commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D
Day landings before dashing back to the UK making sure that she
does not miss the Derby. The Queen’s favourite pastime is horse
racing It was feared that Her Majesty would miss the world famous
horse race after the days clashed. However, Buckingham Palace
confirmed that The Queen would not miss the highlight of her
calendar and would travel 285 miles…
Over 100 Canadians will be in attendance
at the reception and will include guests from business, sport,
entertainment, charity and the media. The Canadian High
Commissioner, His Excellency Gordon Campbell, will also be present.
As reported by Royal Central last month, The…
Based in Brierley Hills, in West
Midlands, the company was founded by 47 year-old Trevor Jones, the
Managing Director at Apex Packaging. What started as a small family
business in 1992, now employs 20 people, and is continuing to
expand across the country. Apex Packaging…
At RAF Leeming, Camilla was greeted by
local school children and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the
centre’s opening. She then toured the new £4.9million facility,
which provides primary health care as well as rehabilitation. The
Duchess marked her visit by signing the visitors book and spoke
with staff in the Officers’ Mess. Before departing for another
engagement at DMS Whittington, The…
In order to complete the tunnel, there
were 12,000 engineers, technicians and workers involved to create
the world’s longest underwater tunnel which was 24 miles from the
north of France to the south of England, earning it the prestigious
“Global Engineering of the…
Ratan Tata is the Chairman emeritus
of the Tata Group, an Indian multi-national company. In the past,
the UK has benefited from inward investment from the Tata Group,
which took over Jaguar Land Rover in 2008, and is currently the
largest manufacturing employer in the…
i.am College Track in California, where
they were hosted by the Grammy Award winning singer,
will.i.am. The singer – born William Adams – is responsible for
setting up the i.am College Track in his old neighbourhood,
Boyle Heights. The College Track is a non-profit educational centre
which helps students from underserved communities achieve their
dreams of a college education by providing…
Named Georgie Boy after the nine-month
old Prince, the daffodil has white, overlapping petals, which
surround a bright yellow corona. The flower grows up to a height of
25-40 centimetres, and has an early flowering time. The daffodil
will first be displayed to the public at…
On 4 May 1953, The Duke of Edinburgh
received his wings. The Duke was awarded his pilot’s wings in a
private ceremony that was held at Buckingham Palace. Air Chief
Marshall Sir William Dickson, Chief of Air Staff, present The
Prince with the award. Flight-Lieutenant Caryl…
Her Majesty, who will be joined by
the Prince of Wales as Great Master of the order, will invest new
senior knights during the occasion as well as attending the
religious service during the occasion. The chapel of the order
is Henry VII Lady Chapel inside Westminster Abbey, where the
actual investiture of the knights will take place on Friday
morning. The origins of the Order of the Bath are…
