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As the song goes, "Summertime and the living is easy.", but unfortunately, not for much longer. I hate to remind everybody - autumn officially begins next Saturday. Yikes!

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Cosmopolitan:Behold, Y/n and Harry Styles’s Relationship Timeline

A/N: I wanted to try my hand in a Harry Styles/Royal Family Member situation. I ended it in the year 2020 because it was getting to much. There is no faceclaim, I just choose the pictures that fitted better into the narrative. Please, If you enjoyed, comment, I would love to hear your thoughts and I am always open for new ideas.

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Much like a rich old man and a dusty bottle of port on a yacht, Princess Y/n and Harry Styles are a match made in heaven. There was drama, a lifetime of rumors, sweet reunions and, of course, that Cartier engagement ring.

This couple’s love story was one for the ages. From meeting on the backstage of a One Direction concert to getting married, leaving royal duty, having a cute baby, and becoming the power couple the whole world has been obsessed with, they’ve being through it all. And after a whole decade of on and off, facing tons of unfair scrutiny, they only seem stronger. On that note, let’s walk down memory lane through a timeline of their romance—including it’s ups and downs.

Circa 2012

Harry and Y/n met for the first time in early 2012, a the backstage of a One Direction’s concert in London, according to one of Harry’s close friends from Holmes Chapel, ‘Harry must have been mind-blown to meet Y/n, he always had a crush on her’.

The first photo we can find of Harry and Y/n ever being in the same place is from November that same year at the Royal Variety Performance, where the princess attended alongside her grandmother, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

In December 1, the One Direction boys shared on their personal Twitter accounts about Princess Y/n’s cookbook, with the aim of raising funds for the Red Cross and for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The book sold out on pre-order. Two days later, Y/n was spotted on the band’s Madison Square Garden Concert.

The two of them reportedly exchanged phone numbers to ‘keep tabs on each other’ ~ even though Styles was already rumored to be dating TS at the time~.

Arabella Ferrer, Y/n’s roommate at the time, said later to a tabloid ‘they are both dating other people, but you could see that there was a mutual crush’.

In 2012, Y/n was rumored to be dating on and off ‘for a couple of years already’, billionaire Hugh Grosvenor, son of the Duke of Westminster and godfather to her nephew Prince George.

2013

By January Harry and Taylor were already old history, and Y/n was no longer with her billionaire boyfriend.

Y/n was photographed by paparazzi attending Harry’s 19th birthday at the private members club Groucho.

On Valentine’s Day, Y/n shared a picture of Richmond Park on Instagram with her thousands of followers, with the caption ‘LOVE’.

Princess Y/n became a Oxford University graduated with a dual degree in Business and English Literature. And it was reported that the singer attended the private party throw by her older brothers in Highgrove, the Prince of Wales private residence in Gloucestershire. A guest was quoted ‘from the moment he arrived Y/n glowed, she introduced him to everyone at the party as her ‘special friend’ which is the royal family code for ‘boyfriend|girlfriend’, they gravitated around each other, nailed at a few karaoke duets, but I don’t believe it’s that serious’.

Days later, on June 1st , Y/n reportedly attended Harry’s mom’s wedding.

By July they’re in the first of many ‘off-time’ in their relationship. Harry’s busy touring with his boyband, and Y/n’s juggling her professional career and royal duty.

2014

The couple was pictured with friends on the 24th of January in Verbier—only a few weeks after it was reported that Styles were dating Kendall Jenner—.

Though paparazzi weren’t able to capture the couple in any major PDA—apart from a few hugs on the slopes—. Y/n’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, and her boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank, were among the group, as well as the princess older brother, ~another~ Harry, with his then girlfriend, Cressida Bonas.

The Daily Mail reported that according to one source, “Y/n and Harry are pretty serious about each other, she knows his entire family and is close to his mother and sister, Harry already met both her brothers and cousins Eugenie and Beatrice”.

Y/n was spotted at the One Direction concert in Amsterdam, the particular date coincided with the state visit of the princess to the country.

The same month Y/n visited Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg, rubbing shoulders with the other Royal Families of Europe—their are kinda of all related we’re sure… in some way— ‘Doing a Social: Royal Edition’ .

Due to Harry band commitments and touring, the couple didn’t see each other until October, when Y/n visited Styles in Los Angeles, the mood between the couple seemed to cool off after pictures surfaced of Harry out in a pumpkin patch with Erin Foster.

The couple was pictured—in two separated occasions— in heated arguments around LA ~in public~ and we can only guess why…

When asked about his ‘royal romance’ by interviewers Styles standard answer was ‘We are just really good friends’ but that cheeky grin in his face didn’t fool anyone.

Later in November Styles is pictured by paparazzi going out with Victoria Secret’s model Nadine Leopold in LA, while Y/n is tagged on a Instagram post attending a friend’s wedding in San Francisco… on the same night, and is safe to say that they aren’t ‘on’.

