The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were
joined by members of their family today in London at a service to
remember the late Lord Snowdon. Joining his grandparents at the
memorial service was the Duke of Cambridge who was among 600
mourners who had gathered at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster
Abbey on Friday morning. Embed from Getty Images Princess
Margaret’s former husband died…
Prince Charles speaks to Holocaust survivors about his grandmother who hid Jewish family
7th April 2017
Speaking with Holocaust survivors at the
Jewish Museum in Vienna, Prince Charles shared his pride for his
‘amazing’ grandmother, who sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis
during World War Two. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall were in Vienna on the final…
Heir Force One! Aides to Prince Charles deny he bumped the Prime Minister off her plane for his European visits
6th April 2017
Royal sources have dismissed suggestions
that Prince Charles inconvenienced British Prime Minister Theresa
May by taking a Royal Air Force plane for his official visits with
the Duchess of Cornwall in Europe. Sources speaking to the Evening
Standard newspaper said that the…
Navy signalman who passed messages between The Queen and Prince Philip during their courtship has died
6th April 2017
Arthur Grout, a Navy signalman who served
with the Duke of Edinburgh during the Second World War, passed away
at the age of 93. Mr Grout used secret codes to pass messages
between the then Lieutenant Mountbatten and Princess Elizabeth in
the early years of their courtship. Mr Grout grew up in Taplow,
where he was an avid Scout. He picked up Morse code and semaphore
(a system of sending messages by…
Last year, it was reported that the
Duchess of Cambridge spent over £174,170 ($214,788.19) on
clothing. The number seemed astronomical and many people jumped at
the chance to criticise not only Kate and her clothing choices, but
how the Daily Mail pulled together the sums…
Prince Charles was mobbed by fans outside
the Palazzo Strozzi in Italy following an event to celebrate the
work of the British Council in the arts. Prince Charles was at the
event to receive an award for the Renaissance Man of the Year.
He is currently on a nine-day tour of…
While in Italy during their nine-day
European tour, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall
attended a reception in Florence where the Prince was awarded
Renaissance Man of the Year by the Strozzi Foundation. The Palazzo
Strozzi Renaissance Man of the Year Award is given to those
individuals who demonstrate the values of Renaissance humanism and
who has made an impact in various fields…
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is
set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince
Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life,
publishing this Thursday, 6 April. After four years interviewing
300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
Documentary reveals MI5 spied on the Duke of Windsor during his reign & after his abdication
3rd April 2017
In a Channel 4 documentary, Spying on the
Royals, which aired Sunday night in the UK, it was revealed that
during and after his brief reign as King, Edward VIII was under
surveillance by the British secret service. Adrian Phillips, author
of The King Who Had to Go, has said…
The Duke of Edinburgh is a fan of tattoos
and swearing, something not often associated with The Royal Family.
Last year whilst visiting the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards at
Lille Barracks in Aldershot, His Royal Highness appeared intrigued
by the body art on display. The Prince made one of the soldier’s
roll his sleeve up so he could get a closer look at the tattoo, and
seemed…
