Prince Harry saluted soldiers performing
at the Beating Retreat earlier this week. The concert is held at
the Horse Guards Parade in Westminster. The Beating Retreat takes
place in front of St James’s Park, which accommodates a mammoth 58
acres of green space. The Beating Retreat is “a spectacular evening
pageant of music and military precision drill, including horses,
cannon and fireworks.”…
The Queen has released a statement
following the Grenfell Tower Fire. The Queen paid tribute to the
people currently still in the hospital and the relatives of those
who have lost loved ones. As well as that, she paid tribute to the
bravery of the emergency services and the…
Arise Sir Billy Connolly, Dame Julie Walters & Dame June Whitfield! Birthday Honours revealed
16th June 2017
Comedian Billy Connolly and actress Julie
Walters are among the high-profile names who have been recognised
in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Billy
Connolly is being bestowed a Knighthood for services to
entertainment and charity, and Julie Walters also…
Prince Harry was in central London
yesterday to open the new extension to the Royal Institute of
International Affairs at Chatham House. The extension provides a
permanent home for a leadership training centre named after his
grandmother, the Royal institute’s patron since 1952. The Queen
Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs will
now be housed on the Stavros Niarchos…
The Duke of York has become the first
member of The Royal Family to conduct an interview on the subject
of Brexit since the referendum last year. Prince Andrew, who drew
controversy last year after implying the UK would be better off
remaining in the European Union, said on…
The Queen and the Duke of Cambridge have
visited the scene of the the London tower fire where 17 people have
died and and around 74 are still missing. Her Majesty and her
grandson are meeting members of the emergency services as well
as residents and community…
Surprise visit at Borough Market a day after re-opening for Prince Harry
16th June 2017
After the recent terrorist attack that
shook London’s Borough Market, the famed market re-opened to the
public on Wednesday. The staff who witnessed the knife-welding
attackers after eight were killed with a car on the London Bridge,
paused for a minute of silence before business resumed. On
Thursday, Prince Harry made a surprise visit to Borough Market, a
Kensington Palace spokesperson…
The Prince of Wales has released a
statement following the death of his godmother, Countess
Mountbatten of Burma, who has died at the age of 93. On Wednesday
evening, Prince Charles said: “I was deeply saddened to learn of
the death of my very special godmother, Lady…
Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Prince Charles's godmother, dies at the age of 93
14th June 2017
The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of
Burma, godmother to The Prince of Wales and third cousin of
The Queen, has died at the age of 93. Embed from Getty Images The
Countess of Mountbatten of Burma was born on 14 February 1924 as
the eldest of Louis Mountbatten, later the 1st…
Patricia Knatchbull was the 2nd Countess
Mountbatten of Burma. She was the eldest child of Lord Mountbatten
of Burma. Our Queen did not celebrate her accession as it was also
the anniversary of her father’s passing, but there is little doubt
that Patricia Knatchbull took over from her father in the most
tragic of circumstances. Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the
Provisional IRA in 1979 when…
