After the jump The Prince met some of
those who took part in the jump including an 89-year-old D-Day
veteran, Jock Hutton who participated in a tandem jump with one of
the Red Devils during the first drop. Mr Hutton is one of the last
D-Day veterans from his regiment; The 13th Battalion of the
Parachute Regiment. //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The
89-year-old Scottish D-Day veteran was one of…
Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall continue their D-Day engagements with a stop in Ranville
5th June 2014
The Battle of Ranville formed part of
Operation Tonga, the codename given to the airborne operation
undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5th June
and 7th June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the Normandy
landings. The Prince and Duchess have…
A spokesperson from the French Embassy
commented: “This is a special honour from the people of Paris as it
is very rare in France to name places after prominent figures
during their lifetime”. The Queen will tour the market on the final
day of her and the Duke of…
Pictures today of the State Opening of
Parliament via @BritishMonarchy pic.twitter.com/B7VV7setLb — Royal
Central (@RoyalCentral) June 4, 2014 This year’s 10 minute speech
was full of drama as it was announced that plans would be brought
in to support economic growth, legislations to end slavery. The
introduction to the speech featured heavily on the Conservatives
and Liberal Democrats…
she read out her speech to the House of
Lords. The page boys stand just a few feet away from the Queen Just
under nine minutes in from the start of the speech, a loud thud was
heard as the boy fainted onto the ground. The Duchess of Cornwall,
who was sat beside the boy…
Prince Harry will meet a group of people
associated with the film as well as charities that the film will
benefit: Walking with the Wounded; Sentebale and The David Rattray
Memorial Trust. The Prince is a founding Patron of Sentebale and
has been Patron of a number of…
The 88-year-old monarch was seen wearing
jodhpurs, an overcoat and a headscarf as she rode on her black pony
alongside her head groom, Terry Prendry. The Queen finds it more
difficult to ride horses these days after she had two knee
operations in 2003. To ensure Her Majesty does not miss out on the
pleasure of riding, she now mostly rides ponies. The monarch has a
passion for equestrianism and…
The connection between the House of
Windsor and the House of Grimaldi begins in the 19th century when
Albert I, Prince of Monaco married a beautiful and willful British
aristocrat called Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton. Her father was
the 11th Duke of Hamilton and her mother…
Thursday, 5 June 2014 On Tuesday, 5 June,
after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversarty of
the Eurotunnel, Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh will embark
on a State Visit to the French Republic. They will arrive at Paris
Gare du Nord. They will be…
Invictus Games, the international sports
event for ‘wounded warriors’ launched by Prince Harry and held in
London, have only 100 days of rigorous training on their calendar
before the Opening Ceremony on 10 September. L-to-R-Mickaela
Richards, Dave Henson. Danni Hampson-Carroll and Susan Cook at
Aldershot Military Athletics Stadium on May 30, 2014 in Aldershot,
England. During the next 100…
