HistoryKing Charles III

Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall continue their D-Day engagements with a stop in Ranville

By
5th June 2014
The Battle of Ranville formed part of Operation Tonga, the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5th June and 7th June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the Normandy landings. The Prince and Duchess have joined a lunch for veterans at #Ranville #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/iiFPk1R9hu — Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) June 5…
Read more
Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Page boy standing 8ft away from the Queen faints during Queen's speech

By
4th June 2014
she read out her speech to the House of Lords. The page boys stand just a few feet away from the Queen Just under nine minutes in from the start of the speech, a loud thud was heard as the boy fainted onto the ground. The Duchess of Cornwall, who was sat beside the boy, looked on with concern as he was carried out of the chamber by staff. The Prince of Wales was also distracted and looked around…
Read more
FeaturesInsightQueen Elizabeth II

Why The Queen is about to get a new, very distant royal cousin

By
3rd June 2014
The connection between the House of Windsor and the House of Grimaldi begins in the 19th century when Albert I, Prince of Monaco married a beautiful and willful British aristocrat called Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton.  Her father was the 11th Duke of Hamilton and her mother was a German princess, Marie of Baden.  Marie provides the first link between Princess Charlene’s baby and Elizabeth…
Read more
FeaturesInsightPrince & Princess of Wales

Interview: New portrait of The Duchess of Cambridge gets Royal seal of approval

By
1st June 2014
Whilst in Scotland on Thursday, The Earl and Countess of Strathearn were shown a portrait of Catherine from a local artist, Tom Sutton-Smith; I have been fortunate enough to talk with Glenys Andrews, who presented the portrait to the Royal couple as Mr Sutton-Smith was in Paris, as well as the artist himself. “The event organisers asked Perthshire Open Studios to curate an art exhibition in…
Read more