While Buckingham Palace is the official
London residence of the sovereign and serves as the administrative
headquarters for The Crown, The Queen will not be returning from
Windsor Castle. The Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh moved to
Windsor Castle permanently at the start of the global health crisis
in March 2020 in order to better isolate and stay separate. Prior
to 2020, they would…
Kenneth Branagh reveals the advice Prince Charles gave him when playing king
4th March 2022
Considered one of his career highlights,
Sir Kenneth Branagh took on royalty in the war drama Henry V back
in 1989. His interpretation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece had
Branagh take on the dual roles of both director and lead actor.
While it is one of his well-known…
The Queen has made a ‘generous donation’
to a Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal as the invasion of Ukraine by
Russia continues. The Disasters Emergency Committee revealed the
donation on March 3rd 2022, tweeting: “Many thanks to Her Majesty
The Queen for continuing to…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution
will reward 4,500 volunteers and frontline staff with a special
Platinum Jubilee medal in recognition of the 69,212 lives that have
been saved throughout The Queen’s reign. “I am delighted to see so
many RNLI volunteers and staff being recognised by this prestigious
award alongside other frontline members of the emergency services,
prison services and…
The Princess Royal unveils first-of-its-kind hospital helipad in Manchester
4th March 2022
The Princess Royal unveiled the first
hospital helipad in the North West of England earlier this week on
a visit to Manchester. Arriving at the Oxford Road Campus of the
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), which serves
Manchester and Trafford, Princess Anne…
The Earl and Countess of Wessex paid a
visit to the new airbase used by the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance
Service earlier this week. At the new airbase, located in North
Weald, Edward and Sophie were given the chance to thank first
responders for the work they undertook…
Crowds showed their support for the
people of Ukraine — along with The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee — as
Prince Charles arrived in Winchester for a postponed visit to the
city. It was a welcome return to royal walkabouts as the Prince of
Wales greeted the flag-waving fans, carrying both purple Platinum
Jubilee flags and the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine. Charles, who
was scheduled to…
What do the Duchess of Cornwall, Princess
Laurentien of the Netherlands, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of
Norway have in common? Their love of and passion for reading and
their encouragement of others to get them to enter into a world
that allows you to escape from the…
The Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess
of Cambridge are working together to encourage young people to
read. As World Book Day got under way, the royals announced that
Kate had chosen five special books for children as part of
Camilla’s Reading Room project. The…
The Queen’s Commonwealth Baton Relay has
completed 147 days out of its 294-day journey, marking the halfway
point of the Relay. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a tradition that
celebrates, connects, and excites communities throughout the
Commonwealth in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games. The Relay
officially began 7 October when Her Majesty placed her Message to
the Commonwealth…