2015

Early January, Y/n is living to the fullest, enjoying single life around the globe with her inner circle of friends~and her ex, no, not Harry, Hugh!~.

She started in the Mediterranean and went on to …Verbier.

On February 01, Styles 21st birthday, Y/n went to her instagram to share a heartfelt message… about Maritime Life and the Health of the Ocean, illustrating her love for the sea and all it’s creatures with personal photos ~or thirsty trap~.

Which Harry liked, as fans noted.

And all this just a day after the princess being seen attending Styles birthday bash in LA.

A source told The Sun: “The moment she arrived, red lipstick, high heels and a little black dress, all eyes were on her, including his, poor Nadine, his rumored girlfriend, was completely forgotten on the side, Harry was all over Y/n”

“There’s nobody else he’d rather be on his birthday.”

That was the last time we saw Harry alongside Nadine: ‘they claimed schedule conflicts, due to tour, but Harry made it work once before, dating and touring, the truth, pure and simple is: Harry saw Y/n, and he saw what was missing in his life. He’s blowing up her message box with texts, but she’s keeping her foot on the breaks, Harry’s in the doghouse for now”.

Around the same time Y/n was spotted out and about in London, partying around with her inner set—which includes her ex, and a few rumored flings—, dressing what we’re calling ‘the revenge wardrobe’.

‘It’s a punishment, she’s showing him what he’s going o lose if he can’t keep his wandering hands to himself’, the source claimed.

They are off again by the end of the year, not long after Y/n was spotted attending One Direction’s last concert before hiatus

2016

Harry, his family and the Azzof’s were spending the first days of the year in St’Barts, and Kendall Jenner was there. Khloe Kardashian declared that Jenner and Styles were hanging out and quote: ‘Do I think they’re dating? Yes.’

Rumors about Jenner and Styles are put to rest later that month, when Y/n was spotted celebrating Styles’s 22nd birthday earlier in London. The ‘on-again’ couple traveled together to Los Angeles—With sources claiming the couple is serious and happier than ever—.

March was definitely a month for rumors surrounding this couple.

There was the rumor that Harry had been casted in the new Christopher Nolan blockbuster —which turnout to be true—, that he was writing a new album. British tabloids started to run a story that either they are secretly engaged or almost there.

Rumors that they’re buying a house together. All this fueled by the fact that Harry and Y/n are no longer hiding their relationship or shying away from PDA.

May came with ~ goodbye long hair~.

The Palace announced on the 20th that Princess Y/n would undergo a FOUR month long tour in the name of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Y/n was to represent her grandmother in engagements around Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Jamaica from 4th June to 14th October.

After months apart, the couple were spotted at Heathrow in a ‘warm embrace’ and the singer turned actor welcomed his lady with flowers, ‘it was definitely two lovers reunited after a very long time, it was like watching one of those post-war reunion: They are very much in love, they spent far two much time apart, and they don’t car for who is witnessing.

Later that year it was announced by the Palace that Y/n would be moving to New York for professional reasons, but would continue her work in the name of Queen Elizabeth II.

2017

Y/n and Harry are spotted around New York, Los Angeles and London on the early months of the year, after vacationing together in Jamaica in the end of 2016.

It was one his ‘secret gig at The Troubadour that the twenty-three years old singer, alluded to his relationship with Y/n for the first time since they have first being linked back in 2012. Before performing the soft ballad ‘Sweet Creature’ the singer addressed the crowd ‘I would like to dedicate next song to the girl that has been my muse since before she can even imagine’, Y/n, according to fans who attended the show, was in front of the stage singing along with her ~should we call him her boyfriend?~.

He is her boyfriend! Styles avoided answering questions about their rumored on and off relationship, but didn’t shy away from calling Y/n ‘his girlfriend’.

During his July movie premiere, Prince Harry and Princess Y/n were the VIP guest in the event, bringing with them three Dunkirk Veterans. Prince Harry greeted Tom Hardy and Harry Styles with the familiarity of someone greeting a old acquaintance. According to The Sun when it was his time to be greeted by the princess the singer bowed his head after the couple shared a smile and reportedly cheekily said ‘you look very beautiful today, ma’am’.

This couple reportedly took another step in their relationship when Styles was introduced to the Prince of Wales in August.

During tour, the rockstar’s fans seemed to have started a new game: Spot Y/n.

2018

During Harry’s tour break the couple once again was spotted out and about around London and Los Angeles.

We know Y/n and Harry spend Valentine’s Day together thanks to the Daily Mail publishing photos of them in the Caribbean.

In March Y/n was spotted around LA with A-listers Dakota Johnson and Kate Hudson, and rumor has it that the royal and her rockstar boyfriend bought a property in town.

In May Harry attends Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in Windsor. The couple didn’t arrive together, as Y/n, in a break of tradition, was one of her brother’s ‘best men’.

