Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge flew today from the United Kingdom to New
Zealand via Australia. Along with their son Prince George, they
travelled to Australia aboard a QANTAS flight, which was met at the
airport by a New Zealand Royal Air Force jet, which took them the
rest of the way to New Zealand. They flew into the country, and
were treated to an official welcome at…
They will now go on to Government House,
home to the Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and his wife Lady
Janine. On the lawn in front of the House, the couple will receive
a Powhiri, which is Maori for Ceremonial Welcome. The formal
ceremony closes with Prince William…
Cab driver John Sheen, who has been
driving for 45 years, drove Charles from Clarence House to the St
Bartholomew today. This was the third time in his career he has
driven the Prince. For his service, Charles gave Mr Sheen a £10
note and commented that he had a “jolly…
Historic meeting between the Queen & Pope
Francis from Sun snapper @arthurJedwards via @SunNewsdesk
pic.twitter.com/a57k0hSJi7 — British Royals (@britishroyals) April
3, 2014 The Queen and the Pope spoke together in private for
17 minutes, and the meeting was just under 30 minutes in total. On
arrival, the monarch apologised for being 20 minutes late due to
being delayed at her luncheon. This…
Princess Eugenie of York, Patron of the
RNOH Charity’s Redevelopment Appeal, visited the hospital on
Wednesday to formally open its new state-of-the-art Children’s High
Dependency Unit. “It’s wonderful to come back and see the new Unit,
and the fantastic work the…
The Duke of York launches iDEA Digital Enterprise Award and says 'failure is good for children’
1st April 2014
The iDEA pilot scheme hopes to support
1,000 budding entrepreneurs by investing £150,000 into their ideas
for business plans. The Digital Enterprise Award will enable young
business men and women to build digital prototypes to test the
viability of their business plan. The…
The Prince of Wales, a long-time devotee
of the Welsh harp tradition, has given a harp to the Wales
International Harp Festival. The international event takes place
next month in Caernarvon. The harp is the national instrument of
Wales. The Telynau Teifi harp made by Llandysul based harp makers
and crafted by chief harp maker Allan Shiers, will be awarded to
the harpist who places first in under…
Alan Jones, chairman of the Village
Bakery, recently recreated a baking scene from the opening of
Erddig Hall, when he recalled the time he burned The Prince of
Wales. The Wrexham mansion was officially opened in
1977, where Prince Charles was a guest of honour, and
this…
It was heralded as “one of the biggest
archaeological finds in history,” according to The Leicester
Mercury. The remains of Richard III that was discovered in a
Greyfriars car park in February 2013 is now in question. Professor
Michael Hicks the head of history at the…
The Queen will host the President of
Ireland, Mr Michael D Higgins and his wife at Windsor castle during
from April 8 to April 11. This will be the first State Visit to the
UK by any President of Ireland and follows The Queen’s historic
State Visit to Ireland in 2011. President Michael D. Higgins to
make first State Visit to England by an Irish Head of State
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