As the Royal Family returns to a regular schedule of engagements, The Duke of Gloucester visited some new four-legged friends to begin the week. He stopped by a new Canine Partners location to celebrate the new location’s opening, including the Bradbury Kennels.
Prince Richard visited the new Canine Partners facilities in Surrey to mark its official opening. After touring the new…
It was a family affair as members of the British royals visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra paid a visit to the horticultural show on its opening day, September…
The Duke of Gloucester has been visiting Ipswich this week to open a new archive and heritage centre, connect with students at the University of Suffolk, and visit Sutton Hoo.
The Duke visited The Hold, which was created in partnership with the University of Suffolk, and…
Today, Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester, will celebrate her 75th birthday. A Danish member of the British Royal Family, Birgitte is married to Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, who is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Together the couple has three children: Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (b. 1974), Lady Davina Windsor (b. 1977), and Lady Rose Gilman (b.1980). On her milestone…
The Duke of Gloucester found a unique way to mark World Architecture Day this week: he took to the Royal Family Twitter account to share his top three favourite buildings in the United Kingdom.
To mark the special day, on October 5th 2020, Prince Richard’s first…
The Duke of Gloucester has become patron of the Trimontium Trust as the museum it oversees begins a renovation project to be completed next year.
“It is a great honour for the Trust to have a patron of such high standing,” said John Reid, the chairman of Trimontium…
Eleanor Cobham is perhaps one of the lesser known royal wives of medieval times. As with most women of her time, not much is known of her youth. She was born around 1400, probably at Sterborough Castle in Kent, which didn’t survive the reign of Oliver Cromwell. Her parents were Reginald Cobham, 3rd Baron Sterborough, 3rd Lord Cobham and Eleanor Culpeper.
When she was around 22 years old, she…
Focus on the 'forgotten' royals: The Duke of Gloucester visits Morocco
13th October 2019
He regularly clocks up several hundred engagements a year but the Duke of Gloucester remains one of the more low key members of the Royal Family. His recent visit to Morocco is a case in point. The duke spent several days in the north African country, carrying out a series…
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester was born on the 26 August 1944; the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary, and the younger of two brothers born to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and his wife, Princess Alice. Shortly after his birth, he went to Australia…
The Duke of Gloucester last week paid a visit to the Aldingbourne
Country Centre in Chichester to see how the facilities there support adults living
with learning disabilities or autism to lead independent lives.
“It was an honour to provide a guided tour of our facilities
and introduce HRH The Duke of Gloucester to the people we support,” said Peter
Stanley, the General Manager of the…
