The Battle of Gallipoli was a disastrous
campaign fought by the Allied Powers during the First World War.
The battle, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, was carried out
on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, and lasted from
the 25th of April, 1915, to the 9th of January, 1916. Thought up by
Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time, the
plan involved creating a…
Royal Tour of Canada by the Prince of
Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. Minister of Canadian Heritage and
Official Languages, Shelly Glover announced on Friday that: “The
Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will meet Canadian
youth, volunteers, and industry leaders…
Prince Harry first came up with the idea
for Sentebale in 2004, when he visited Lesotho as a part of his gap
year and was overwhelmed by the poverty and hardships faced by the
children there. He met with Prince Seeiso, and the two of them
decided to set up this charity to…
William and Catherine honoured by Governor General Thursday evening after a busy day in Canberra
24th April 2014
William and Catherine meet a wide range
of guests from the charity, conservation, arts, sporting and
business fields on Friday evening in the drawing room at the
Government House. Chatting with the like’s former pro-surfer Layne
Beachley, INXS rocker Kirk Pengilly and sailor Jessica Watson; they
also met Daniel Keighran, Benjamin Roberts-Smith and SAS Trooper
Mark Donaldson, Australia’s three…
The plush silk top hat was designed by
Henry Heath Ltd. It has a silk print lining reading “by special
appointment / to His Majesty the King / Established in the reign of
King George IV, 1982 / 105 to 109 Oxford St, London.” The initials
“HRH” appear in gilt…
The Duchess of Cornwall’s brother Mark
Shand has died at the age of 62 after sustaining a serious head
injury from a fall in New York, Clarence House announced Wednesday.
Mr Shand is understood to have slipped on the pavement outside an
after-party after attending a…
It was taken at Government House on the
third day of the tour as the young Prince was being carried through
to meet other children at Plunket for his first official royal
engagement. Mr Woolf who is a professional photographer and
Wellington City councillor, was given exclusive access to a side
room that adjoined the waiting Plunket families, when he snapped
the photo which he admitted could be…
Order of the Garter is the oldest and
most important British order of chivalry. It was founded by Edward
III in 1348. Each knight has on display a banner of their arms in
St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Buckingham Palace has announced that
the former heads of the Bank of…
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrate Easter Sunday and visit the zoo with Prince George
21st April 2014
On Easter Sunday, The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge attended a service at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Similarly, The Royal Family back in the UK attended a service at St
George’s Chapel. William and Catherine arrived to a large crowd
waiting outside the Cathedral…
was especially commissioned on behalf of
the British Government’s GREAT Britain campaign. The Queen
celebrates her 88th birthday tomorrow, on Easter Monday and will be
marking the day privately as usual with family at Windsor Castle.
This latest image of Her Majesty will, according to the GREAT
campaign, be used in activity to support the organisation, which
aims to generate jobs and growth…
