Tag: Prince Charles

Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Prince Charles warns G20 leaders of their duties regarding climate issues

Prince Charles of Wales has warned world leaders gathered at the G20 summit in Rome that they were having an “overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn” regarding climate issues, ahead of the COP 26 summit in Glasgow.
Monday, April 19th 2021 - 06:49 UTC
Prince William and Harry seen chatting during Duke of Edinburgh's funeral

The over 13 million TV viewers watching Prince Philip's funeral were surprised to see some sort of reconciliation between Prince William and Prince Harry, two brothers who have distanced themselves from one another.
Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
The new decade official portrait of the Queen and the three heirs

A portrait of the Queen with the next three heirs to the throne has been released to mark the start of the new decade. It shows the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George standing with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:09 UTC
Time is right to reinvent the brand of a far too rich The Firm, following princely excesses?

After a torrid 2019 in which the queen's son Prince Andrew was implicated in an underage sex abuse scandal, many in Britain are again asking if the monarchy has gotten too big - and rich - for its own good.
Monday, August 19th 2019 - 10:35 UTC
Queen 'talked Lord Mountbatten out of 1968 plot to overthrow Labour government

In an advance of a book to be launched this week, “The Mountbattens”, Lives & Loves”, author Andrew Lownie reveals how the Queen, in 1968, talked Lord Mountbatten out of leading a plot to overthrow the Labor government, then headed by Harold Wilson.
Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Trump begins a three-day visit to UK; besides the pomp, massive protests and the inflatable Baby await in London

United States president Donald Trump lands in London on Monday morning for a three-day visit. He will travel to Buckingham Palace, where he will be greeted by the Queen and her son, Prince Charles.
Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:59 UTC
Prince Charles, first member of the royal family to visit Cuba officially

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have made history by becoming the first members of the royal family to visit Cuba in an official capacity. Prince Charles and Camilla's trip is expected to usher in a new chapter in the UK's relationship with the communist state.
Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 10:37 UTC
Prince Charles will make an official visit to Cuba in March, as part of a Caribbean tour

Prince Charles will make the first-ever official British royal visit to Cuba in March, his office announced on Friday, to mark improving ties between the two nations. The heir to the throne and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will make a four-day visit to Cuba during a wider tour of the Caribbean, his Clarence House official residence said.
Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 07:12 UTC
King-in-waiting confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth

Prince Charles has spent a lifetime waiting to be king. On Friday the 69-year-old heir to the British throne got another position to wait for — he was approved as the next head of the Commonwealth made up of the U.K. and the countries that once were its colonies.
Friday, April 20th 2018 - 08:53 UTC
Queen hopes Prince Charles will lead Commonwealth; 53-nation summit decides

Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies. In a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the queen said she hoped Charles would “carry on the important work” of leading the Commonwealth, a loose alliance of countries large and small that has struggled to carve out a firm place on the world stage.