The children of the late Princess Diana cut quite the image while walking to the Chapel in military uniform. Princess Y/n has been appointed a Regimental Colonel by the Queen in 2017, and our girl slayed in that uniform.

That same month, GQ Australia drops an interview with Harry where he’s asked about Y/n and dodges the question with “I don’t think there’s anything I want to share about that. But thank you for providing the space.” Lol, but fair.

On the 29th it was announced that Princess Y/n had resigned from her finance job, but before engagement rumors between Y/n and Harry started to fly around, Buckingham Palace stated that the princess would be embarking in a four months long Royal Tour visiting Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, with official visits to Japan and China.

Media outlets were quick to point out that the couple would be separated till October, with rumors of a possible break due to ‘conflict of schedules’

In October Harry and Y/n attend a event together ~a royal wedding at that~ and they looked super coupled up. Styles reportedly was introduced to the Queen and Prince Philip, as well as other members of he royal family.

November 14, 2018

But nothing in the world prepared us for the announcement released by Clarence Palace on the 14th: ‘The Prince of Waled is delighted to announce the engagement of Princess Y/n to Mr. Harry Styles. The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2019, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course. Her Royal Highness and Mr. Styles became engaged on February during a private holiday in St.Lucia. Following the marriage, the couple will continue to live in their private residence in London.’ Her Majesty is said to ‘be absolutely delighted for the couple’, a the time of the engagement announcement, Princess Y/n was seventh in line of succession after the birth of Prince Louis a few months earlier, and no longer required the Queen’s formal consent to the marriage.

According to reports a formal engagement dinner party was held in Highgrove days before the formal announcement so the couple would be able to share their happy news with their nearest and dearest, ‘they didn’t want for those really close to them to find out through the media’.

November 15, 2018

Following the announcement, the couple gave an exclusive interview to Emma Barnett from BBC, Y/n revealed that the surprise proposal happened on Valentine’s Day, in St.Lucia, ‘It happened after dinner, there was a orchestra in a smaller boat besides ours playing ‘Young and Beautiful’ which I love, when I urn back o him, he’s smiling, he tells me about his feelings, and to this point I wasn’t sure of what was happening, then the exact moment the orchestra is playing ‘Can’Help Falling in Love’ he got down to one knee and asked me to be his wife’ the couple shared a sweet look, and then Barnett asked how she responded: ‘Yes, please’.

When asked if he’d seek permission before proposing, Harry said: ‘I asked her for her hand, but after we announced to her family I privately asked the Prince of Wales for his blessing, as I know they’re very close, and it was important for her.’

This might have been the most shared Royal Announcement on social media and by the end of the day #harryandy/n were trending on Twitter.

Harry shared the news on his Instagram, posting three exclusive pictures to celebrate the occasion, one from the beginning of their relationship~with a tooth rotting sweet~, a peak of the gorges engagement ring he gifted his~fiancé~, and the third one: the precise moment Y/n said ‘Yes, please’.

Rumor has it that the long wait for the formal announcement was due to the Royal Family disapproval, but Y/n stood her ground and won them over:’He comes from a working class background, he’s a rockstar, has all those tattoos, dated a fleet of lingerie models, and dress quirky, while Y/n is the royal family ‘golden child’, she attended Oxford, balanced a professional career and royal duty, she’s a bit of a ‘rebel’ in some standards and she’s their most popular member, some years ranking even above the Queen,’ one royal correspondent said, ‘every time they need good press, they send her, she has that bit of ‘Diana-factor’, now she wants to marry his guy, who is a huge star on his own, and it is most likely that she will be withdrawing from royal duty to be by her husband’s side, as Mr. Styles is mostly based in Los Angeles.’

A source told the Daily Mail, ‘They used the same strategy in 1947, when the then young Princess Elizabeth wanted to marry the dashing Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, they sent her on a long royal tour, keeping them apart, and hoping that the distance will make her reconsider, it didn’t work then and it didn’t work now, (…)another factor here is that Princess Y/n is a very smart young woman, if she had announced her engagement earlier this year, at the time that she was proposed, she would have needed royal consent, so she waited the birth of her third nephew by William and Kate, which pushed to seventh in line, and she’s no longer required to ask for formal consent per Succession to the Crown Act 2013”.

December, 2018

The couple was invited to the Queen’s traditional Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace on the 10th.

On the 19th, the official engagement photographs were taken at the couple’s private residence in Hampstead, and were issued by the Palace on 19th, alongside the information that the wedding would be happening on 26 April 2019 in St.Paul Cathedral, the statement also clarified that the wedding would be privately paid by the couple, the Prince of Wales and the Queen.

About the couples choice a insider said, ‘they visited a couple of royal venues, but there was no doubt that it would be St.Pauls, it’s Y/n’s dream venue, she has put a claim in the Cathedral a long time ago, going as far a forbid her brothers to marry there’.

