A statue depicting London’s first black mayor is being planned in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement. John Archer was elected mayor of Battersea, south London, in 1913 and has been described as a pioneer for his role in local politics and for helping bring in a …
Read More »Royal Collection Trust sells colourful face masks for £9.95
Royal Collection Trust unveils new collection of £9.95 face masks inspired by ‘partridge eye’ pattern on its Sèvres chinaware Royal Collection Trust is selling bespoke face masks online for just £9.95 Feature designs inspired by ‘partridge eye,’ decorative element used in ceramics The bright and colorful coverings are cotton and come with bag …
Read More »Catherine of Aragon shows grit, glamor and grace in Part Two of The Spanish Princess
A Tudor royal who wouldn’t look out of place on the Daily Mail: Catherine of Aragon shows grit, glamor and grace in Part Two of The Spanish Princess By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 15:14, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 11:52, 6 October 2020 Most of us know Catherine of Aragon only …
Read More »Belgium’s Princess Delphine speaks after being recognised as a royal
Belgium’s newest princess has spoken out for the first time after a court officially recognised her as the love child of the country’s former king, Albert II. Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg Gotha, who previously went under the surname Boel, was overcome by emotion as she addressed reporters in Brussels on Monday, …
Read More »HMS Queen Elizabeth leads flotilla of ships as new carrier strike group assembles for first time
These images show Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the largest and most powerful task force assembled by a European Navy in almost 20 years. The £3billion aircraft carrier – the joint largest in the Royal Navy’s history – was the crown jewel in a flotilla of nine ships which form …
Read More »Prince William shares unseen photos of his children in his new ITV documentary
Prince William shared three new photographs of his children in his new ITV conservation documentary which aired tonight. The Duke of Cambridge, 38, was followed by cameras for two years as he embarked on a global mission to mobilise action for the natural world in his programme, ‘Prince William: A …
Read More »Coronavirus cases leap by 23,000 in a day in the UK sending total past 500,000
Tens of thousands of Britons have been ‘put at risk’ by a computer glitch that meant thousands of new cases were missed from the government’s coronavirus infection figures and were delayed in being passed on to NHS Track and Trace, according to reports. Public Health England last night admitted nearly …
Read More »Prankster goes to the drive-thru in a coin-operated children’s ride fitting with a mobility scooter
Hilarious footage shows a businessman driving around his hometown to the amusement of passersby – in a miniature replica of Postman Pat’s Royal Mail van. Prankster Alton Tyrell, 40, from Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, has delighted locals with his fun-loving antics after buying a coin-operated children’s ride and welding it to …
Read More »Sophie of Wessex joins the London Marathon to support Mencap
The Countess of Wessex donned her trainers to run the first 1.5 miles of the Mencap team’s virtual London Marathon in Windsor today. Sophie, 55, joined the team’s run in Great Windsor Park alongside Tomas Cardillo-Zallo, one of the 312 people running for the charity. Dressed in black running leggings …
Read More »Prince William asked Earl Spencer to stop Prince Harry rushing into marriage
In the first part of our serialisation of his new book on Saturday, Robert Lacey – a distinguished royal historian and adviser to TV’s The Crown – told how Harry and Meghan’s behaviour left the Royal Family ‘hopping’ mad. Today, he reveals how William feared Harry was rushing into marriage …
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