It’s beginning to look a lot like
Christmas – and one of the Queen’s favourite residences is ready to
put on a festive show like no other. The Christmas season at
Windsor Castle is under way. The Great Hall at the ancient castle
will, as always, form the centrepiece of the Christmas celebrations
at Windsor. A huge Christmas tree, around twenty feet in height,
will dominate the room and…
The Countess of Wessex holds reception for 10th anniversary of London College of Fashion
30th November 2018
In her capacity as Patron, the Countess
of Wessex held a reception at Buckingham Palace this week to mark
the 10th anniversary of the London College of Fashion’s ‘Better
Lives’ programme. Artists, designers, models, entrepreneurs and
fashion journalists joined the…
The Earl of Wessex plays tennis with Tim Henman and Johanna Konta
30th November 2018
The Earl of Wessex paid a visit to the
Royal Tennis Courts at Hampton Court Palace yesterday to meet youth
involved in a year-long programme of Real Tennis events supporting
the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. The Earl, who is
Chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh’s…
Google Arts and Culture is giving us the
opportunity to look at Prince Charles the watercolourist, some of
the pictures, with the ability to zoom in on them, his inspiration
for painting, and the benefits he has gained from it. Prince
Charles has been a keen painter for most of his life, influenced in
part by the tremendous collections of art in the Royal Palaces, and
encouraged by his late…
Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and
Prince Louis were gifted the Leicester City football kits during
their parents’ visit to Leicester yesterday. Prince William, a
well-noted Aston Villa fan, joked that “They’ll be fighting over
the Leicester and Aston Villa kits…
Yesterday, The Prince of Wales and The
Duchess of Cornwall spent the day carrying out a number of royal
visits. The location for the day’s excursions was the historic
Cathedral City Ely in Cambridgeshire; their first stop was a lovely
winter market which was filled with…
There was a solemn atmosphere in
Leicester on Wednesday as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited
the city to pay tribute to the victims of last month’s tragic
helicopter crash at the city’s King Power Stadium last month. The
Duke, who is President of the Football Association, was a friend of
the club’s chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who was among the
five people who died in the…
Prince Harry looks to the past and the future on #RoyalVisitZambia
28th November 2018
The Duke of Sussex commemorated the past
and looked to the future as he continued his visit to Zambia. On
the second day of his trip, Prince Harry paid tribute to war
veterans from the country and also celebrated organisations
supporting young people before bringing his stay…
With three young grandchildren and
another one on the way, Prince Charles jokes that Princess
Charlotte and Prince George “wear me out.” The future King visited
a toddler group at Dorchester Community Church where he talked with
33-year-old mother, Amelia Kerr, at the…
“To me it just felt like the right thing
to do, because people were there and needed my help. I just did not
want to walk away and leave them…” These are the words of 1st
The Queen’s Dragoon Guards British soldier Ross Woodward who
happened to be at the right place at the right time to do the right
thing in the midst of utter chaos and tragedy. On 1 October 2017,
carnage fell upon the Las…
