As part of their visit to Ireland, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall toured the United Nations Training School Ireland at the Curragh Camp.
The facility provides training to peacekeepers before they are deployed overseas and has led to successful intervention during the bloody conflict in locations around the world such as Lebanon.
The visit was part of several the Prince and Duchess…
Why the royal standard would never reveal clues to “emergency” Buckingham Palace meeting
5th May 2017
While #BuckinghamPalace trended on Twitter and the world waited in a frenzied state for news about the “emergency” meeting called on Thursday, many people turned their eyes to the flag flying over the palace. Though they may have hoped it would reveal a clue as to the…
With yesterday’s announcement from Buckingham Palace that Prince Philip will be retiring from his public role this autumn, talk has quickly turned to what this means for the rest of the family. With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge already planning to relocate to London…
A new exhibition displaying iconic images of Diana, Princess of Wales has opened at the Althorp Estate, Northampton, the princess’s final resting place and the family seat of the Earls of Spencer since 1508.
The images – fifteen in total, taken in 1997 by legendary photographer Mario Testino – will be on display in the estate’s Grade 1-listed stables during house opening days at Althorp…
Cat fight between Camilla and William “distasteful”
2nd May 2017
New BBC2 drama King Charles III portrays a British Royal Family descending into chaos following the ascension of Prince Charles to the throne. Adapted from Mike Bartlett’s West End and Broadway hit of the same name, the show features a full-blown constitutional crisis and…
Lady Amelia Windsor to star in fashion campaign for favourite designer of Duchess of Cambridge
27th April 2017
Lady Amelia Windsor is 36th in line to the British throne and has been named by Tattler magazine as “the most beautiful member of the Royal Family.”
With the success of her latest modelling appearance where she took to the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana show in…
Prince of Wales and Prince of Transylvania?
11th April 2017
Mayor Mircea Hava of former capital city Alba Iulia, in Transylvania, has extended a formal invitation to Prince Charles to take on the honorific title of Prince of Transylvania.
In a letter to the Prince of Wales Mayor Hava said: “We know how much you love Transylvania. It has become your second home and you have been the region’s most valuable ambassador. Moreover, you claim your roots from…
Prince Charles speaks to Holocaust survivors about his grandmother who hid Jewish family
7th April 2017
Speaking with Holocaust survivors at the Jewish Museum in Vienna, Prince Charles shared his pride for his ‘amazing’ grandmother, who sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis during World War Two.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were in Vienna on the final…
New book on Prince Charles sheds light on his personality and relationship with Diana
4th April 2017
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, publishing this Thursday, 6 April.
After four years interviewing 300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
Documentary reveals MI5 spied on the Duke of Windsor during his reign & after his abdication
3rd April 2017
In a Channel 4 documentary, Spying on the Royals, which aired Sunday night in the UK, it was revealed that during and after his brief reign as King, Edward VIII was under surveillance by the British secret service.
Adrian Phillips, author of The King Who Had to Go, has said that ‘putting MI5 onto Edward VIII was to treat the unchallenged and legitimate head of state as a potential threat to…