As part of the 70th anniversary
commemorations of the battle, 43 Brigade have spent four days in
Normandy retracing the steps of the 43rd Division from the conflict
70 years ago, as part of Operation Jupiter and the Normandy D-Day
landings. The culmination of the four day anniversary events
saw The Earl of Wessex pay a visit; Edward stood on and
watched as the soldiers, veterans and a group of…
The Street Swords program teaches young
people from disadvantaged backgrounds, including young offenders,
how to fence. Since being founded in 2008, the Streets Swords
program has taught fencing to over 800 young people and trained
over 80 young leaders. With training…
Since publishing this article, Royal
Central has learned per Clarence House that The Prince of Wales and
The Duchess of Cornwall plan to undertake official visits to
Colombia and Mexico later this year. Further details will be
released in due course. The Columbian President…
During a speech that saw Prince William
take over from Prince Charles's role, the speaker referred to
the Prince of Wales as having been 'quite buff' from a photograph
they saw in their office from the seventies of the Prince. The
compliment, however, was missed by the 66-year-old, and his son had
to explain to him what the term meant, saying 'you should be…
The Programme will run from 2015 to 2018.
During this time a total of 240 exceptional younger leaders from
the Commonwealth will be bestowed honours at Buckingham Palace. The
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic
Relief and The Royal Commonwealth…
The original waxwork Royals were
previously wearing the same outfits they announced their engagement
in: Catherine in her navy Issa wrap dress, and William a
dark suit and purple tie. The updated models are now wearing
opulent evening wear. The museum artists have dressed…
Joined by long-term boyfriend Jack
Brooksbank on her left and along with the wife of the Chairman
of the All England Club, Gill Brook on her right, the decision for
Her Royal Highness to attend the match was an almost last-minute
one after Princess Eugenie heard that the tennis star had wanted to
meet her, according to the Daily Telegraph. Bouchard’s mother – a
life-long royal fan – named…
On 5 July 1979 The Queen presided over
the Isle of Man’s 1000th open-air sitting of Parliament. She was
only the second British Monarch to satisfy this duty in person. The
last monarch to do so was Her Majesty’s father, King George VI in
1945. Her Majesty is the Lord of…
The Royal couple laid a wreath at the
foot of the Welsh National Mining Memorial, before touring and
officially opening the Aber Valley Heritage Centre. The Wales
National Mining Memorial is dedicated to all miners who lost their
lives in mining disasters across the…
As president of Fields in Trust, the Duke
of Cambridge will visit the War Memorial Park in Coventry on
16th July to mark the Memorial Park being the first to be
dedicated as part of Fields in Trust’s ‘Centenary Fields’
programme, which is in partnership with the Royal British Legion.
The aim of the programme is to safeguard in perpetuity the war
memorial parks, playing fields and other…
