Princess Anne and Family

"You're very beautiful...and very sexy" - Princess Anne amused following unusual compliment at official engagement

The Princess Royal was left amused on Saturday after she received an unusual compliment at an official engagement in Warrickshire. During a visit to the Royal Coaching Academy on behalf of Riding For The Disabled, Princess Anne met Ryder – a young child who was very excited to meet royalty. “Are you The Queen?” asked Ryder as he met Her Royal Highness. Princess Anne…
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The royal bride who refused to wear white for her wedding

It was a low key royal wedding, set against a backdrop of family illness and impending drama. But the marriage of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, on November 6th 1935, began a royal partnership that would become a bedrock for the House of Windsor as it faced some of its most challenging times. Prince Henry, third son of King George V and Queen Mary, had…
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The Edinburghs

Monument dedicated to Prince Edward unveiled

The U.K. Hgh Commission in Samoa has unveiled a new monument in Savai’i in honour of a visit to the big island by Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, nearly 30 years ago. The monument was officially dedicated at the end of October at Prince Edward Park in Iva…
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Prince Charles takes the lead meeting with world leaders at COP26

The Prince of Wales has taken the lead at COP26 on behalf of the Royal Family, meeting with world leaders and policymakers while advancing the work of his green agenda, including the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the Terra Carta. Let’s break down exactly who Prince Charles has met this week so far. Monday, 1 November Prince Charles’s first meeting on Monday was with the President…
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The Queen's nephew: looking back at the birth of David Armstong-Jones

Today David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, celebrates his 60th birthday. He is the first child and only son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, and at the time of his birth, was fifth in line to the British throne. Given his glamorous parents and close proximity to The Queen, his birth was covered with the usual pomp by British papers. On 25 May 1961, Kensington Palace…
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