A critical blog about Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the rest of the British royal family
Kensington Palace announced Kate Middleton‘s new private secretary back on July 31, and the woman is way over-qualified. Plus, royal princes from Jordan and Luxembourg graduated Sandhurst.
There were several royals out and about at the Cannes Film Festival this past weekend, including Princess Beatrice, Queen Rania, and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie.
This Royal Round Up includes: a couple of appearances added to Kate Middleton‘s schedule; Prince Harry flying to visit Meghan Markle, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the Royal Variety Performance, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Sofia getting back to work after a hiatus, Queen Rania at an event, and a new Luxembourg royal baby.
Crown Princess Victoria was in New York City this entire week, September 19-23, as part of her work with the United Nations and Agenda 2030.
**Note: William and Kate’s Canada tour starts today, September 24. The royal party is scheduled to arrive at 4:00PM PT. Time conversions: 7:00PM ET USA; Midnight on September 25 in London; 9:00AM on September 25 in Sydney; Noon on September 25 in Auckland, New Zealand. I will do my best to get the post up as soon as possible.**
This royal round up features: A Kate Middleton engagement announcement; an update on Prince William‘s cyberbullying taskforce; Queen Maxima attending the opening of Parliament; Princess Charlene bringing Prince Jacques to an engagement; and Queen Rania being honored with humanitarian award.
I didn’t have time to finish the post I was going to do today, so instead here’s a quick round up of some photos of various royals out and about: Queen Maxima, Crown Princess Mary, Princess Marie, and Queen Rania.
In feel-good news, Prince Harry kept his promise to an Invictus Games competitor who asked him to give her gold medal to Papworth Hospital in London. He delivered the medal to the hospital team yesterday, June 1. The rest of this royal round up includes a sprinkling of people we haven’t talked about in a while: Duchess Camilla, Queen Letizia, Princess Eugenie, and Queen Rania.
You guys said you liked the Swedish royals, so you get MOAR Swedes! Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Sofia were both out and about showing off their pregnancy bellies. Queen Maxima and Queen Mathilde met up for a concert. Queen Letizia did some business-y things. Queen Rania attended the World Economic Forum as well as a female entrepreneur round table discussion. And Queen Elizabeth II visited the Women’s Institute.
Prince William stills works as an air ambulance pilot, y’all. Also, Queen Maxima gave a speech about entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, Queen Rania was in Belgium and met with Queen Mathilde, and Crown Princess Mary visited her patronage, the Heart Foundation.
In the first royal round up of the year, we have three people celebrating birthdays (the Danish twins and Kate Middleton), Crown Princess Mary and Queen Margrethe attending a reception for the diplomatic corps, Queen Maxima out and about, Queen Letizia out and about, and Queen Rania visiting London.