The Countess of Wessex attended a special
service at Westminster Abbey in honour of those who have died of
the coronavirus on November 2nd, marking All Souls’ Day in a more
poignant way this year. This year’s service was arranged in
partnership with Hope and LOSS, a coalition of churches from
various religious denominations that support the bereaved. “The
ceremony has extra poignancy…
The Duke of Edinburgh has returned to
Windsor Castle from Sandringham, just days before a new period of
lockdown is set to begin in England. Prince Philip, who is 99, had
been living at Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in recent weeks
while the Queen returned to royal…
We’ve seen hundreds of photos of members
of the Royal Family, and sometimes, we see them hanging out with
other famous faces. Royal Central is taking a look at royals and
what celebrities they consider friends. The Duchess of Sussex and
Priyanka…
The Duke of Cambridge reportedly battled
COVID-19 in April of this year after his father and the Prime
Minister had contracted the virus. Prince William didn’t make his
diagnosis public because he did not want to worry the public after
both the Prince of Wales and Prime Minister had revealed they had
caught the virus. He reportedly told someone at an engagement,
“There were…
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, Queen's cousin and party planner, has died at the age of 79
1st November 2020
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, the Queen’s
first cousin once removed and her party planner, has died at the
age of 79. They were said to be great friends, as well. Lady
Elizabeth began party planning for The Queen around 1960, and most
notably, she planned The…
Dukedoms are the highest titles in the
British roll of peerage. These titles are sometimes created and
bestowed on sons and grandsons of the British monarch, usually when
they get married. Named after the capital city of Scotland, the
Dukedom of Edinburgh was first…
The Countess of Wessex marks the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
1st November 2020
In 2019, The Countess of Wessex held a
reception for Women Peacebuilders at Buckingham Palace, where she
committed to supporting the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)
agenda, as well as the UK’s, Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict
Initiative. UN Security Council Resolution 1325 was the first-ever
UN Resolution that recognised the central role of women as
important stakeholders…
Remembrance Day commemorations due to be
held next month are now unlikely to take place in any large-scale
format due to the imposition of a new nationwide lockdown which
will begin next week. It is understood that people in England will
only be able to meet up with one…
History of Royal Titles: Why is Queen Elizabeth II also known as the Duke of Normandy?
31st October 2020
In the middle ages, the Duke of Normandy
was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in northwestern France. In
911, the duchy came from a grant of land given to the Viking
leader, Rollo, by Charles III, the Carolingian ruler of West
Francia in a bid to stop the Viking onslaught.
The Duke of Sussex is a substantive title
and is one of the several royal dukedoms created twice in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. The dukedom takes its name from the
county of Sussex in southeast England. The title first appeared
with the Kingdom of Sussex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom annexed by the
Kingdom of Wessex around 827; later on, the kingdom became part of
the Kingdom of England. In…
