Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince William meets Palestinian President in West Bank

The Duke of Cambridge was in Palestine yesterday where he met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The meeting took place during the first West Bank trip for a member of the Royal Family. While in Israel on Tuesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin requested that the Prince take with him a “message of peace” to the Palestinian Territories and the Palestinian…
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The Sussexes

Duke of Sussex in Lesotho with Sentebale to open school and donate home

The Duke of Sussex is in Pitseng, Lesotho, to unveil a house donated by the charity he co-founded, Sentebale to a local family, as well as to open a school. The Duchess of Sussex did not accompany her husband to the African kingdom. Prince Harry co-founded Sentebale with his friend, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho – the younger brother of King Letsie III of Lesotho in 2006. The charity’s…
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Queen Elizabeth II

New footage of a young Queen Elizabeth aired on Countryfile

British television programme Countryfile aired a special royal edition last night which focused on The Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, exploring how it is run and letting slip secrets about the monarch’s time there as a child. It is one of three special episodes going behind the scenes of three different estates of the monarch – Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral – and showcasing her…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Barack Obama jokes about Queen’s “bling” revealed in new book

In The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Barack Obama’s former national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, reveals that the then-President and First Lady of the United States were in awe when they met The Queen on an official visit to the UK in May 2011. Rhodes writes that though President Obama felt “wonderstruck” by The Queen he also saw in her similarities to his beloved…
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