In a break with tradition the couple choose to celebrate Christmas with Styles’s family in Holmes Chapel instead of Sandringham.

January 2, 2019

The couple traveled abroad to reportedly escape the media circus surrounding their wedding, with rumors of a royal rift between siblings.

A source said to The Sun: ‘There is some discontentment over the date of the nuptials coming from the Sussexes, the date is very close to Meghan’s due date, and not only she won’t be able to attend the ‘Wedding of the Century’, it also it takes the shine out of the birth of their first child’.

January 6, 2018

Princess Y/n, labeled ‘the Rebel Princess’ and ‘the rioting English rose’, was cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair. In the interview the Princess discusses her upcoming nuptials with rockstar Harry Styles, her late mother, her place in the monarchy, climate change, and her (un)ordinary life. She also reveled that her wedding dress is in works.

February 16, 2018

After celebrating the one year anniversary of their engagement on the 14th in the English countryside, the couple took their nearest and dearest friends for a combined ‘hen’ and ‘stag’ party.

A party of forty made their way to Byron Bay, Australia, a boutique hotel were closed for the occasion, James Corden, Jeff Azzof, Adele and Dakota Johnson acted as the hosts of the week long celebration with Johnson reportedly welcoming guests with a cheeky speech ‘If you need help to find your designated rooms, please go to Jeff, for our parting itinerary redirect to James or Adele, if you want to find the closest bar, I am your girl.’

‘The whole trip was pretty much organized by those four, who have been close to the couple for years, Blake Lively helped them, but was unable to attend, Y/n have been close for two years now, as Blake and Ryan are Harry’s New York neighbors.’ A source claim.

From Harry’s One Direction days, only Horan was in attendance.

March 5, 2018

To mark the wedding of HRH Princess Y/n of Wales to Mr.Harry Styles, the Royal Mint produced an official UK £5 coin, showing the couple in profile. In May, a set of commemorative postage stamps, featuring the couple's official engagement photographs, was issued by Royal Mail.

Princess Y/n accepted the position of UN Women Ambassador in a private ceremony.

Harry and Y/n also paid a private visit to the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

March 7, 2018

Y/n had her debut Vogue Paris cover, labeled ‘a Modern Princess’ , the royal talked about becoming a aunt for the fourth time ‘I’m so happy for Haz and Meg, I can’t wait to met my future new cuddle-buddy’; her choice of wedding date and venue:‘it’s a special date, my great-grandparents are married on the 26th of April, I was very close with my great-grandmother before her passing, I think she would have liked the sentiment behind, and the Cathedral is such a luminous place, and of course it’s where my parents got married, it’s a way to keep two very special ladies, that I loved very much, with me on that date’, about her wedding preparations: ‘I salute the brides that do it on their own, I have a wonderful wedding planner, Harry is being very present in the whole process, he can be worse than me sometimes, Anne, my soon-to-be mother in law is always with us’; and about being called a rebel: ‘Why a rebel? I am doing what many woman did and do, even in my family, it’s not really original, I’m not a trailblazer, Princess Margaret was the original rebel, auntie Anne too, I am just the 21st century version.’

April 21, 2019

It was reported that the couple attended a private luncheon to celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II birthday.

Broadcast channels started o exhibit specials about the couple, including documentaries and two biopics: ‘A Modern Royal Romance’, and ‘How Harry met Y/n’. BBC reported that there already was people camping along the royal route.

April 25, 2019

The day before. The Cathedral is being prepared for the ceremony, the public and the press were able o get a glimpse of the floral arrangements already coming in and the stand in rehearsing the ceremony and testing the cameras for tomorrow morning.

The Duchess of Cornwall, the bride’s stepmother, hosted a Rehearsal Dinner & Welcome Party for around 150 guests at The Savoy Hotel. For the occasion the bride wore Valentino and the groom wore Gucci.

Camilla hosting the night raised some eyebrows from the public—specially among those that still blame her for Charles and Diana’s divorce— but according to one royal correspondent ‘Y/n is perhaps the child of Charles who is the closest to Camilla, she was six years old when Charles introduced the two of them, and she lived with her father full time while her brothers were in Eton so she was the one that had more contact with ‘Pa’s new girlfriend’ she was only thirteen when they married’.

April 26, 2019

Princess Y/n married her long time love on 26 April 2019 at St.Paul Cathedral. It was a star-studded affair, with guests including he likes of the Beckhams, Stevie Nicks, Elton John, Kate Moss, Ronnie Wood, and Paul McCartney. It’s estimated that the wedding itself costed around £32million. With the palace later confirming that the couple and the royal family had paid for he core aspects of the wedding, including church service, associated music, flowers, decorations and the two receptions that followed.

Y/n stunned the crowds in her silk and cotton organdy Vivianne Westwood gown, which featured a nine-foot-long train and cost an estimated £250,000, she was lent a sapphire tiara by her grandmother, and wore her late mother diamond wedding earrings and sapphire oval brooch. She also wore a 5 meters long silk veil, among the hand-embroidered flowers, were guitars and pieces from Harry’s songs and the constellation of their ~very~ compatible zodiac signs.

