The Queen has access to countless
impressive tiaras, many that we know of and more that we don’t.
However, one of her most worn and most beloved tiaras is “Granny’s
Tiara”, also known as Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and
Ireland Tiara. Lady Eve Greville formed a committee of
society women in 1893 to raise funds to purchase a tiara for
Princess Mary of Teck in honour of wedding…
The Queen has always paid care and duty
to the veterans of the Second World War, having grown up during the
conflict and served herself as a mechanic with the Auxiliary
Territorial Service. Fifty years on from the successful D-Day
Landings at Omaha Beach in Normandy, The…
Into the jungle and on patrol as the Cambridges meet the military in Belize
22nd March 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent
most of the day in the Belizean forest on their final full day of
engagements in the Central American country, joining British and
Belizean soldiers for training. William and Kate took part in the
British Army Training Support Unit…
The wonders of the Mayan site of Caracol on show as royal tour of Belize continues
22nd March 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge began
their final full day of engagements in Belize with a trek to the
Caracol archeological site in the heart of the country. William and
Kate trekked to the 3,000-year-old site in the Maya Mountains and
within the Chiquibul National Forest alongside an archeologist,
Allan Moore, who likened the site and the view to Buckingham
Palace. The royal couple…
With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
currently touring Belize as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
celebrations, let’s take a look at The Queen’s past visits to the
country in 1985 and 1994; as well as other members of the Royal
Family who have visited over the…
A focus on marine conservation rounds off William and Kate's first full day of Belize tour
21st March 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrapped
up their first full day in Belize with a discussion on marine
conservation from leading Belizean experts. The royal couple set up
a roundtable discussion area on the pier at Hopkins, the small
fishing village where earlier in the…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
attended a Garifuna cultural festival in Belize, recognising one of
the oldest cultural groups in the Americas through food and dance.
Following their visit to a family-run cacao farm, William and Kate
visited the small seaside town of Hopkins, which is considered the
Garifuna centre of Belize, with its small population of people who
still routinely use the…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge carried
out their first engagement of their Caribbean Platinum Jubilee Tour
on Sunday, visiting a local cacao farm to learn how the small,
family-run farm produces world-famous Mayan chocolate. William and
Kate visited Julio, who runs the…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
arrived in Belize at the start of their Platinum Jubilee tour. They
touched down in an RAF Voyager at at Philip S. W Goldson
International Airport on March 19th 2022 for the start of a four
day visit to the country. The Governor…
As she stepped into the Royal Opera House
for a concert marking one of the biggest political events of her
reign, Elizabeth II was the picture of serenity. But just minutes
earlier she had had to perform a tiara swap as her jewels fell
apart in the back of her royal car. The Queen was on her way to
attend the Fanfare for Europe gala in central London on January 3rd
1973 when the incident…
