piece, entitled
Fatherhood, was painted by the same artist, whose portrait of the
Queen last year was criticised for its resemblance to a Spitting
Image puppet. The portrait measures 90cm by 60cm and will be
revealed on Tuesday at the Wales Office in Whitehall to coincide
with the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
In the painting, William is wearing a dark…
Prince Harry, who was
recently in Chile after spending time in Brazil, is
currently earning a £38,847 salary for his role as a captain in the
Army. When Diana, Princess of Wales died nearly seventeen years
ago, she left nearly £13 million in her will, which also…
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of
Cornwall visited the newly restored Galilee Chapel at St
Illtud’s Church in Llantwit Major, which maintains one of the most
significant collections of Celtic Christian stones in the UK.
Later, they viewed the Edwardian Dyffryn House and…
In the photograph, Her Majesty is wearing
a gold and diamond brooch featuring thistles, Scotland’s national
emblem. Born in Glasgow, Harry Benson started his career on Fleet
Street at the Daily Sketch and the Daily Express, He has been a
photographer for LIFE magazine and Vanity Fair. Mr Benson has
photographed everyone from The Beatles to every United States
President since Dwight…