The bride made her entrance in her father’s arm to the sound of Elvis orchestra arrangement of ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’, one of the many break in tradition in he couple’s wedding.

The wedding reportedly attracted a estimated 1.2 million people on the streets and broke records of broadcast. The couple shared a kiss at a balcony appearance.

Elton John performed at the garden reception hosted by the Queen and Ed Sheeran performed ‘Perfect’ and ‘Hearts Don’t Break Around Here’, at the evening reception the couple once again took to the dance floor, this time at the sound of ‘One Woman Man’ by John Legend.

Princess Y/n, in a break of tradition, made a speech calling Harry ‘my Sun and my water, my stay and my strength, the absolute love of my life’, after Harry confessed that he wasn’t good at speeches but was a ‘okay singer’ the newly wedded husband sang a slow ‘jazz like’ cover of Jonas Brothers’ ‘Sucker’ for his bride.

Oh, did we forget to mention that HM made Y/n a Duchess? Our favorite princess new style is HRH Princess Y/n, Duchess of Albany, Mrs. Harry Styles ––AND SHE ACTUALLY PUT IT IN HER IG BIO—. Her title is suo jure, which means ‘in her own right’, so no, Harry isn’t a Duke.

The newly weds left for their honeymoon on the 27th, after a wedding breakfast for 150 guests at Buckingham Palace, Y/n wore a The Vampire’s Wife going-away outfit, they departed in Styles’s convertible vintage red Jaguar. The couple set for their six-week honeymoon on a private yacht.

May 6, 2019

The couple took a brief pause from their honeymoon to attend the Met Gala, where Styles was on of the co-chairs for the night. The couple wore Gucci, Harry looked dreamy in a black sheer shirt and his wife looked gorgeous in a diamond tiara and a Plymouth-pink feathered gown.

The couple exchanged a kiss on the ‘pink’ carpet to the delight of photographers and fans on site. Another Iconic moment of the night was Anna Wintour and Lady Gaga curtsying to Y/n.

Alessandro Michele described he young couple as ‘his muses’.

July 12, 2019

The world was shocked when Buckingham and Kensington Palaces released a joint statement in the name of the Queen and the Duchess of Albany announcing that Y/n has giving up her place in the line of succession in her name and that of her future offspring, but would keep her title, and would continue to privately serve the HM the Queen and carrying out charity engagements.

In her Instagram the Princess shared the pictures of herself and Harry, in the caption she asked for respect of heir privacy and said that she was: ‘following her heart, and taking the steps (she) thought are better for herself and the future family she hoped to build with Harry’.

The announcement come ahead of claims that ‘senior members of the palace staff’ had been critical of Harry’s Met Gala outfits and his ‘quirky and queer style’ and are trying to ‘re-brand’ him and ‘control’ what he could and couldn’t do in his professional career as ‘his image reflected on the family’.

Honestly, good for them.

September, 2019

Harry is the cover of The Face, and boy, he looks gorgeous, he talks about his new album, his relationship with LA and move back to London ‘I am not over LA (…) but the relationship changed’; his status as a sex symbol, and ~of course~ his wife of almost five month ‘I have never been happier, life looks beautiful’.

And no, there is still no plans for a baby Styles, ‘We’re young, there’s no rush, we just got married’.

For the first time in… forever, Y/n took to the Instagram to jus share with the world how proud she’s of her hubby.

Caption: I am just so proud of being able to call this beautiful, amazing human being my husband.

December, 2019

Fine Line is released. And everyone in the world is losing their minds.

AND, V.L Roche published another bestselling novel, that everyone is recommending, from The Michelle Obama to Reese Witherspoon. And it wouldn’t be relevant if it didn’t turn out that V.L Roche has been Y/n pseudonymous since 2010, in a interview this month the royal admitted that she was afraid os public opinion but Harry convinced her to come out withe the publishing of her TENTH novel. ‘Pictures of Us’ and ‘With the Band’ published in 2013 and 2015 respectively, had it’s adaptation rights bought by Netflix and Amazon in 2017.

It’s mind blowing that she was able to keep it private for so long, and…Was any of those amazing characters she wrote inspired by Harry? Her answer? ‘Perhaps’

April 3, 2020

We are shocked when almost a year after getting married, Harry and Y/n announce that they welcomed their first child. The couple are able to keep their entire pregnancy private, their families were informed and Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Kensington Palace public stated their delight with the new family addition and look forward to meet them.

We are honestly shocked, I mean, they did a better job than Kylie Jenner in hiding their pregnancy.

We wish the new parents the best of luck and can’t wait for the next chapters of what is definitely a modern fairy tale.

