Steve Conlon has been with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for 10 years, but recently had a chance in his career most don’t experience in a lifetime.
When it was announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would be making a stop in Kelowna, Conlon’s VIP security training came in handy.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also provides VIP security training as an additional…
World Mental Health Day: Make asking for help no big deal, urge Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry
11th October 2016
To mark World Mental Health Day, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended a reception at County Hall in central London organised by their Heads Together organisation. The event recognised outstanding individuals who have helped others in need and included…
The Duke of Cambridge has thrown his support behind a new suicide prevention strategy launched in Suffolk on 6 October.
Suffolk Lives Matter is a joint endeavour from organisations across Suffolk County which aims to reduce the number of suicides each year. Current figures…
Up close with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for #RoyalVisitCanada
5th October 2016
When it was first announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were coming to Canada it was hard for me to believe that as someone who writes about them day in and day out that I would have the chance to cover them in person.
Yet soon enough (and after completing many media requests about the tour!) the first day that I would be able to cover them came in Vancouver. The media was requested to…
He has just wrapped up a successful week-long tour in Canada, and it will be business as usual for Prince William as soon as he returns home.
The Duke of Cambridge will be presenting the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Awards, during a ceremony at the…
With a double handed wave from Prince George and Princess Charlotte wobbling after her big brother, they joined their parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on a water plane tour around the southern tip of Vancouver Island before catching their much larger plane back to…
Last full day for Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on #RoyalVisitCanada
1st October 2016
Around noon on 30 September, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge landed their war canoe in Haida Gwaii, a north coast island archipelago to start off their last full day of their tour around British Columbia and the Yukon.
After a flight in, the Duke and Duchess rode the replica Haida war canoe with 12 members of the Skidegate Saints basketball team who helped paddle the boat, although both Prince…
Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent the day in the Yukon.
Starting the day in Whitehorse, the capital of the Nothern Territory Yukon, the Duke and Duchess visited the MacBride Museum where they met the 90-year-old telegraph operator, Doug Bell. Prince William…
A royal snub for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Kelowna leg of #RoyalVisitCanada
28th September 2016
In a stark contrast to the gloomy, rainy weather that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge experienced in Bella Bella, the sun shone down on the future king and his wife as they stepped out of their car on the UBC Okanagan campus to celebrate the 10th anniversary.
The couple…
On 28 September 2016 at 10:30am PT (6:30pm London, 1:30 New York) our Assistant Editor Jamie Samhan will be taking questions about the tour on Facebook Live via the British Monarchist League page.
Just type your question in the comments section and I will try and answer as many as I can in 20 minutes.
Jamie has been covering the Royal Tour of British Columbia and the Yukon being taken on by the…
