Queen Camilla has stepped into her role as ‘the nation’s grandmother’ and kept the royal family united during her husband’s absence – and with the King getting the go ahead by doctors to return to public-facing duties after being diagnosed with cancer, her efforts are sure to have paid off.
The royal, 76, has been praised by wellwishers and members of the Firm alike for her steadfast presence amid a turbulent time.
Once considered to be one of the most
Adorable childhood drawings of ‘Mummy’ and ‘Papa’ sketched by a young King Charles III sold for £57,000 today.
The drawings, which were listed by Hansons Auctioneers for £30,000, were sold as part of a collection that includes rarely seen snaps of a young King Charles with his sister Princess Anne on a swing, as well as fishing at Balmoral and driving in a palace grounds.
One photo shows Charles as a young boy picking up a fish during a trip,
Some 2,000 guests will join King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla and senior members of the Royal Family at Westminster Abbey on May 6 for the coronation.
These will include representatives of countries across the world – with politicians from Australia to Cyprus and Pakistan to Italy accepting a highly-prized invitation.
The latest world leader to reveal he will attend is France’s President Emmanual Macron who said he wants to show his ‘friendship, respect and esteem’ for the UK.
Some
The royal family waved on to crowds in the Spring sunshine after the first Easter Sunday service of Charles’ reign.
King Charles gathered his family around him as he followed in the footsteps of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, who always held Easter Court at her beloved Berkshire residence.
A staple in the royal calendar, last year’s event saw the now-Prince and Princess of Wales attend in the spring sunshine with their two eldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
King Charles is shunning tradition to ensure the British public is at the heart of his coronation by inviting hundreds of community heroes to witness the historic moment he is crowned. It’s thought just 2,000 guests have been invited to Westminster Abbey for the May 6 service, a fraction of the 8,000 who attended the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II.
And hundreds of those will be volunteers and charity workers as King Charles rips
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will star in the King’s Coronation procession at Westminster Abbey on May 6, reports suggested.
The Prince of Wales’s children are expected to join their parents in a carriage behind Charles and Camilla, who will be in the Gold State Coach, according to rehearsal documents seen by The Times.
Harry and Meghan still have not officially indicated whether they will attend the Coronation. Even so, staff are making plans so that Prince Archie
Few people talk about Andrew Parker Bowles any more, but they should. Whoever it was who introduced Camilla to her former husband is chiefly responsible for where she is today; King Charles’s wife and Queen Consort.
My thoughts have been with Camilla this week as the new series of The Crown is about to air. One of the worst canards of this series is its depiction of her as a scarlet-taloned temptress who spent years scheming to ensnare another woman’s
Downing Street is considering ‘all options’ to mark King Charles III’s Coronation with a bank holiday amid growing calls for Britons to be given a special long weekend to mark next May’s event.
The new monarch and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be crowned at an historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Saturday May 6 next year.
MPs have suggested the occasion could be marked by moving the early May bank holiday one week later to Monday May