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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in March 2024

01/03 In Dubai Princess Anne; 🇦🇪

As President of the Mission to Seafarers, visited Dubai Ports World in Port of Jebel Ali. 🚢

As President of the Mission to Seafarers, attended a Women in Shipping and Trading Conference Panel Discussion at Dubai Ports World Pavilion. 👩‍💼🛳️

Opened Donnelly Lines British Forces Headquarters at Al Minhad Airbase. 🛫

Called upon HH Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum (wife of the Vice President and PM of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai). 👑

Attended a Royal British Legion Reception on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH II floating hotel. 🍾

As President of the Royal Yachting Association, visited Dubai Offshore Sailing Club. 🛥️

As President of the Mission to Seafarers, this attended a Dinner at the One and Only Royal Mirage Hotel. 🍽️

02/03 Departed Dubai International Airport and returned to Heathrow Airport 🇦🇪✈️🇬🇧

04/03 As Guardian of the Chaffinch Trust, held a Management Team Meeting at Gatcombe Park. 🤝

As Guardian of Give Them A Sporting Chance, held a Management Team Meeting at Gatcombe Park. ⚽️

unofficial Along with the Duke of Kent (President of the RNLI), Sir Tim (Vice President of the RNLI) attended a Service of Thanksgiving to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI at Westminster Abbey. 🛟

05/03 As Patron of Livability, visited New Court Place, to mark its 180th Anniversary. 🦼

Opened First Garden Cities Homes' Sheltered Housing Scheme at John Coxall Court in Letchworth Garden City. 🏡

As Patron of the Butler Trust, visited HMP/Young Offenders Institute Aylesbury. 🔗👮

06/03 On behalf of the King, held two investiture ceremonies at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

07/03 As President, attended the 32nd National Equine Forum at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 🐴

As Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order, attended Evensong and a Reception at The King’s Chapel of the Savoy. ⛪️🎖️

08/03 As Chancellor of the University of London, visited King’s College London’s Portable MRI Project at the Denmark Hill Campus. 🩻

As Patron of Save the Children UK, attended the International Women’s Day Luncheon at Bluebird on Kings Road. 👭💪

10/03 Attended the Global Fraud Summit at the Guildhall in London. 💻👾

11/03 Attended the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey alongside The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent. 🌎🌍🌏

Attended a Commonwealth Day Reception at Westminster Abbey. 🌍🥂

With Sir Tim As Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, attended the Annual City Food and Drink Lecture at Guildhall. 🍽️🍾

12/03 With Sir Tim Attended a luncheon on board Hebridean Princess to mark its 60th Anniversary in Greenock. 🥪

With Sir Tim Visited Peel Ports Group Limited Greenock Ocean Terminal. 🛳️

13/03 unofficial Attended Style Wednesday at Cheltenham Festival. 👒

14/03 unofficial Attended St. Patrick’s Thursday at Cheltenham Festival. ☘️

15/03 With Sir Tim Attended Gold Cup Friday at Cheltenham Festival. 🏆

16/03 With Sir Tim As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, attended the Six Nations Rugby Match between Scotland and Ireland at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏉

18/03 As Patron of Save the Children UK, attended the International Financial Review Annual Awards Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.🏅

19/03 As Patron of Sense, opened Sense Hub Loughborough.🦻👨‍🦯

On behalf of The King, with the Duchess of Edinburgh, held a Reception for Korean War Veterans at Buckingham Palace. 🪖

As Patron of the Butler Trust, held the Annual Awards Ceremony at St James’s Palace. 🏆

With Sir Tim As President of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, attended a Presidential Dinner at Fishmongers’ Hall. 🐟🍽️

20/03 Held a morning and an afternoon investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. 🎖️

21/03 As President of the Benenden Society and Founders’ Patron of Benenden School, attended the Centenary Service in Canterbury Cathedral. ⛪️👩‍🦰

Attended the Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir Presentation Concert at Spencer House. 🎻🎼

22/03 Opened the new North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters Accommodation at the Officers’ Mess in Imjin Barracks. 🌊

Visited the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre and Ministry of Defence Medal Office at Innsworth House in Imjin Barracks. ⛑️🎖️

As Patron of Stroud Hospital League of Friends, visited Stroud Maternity Unit. 🏥👶

25/03 Visited MacRebur Limited. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛣️

Visited the Lockerbie Air Disaster Memorial at Lockerbie Garden of Remembrance. 🌹👼🏻

As President of the Scotch Chef’s Club, opened Browns Food Group’s new facilities at Kelloholm Industrial Estate. 🐄

As Royal Patron of Friends of TS Queen Mary, attended a Reception at the Hilton Glasgow. ⛴️🥂

26/03 Opened the Rural and Veterinary Innovation Centre at Scotland's Rural College in Inverness. 🩺🐑

As Chancellor of the University of the Highlands and Islands, attended the Integrated Land Use Conference. 🚜🧑‍🌾

As Royal Patron of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, visited the Saving Wildcats Project at Highland Wildlife Park in Kincraig. 🐯🦁

As Patron and Honorary Member of the Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow, attended a Dinner at the Trades Hall of Glasgow. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📜

Unofficial Sir Tim, as Chair of Trustees, attended the opening of the Adani Green Energy Gallery at the Science Museum 🌍🍃💚

31/03 unofficial With Sir Tim Attended the Easter Mattins service held at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle ⛪️🐣

Total official engagements for Anne in March: 49

2024 total so far: 134

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in March: 6

2024 total so far: 29

FYI - due to certain royal family members being off ill/in recovery I won't be posting everyone's engagement counts out of respect, I am continuing to count them and release the totals at the end of the year.

