King Charles started his week with a
special engagement as he met a 99 year old veteran. While
visiting The Gordon Highlanders Museum, The King was able to meet
Jim Glennie who is a veteran of the Second World War and took part
in the D-Day landings. He was captured by Nazi forces and held as a
prisoner of war for four months. When the veteran met King
Charles, he joked “long time, no…
Queen Camilla has returned to public
engagements with a visit to the University of Aberdeen where she
met different campus groups. Queen Camilla was named as
Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen in 2013 and has returned
several times. On her latest trip…
King Charles has been focusing on
community during time in Scotland. The King visited a food bank in
Alloa, Clackmannanshire. He was greeted by cheerful crowds who
braved the chill to see him before heading inside. The Gate
is a charity organisation that provides…
The death of a king in a modern era: how George V's passing was announced to the world
19th January 2025
It was not an auspicious start to the new
year of 1936 for King George V. The previous year had seen ‘Grandpa
England’, as Queen Elizabeth II once called her grandfather, feted
during his Silver Jubilee, but long periods of poor health had
plagued the King, and he would not live to see February. By 15
January, he was bedridden with a cold from which he’d never
recover. His favourite…
The Duchess of Edinburgh has been
shopping, popping into the United Kingdom’s first social
supermarket to learn more about food insecurity and the community
initiative to help curb it. At Community Shop’s Lambeth location,
Sophie saw firsthand how the social…
The King’s Trust is only a year away from
celebrating a milestone occasion, its fiftieth birthday. What is
The King’s Trust and what does it do? In 1976, the
then-Prince of Wales founded a new organisation. The United Kingdom
was facing high levels of…
King Charles has been focusing on history
when he helped begin a time capsule that will be opened in 2125.
And there were two special contributions from The King for this
important memento. The King was at Dumfries House to mark a special
anniversary for The King’s Foundation. The organisation is
celebrating a milestone, 35 years, after its founding as the Prince
of Wales’…
Pour one out for the Prince of Wales!
Ever the football fan, Prince William found time to chat with Aston
Villa supporters in Birmingham on Wednesday, after he was in town
for the College of Paramedics’ Emergency and Critical Care
Conference. The royal met with…
The Prince of Wales praised paramedics at
the inaugural Emergency and Critical Care Conference for being the
“adaptable, multiskilled” Swiss Army Knives of frontline
healthcare. Prince William became Patron of the College of
Paramedics leading up to the inaugural…
King Charles has had a quiet holiday
season with Queen Camilla and the rest of his family. However, he
is already busy at work behind closed doors. While at
Sandringham Estate, King Charles has continued to work. And
while the Court Circular announced public engagements for the
Princess Royal and the Duke of Gloucester this week, it had already
noted work behind palace doors for The…
