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On the afternoon of Tuesday 16th, His Majesty The King and Members of the Royal Family joined The Duke of Kent and members of ...
The King spent the day in Birmingham, visiting the Oratory of St Philip Neri and the new Midland Metropolitan University ...
The Funeral of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent will take place at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday, 16th September at ...
On Friday 5th September 2025, Buckingham Palace announced the death of The Duchess of Kent. Members of the public wishing to pay their condolences to Her Royal Highness's family can do so using this ...
In Truro, The Queen met staff and volunteers at the ShelterBox headquarters as it marks its 25th anniversary. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity based in Cornwall and specialises ...
The King and Queen meet thousands of people each year in the UK and overseas. Before meeting Their Majesties, many people ask how they should behave. The simple answer is that there are no obligatory ...
“…at this moment we heard the unmistakable whirr-whirr of a german plane…and before anything else could be said, there was the noise of aircraft diving at great ...
There are close ties between the Monarchy and the UK monetary system. These can be seen, for example, in the title of the 'Royal Mint' and the representation of the monarch on all circulating British ...
The Sovereign Grant Annual Report for 2014-15 states that net expenditure was £35.7m, the same figure spent by the Royal Household in the previous financial year. The increase in Sovereign Grant ...
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity, which inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.
Until the middle of the nineteenth century the Sovereign regularly travelled on the river Thames, either on State occasions or between the Royal Palaces of Windsor, Westminster, Hampton Court, ...