#hardest working royal 🫡#a busy bee #princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #always there to support his wife 🥰#march 2024 #unofficial engagement count 2024

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─ •✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : MAY ✧• ─

2 MAY - William received the Rt. Hon. Christopher Hipkins MP (Prime Minister of New Zealand) 3 MAY - William, Catherine and their children attended the Coronation Rehearsal. 4 MAY - William and Catherine travelled on the Elizabeth Line to Tottenham Court Road Station where they were received by Mr. Kevin Traverse-Healy (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London). Afterwards, they visited the Dog and Duck Pub. Subsequently, William received Hon. Anthony Albanese MP (Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia). 5 MAY - William attended the final Coronation Dress rehearsal. Later, Catherine and him attended the Realm Governor-Generals and Prime Ministers Reception at Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, they joined The King in greeting the crowds at The Mall. Subsequently, they attended the Reception for Heads of State and Overseas Guests. 6 MAY - William, Catherine and their children attended the Coronation of The King and Queen in Westminster Abbey. Afterwards, they witnessed the RAF fly-past from the Palace Balcony. 7 MAY - William took part in the Coronation Concert Rehearsals at Windsor Castle. Afterwards, Catherine and him attended the Coronation Big Lunch on the Long Walk. Later, they attended the BBC Coronation Concert and held a Reception following the Concert at Windsor Castle. 8 MAY - William and Catherine were joined by their kids for the Big Help Out at 3rd Upton Scouts Hall. They appeared in the Coronation Portrait released by Buckingham Palace. 9 MAY - William and Catherine gave an Afternoon Garden Party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Coronation of The King and Queen. 10 MAY - William held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 12 MAY - William and George appeared with the King in the Coronation Portrait released by Buckingham Palace. 14 MAY - He attended the Women's FA Cup Final between Chelsea Football Club and Manchester United Football Club at Wembley Stadium. 15 MAY - William held a Meeting with Mr. Alastair Martin (Secretary of the Duchy of Cornwall). Afterwards, he chaired a Meeting of The Prince's Council. Subsequently, he attended the Zeitgeist 2023 Earthshot Prize summit in Hertfordshire. 16 MAY - William received Lieutenant Commander David Brannighan RN at Windsor Castle. 17 MAY - He met submariners who rowed across the Atlantic in HMS OARDACIOUS at Eton College Rowing Centre. 19 MAY - William received the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove MP (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities). 22 MAY - William marked the sixth anniversary of Manchester Arena Attack. 23 MAY - He visited Notpla Limited in London. 26 MAY - William was received by Mr. Kevin McGrath (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London) as he met members of the Grenfell community supported by Queens Park Rangers Football Club at Loftus Road Stadium. 31 MAY - William and Catherine arrived in Amman for the Royal Wedding.

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JOHN MARSDEN (ACTIVE 1735)

Model of a proposed new palace for Richmond 1735

Pearwood

A pearwood model for a Palladian style summer palace. A 3-storey building with a central portico on the first floor and a double staircase. In 1735 King George II and Queen Caroline contemplated building a summer palace, possibly at Richmond, and the architect was to be William Kent. This initiative was most likely to have come from The Queen; the model is the sole evidence of the location and date, known from a reference in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser of 15 September 1735. The surveyor, Richard Arundell, had visited Kew to show The Queen a model, created by Mr. Marsden of Vine Street, Westminster, of 'a Hunting Seat for His Majesty to be built either at Richmond or Bushy Park'. John Marsden was paid £120 for the model. William Kent is identified as the designer in a reference in the Board of Works minutes for 1 October 1771 in which the 'Model of a Palace (design'd by the late Mr. Kent) proposed to be bult at Richmond' was ordered to be sent to Hampton Court. A modern plaque on the model has the following description: 'This model was made for George II c.1735 to illustrate a design by William Kent for a country palace to replace the lodge in the Old Deer Park, Richmond. It is one of the many designs to be made for new royal palaces at Kew, none of which were executed ... Kent's design reflects the style he used in houses, such as Holkham & Chiswick. This model was almost certainly intended to have had a central dome'.

