The gardeners at Historic Royal Palaces
have “planted” the seeds of restoration at Hampton Court Palace and
what has grown is a newly restored Kitchen Garden. The Kitchen
Garden recreates the gardens that would have provided a wide
variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits to have fed the Royals
during the Georgian era. A team of professional gardeners are
restoring the pathways and seeding…
Marcus Serjeant aimed a pistol directly
at Her Majesty as she made her down Horseguards’ Parade for the
beginning of the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The assailant fired
six blank cartridges before being tackled by a Guardsman and
police. The shots startled Burmese, The…
William became Royal Colonel of the
regiment in 2011 prior to his wedding and joins the likes of his
father, grandfather and aunty who are also colonels of Household
Division regiments. Armed Forces musicians from Britain, France and
Canada treated the crowd of 6,500 in…
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will
visit Northern Ireland 23rd through 25th June. Details from
Buckingham Palace will be forthcoming. The former IRA leader met
The Queen and Prince Philip in Belfast for the first time, two
years ago. This past April, Mr McGuinness joined in toasting Her
Majesty at a banquet in Windsor Castle during President Michael D
Higgins’s state visit to…
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attend Canadian Remembrance at the Juno Beach Centre
6th June 2014
Charles and Camilla arrived at Juno Beach
and were greeted by the Prime Minister of Canada, the Rt. Hon
Stephen Harper and Mrs Laureen Harper as well as the Prime Minister
of France, Monsieur Manuel Valls. The Royal couple attended the
service of Remembrance and The Prince…
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of
Cornwall were greeted on arrival by President Hollande. Prince
Charles and Camilla arrive. Queen is just 5 minutes away now.
#DDay70 pic.twitter.com/gzcLqePz9d — Royal Central (@RoyalCentral)
June 6…
Bayeux Cemetery is the largest
Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and
includes the burials brought in from the surrounding districts and
hospitals. The Cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth graves of which
338 are unidentified and 504 are from other Nationalities (mainly
German). The Bayeux Memorial stands opposite the cemetery and bears
the names of more than 1,800…
The service concluded with the blessing
of the cathedral's new Bell for Peace and Freedom. Charles and
Camilla along with other Heads of State and Government proceeded to
the bell, located in the centre of the nave. The Cardinal said a
brief prayer and asked Prince…
The Queen and the President lay a single
wreath together at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier #QueeninFrance
pic.twitter.com/hka7KGMECu — BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy)
June 5, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Her Majesty joined
France’s President Francois…
Prince Charles attends remembrance service and reception as the first day of D-Day engagements come to an end
5th June 2014
The service, conducted by the Airborne
Chaplain, 16 Air Assault Brigade consisted of a Welcome, The Lord's
Prayer, A Lesson, Prayers, and the Act of Remembrance. After the
Reveille, Charles laid two wreaths: one at the Canadian memorial
and one at the British memorial. After the service, Charles met the
commune mayors, Canadian veterans and members of the Parachute
Regimental…
