Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla decides not to wear the controversial Koh-i-Noor diamond at Coronation

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14th February 2023
Buckingham Palace has shared news that Queen Camilla will be wearing Queen Mary’s Crown on 6 May at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation.  Queen Mary’s Crown has been removed from the Tower of London where it is normally on display with the other Crown Jewels to begin work ahead of the Coronation.  The crown will undergo modifications by the Crown Jeweller for Camilla. Four of the…
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King Charles III

The King employs the services of a new racehorse trainer as he continues his mother’s racing legacy

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13th February 2023
The King has employed the services of Ralph Beckett to train a number of racehorses for the upcoming flat season. Mr Beckett, who is based at his yard in Andover, has never trained horses in the famous scarlet and purple royal silks before. However, prior to him ascending the throne, Charles had a number of horses in training with Mr Beckett along with the then Duchess of Cornwall. Their…
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British Royals

The Coronation Emblem is revealed

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11th February 2023
Buckingham Palace has just shared the official Coronation emblem.  The design draws on the four home countries of the United Kingdom, and their symbols. The four national flowers have been used to form St. Edward’s Crown: the English rose, the Scottish thistle, the Welsh daffodil, and the Northern Irish shamrock. St. Edward’s Crown is the crown that will be placed on Charles’s head…
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The Kents

The Duke of Kent visits Westminster Abbey to lay a wreath at the grave of Viscount Trenchard

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9th February 2023
The Duke of Kent visited Westminster Abbey on Thursday, February 9, to lay a wreath in memory of Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard. Born in 1873, Trenchard was considered by many to be the father of the Royal Air Force, playing an instrumental role in establishing the areal warfare branch of the military in 1918. Trenchard had a distinguished military career, being made head of the…
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