Wedding of Lady Kitty Spencer
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Prince George’s 8th Birthday
Duchess of Cornwall’s Modern Diamond Suite
Happy Birthday to the Duchess of Cornwall, who turns 74 today! While the Duchess can beautifully carry off some massive Tiaras and a large collection of chokers, she has also accumulated various gemstone and diamond suites, the favourite of which seems to be her splendid Modern Diamond Suite!
Queen at Royal Windsor Cup 2021
Royals at Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final 2021
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final
Wedding of Baron Gilmour and Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 1951
Royals at Wimbledon
British Parliament to restore Queen’s prerogative to dissolve Parliament
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is set to start debate on legislation that seeks to revive the Queen’s power to dissolve parliament that was formerly exercised by virtue of the royal prerogative.
A. V. Dicey, a constitutional theorist from the 19th century, described the royal prerogative as “the remaining portion of the Crown’s original authority, and it is therefore … the name for the residue of discretionary power left at any moment in the hands of the Crown, whether such power be in fact exercised by the King himself or by his Ministers”. Continue reading
NHS Big Tea at Buckingham Palace
The Duke of Cambridge celebrated the 73rd anniversary of the NHS on July 5th by attended a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, before hosting a ‘Big Tea’ for NHS staff at Buckingham Palace in their roles as joint patrons of NHS Charities Together. The Duchess of Cambridge was originally scheduled to attend, but is self-isolating after coming in contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid-19. Continue reading
