Isle of Wight visits for Princess Anne and Prince Edward

At the start of the month, the Duke of Edinburgh is scheduled to visit the bottling plant at Wight Crystal, Daish Way, Newport. HRH Prince Edward turned 60 earlier this month (March) and to mark the occasion, was pictured by Island photographer, Chris Jelf. He last visited the Island in 2022, when he paid a trip …

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Behind the scenes of Queen Elizabeth’s last ever Buckingham Palace balcony appearance: Royal experts reveal how the moment was planned – and King Charles’ touching reason for encouraging his mother to take part

The late Queen’s final Buckingham Palace balcony appearance demonstrated the monarch’s commitment to duty above all else, royal experts have said – and showed a sweet insight into her relationship with her son. Speaking on Channel 5’s Secrets of the Royal Palaces, broadcaster and historian Wesley Kerr said that Elizabeth …

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Isle of Wight post office to close amid Royal Mail decision

Island Community Ventures, owned by local charity Community Action IW, has made the ‘difficult decision’ to close the Totland Post Office outreach service. The decision comes in response to a recent notification from Royal Mail that it will stop collecting parcels from Totland Post Office on April 1. The withdrawal …

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REBECCA ENGLISH: How Queen Camilla went from one of the most unpopular women in Britain to the monarchy’s leading lady who’s now keeping the royal show on the road during King Charles’s cancer battle

The transformation of Queen Camilla from understudy to centre-stage star will, no doubt, continue to be discussed by historians many decades from now. When she married the King almost 19 years ago, royal aides were at pains to stress that the then Duchess of Cornwall very much saw herself as …

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