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The much-quoted phrase “Grief is the price we pay for love” reached a global audience in 2001 when Queen Elizabeth II used it in her message of condolence to those affected by the 9/11 attacks in the US.

But it was the psychiatrist Colin Murray Parkes, who has died aged 95, who first came up with the words that have given solace to so many. In his 1972 book Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life, he wrote: “The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love.”

When Parkes first proposed a research project on bereavement while working as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley hospital in south London in the 1960s, a professor responded: “What you have described isn’t a project, it’s a life’s work.” And so it proved.

Having noted that grief rarely featured in the indexes of the best-known psychiatry textbooks, he went on to write and co-author hundreds of research papers, and further books including Facing Death (1981); Death and Bereavement Across Cultures (1997); and Love and Loss: The Roots of Grief and Its Complications (2006). A selection of his works was published in 2015 as The Price of Love.

He was regularly called upon to provide assistance in the aftermath of large-scale disasters and admitted to finding this harrowing. Recalling his visit to Aberfan, the Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil where a colliery waste tip collapsed on 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults, he said: “The first time I drove away from the village I felt utterly helpless. Everyone I talked to had been desperate. I had to stop the car three times because I couldn’t carry on. I just needed to stop and cry.”

In April 1995 he was in Rwanda at the invitation of Unicef, who asked for his help in setting up a recovery programme following the previous year’s genocide there. He attended the reburial of 10,000 bodies that had been dug up from mass graves and felt haunted by his experiences in the country for the rest of his life.

After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001, in which 2,977 people died, Cruse – the bereavement charity of which Parkes was life president – was asked to send a team to New York to support the families of British victims. The biggest problem, he recalled, was making real to those families the unimaginable horror that their loved one was never going to come back. “Bereaved people can make it real, but it does take a long time. They have to go over it again and again, and think their way through it,” he said in an interview in the Independent shortly afterwards.

He also worked with those affected by the 1973 air crash near Basel, Switzerland, in which 108 died, mainly women from Axbridge, Somerset; the Bradford City stadium fire in 1985, in which 56 lost their lives; the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in which 193 died after the ferry capsized near Zeebrugge, Belgium, in 1987; and the bomb explosion in a flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 that killed 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents. Parkes also travelled to India to assess the psychological needs of people bereaved by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

He said: “One of the most awful things about bereavement is that the world goes on as if nothing had happened. For bereaved people the world is never going to be the same again.”

Born in London, Colin was the son of Gwen (nee Roberts), and Eric Parkes, a solicitor. After attending Epsom college, in Surrey, he went to Westminster hospital medical school (now part of Imperial College London), qualifying as a doctor in 1951.

He worked for two years as a junior house physician at Westminster, then at Kettering general hospital in the Midlands. After two years’ national service with the RAF medical corps, he joined the Institute of Psychiatry, based at the Maudsley.

Following the publication of his research into bereavement in 1962, he joined the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. There he worked with the psychologist John Bowlby for 13 years, disseminating the model of grief as consisting of four stages: numbness; pining; disorganisation and despair; and recovery.

Parkes was also instrumental in the introduction of bereavement services in hospices from the 1960s. He worked closely with Cicely Saunders – “the single-minded mother of palliative care with whom I shared angst at the scandalous ways our fellow doctors were treating patients faced with death and their families” – on the planning and launch of St Christopher’s hospice, Sydenham, in south London, in 1967.

Both were convinced that good care must involve families as well as patients. Parkes set up a bereavement service of trained volunteers who went into families’ homes and organised support groups, including some for staff, in the hospice. He remained involved with St Christopher’s until 2014, active as a consultant psychiatrist until 2007. He also performed this role at St Joseph’s hospice in Hackney, east London (1993-2007).

“He was a towering intellectual and hugely influential, but never took himself too seriously,” said the former chief executive of St Christopher’s Barbara Monroe. “He always remained a great clinician – very good at talking to patients and staff. And listening.”

In 1975 Parkes left the Tavistock to take up a senior lecturer role in psychiatry at Royal London hospital medical school, retiring from that post in 1993. His association with Cruse began in 1964, as a member of the council. He became chairman in 1972, and was made life president in 1992. Four years later he was appointed OBE.

Parkes edited the journal Bereavement from its launch in 1982 until 2019. Given the Times/Sternberg award – which celebrates the achievements of those over 70 – in 2012, when he was 84, he urged people to spend the last part of their lives in worthwhile work. “I was basically forced to retire at 65 and I got lots of cards with old men fishing on the front. But life is too short for retirement and the time has given me the opportunity to do things I would not otherwise have done,” he said.

In 1957 he married Patricia Ainsworth. She and their daughters, Liz, Jenny and Caz, survive him.

🔔 Colin Murray Parkes, psychiatrist and author, born 28 March 1928; died 13 January 2024

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

#just for books #Colin Murray Parkes #in memoriam

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What happens today

Today will be packed with official, semi-official, and impromptu events marking the Queen’s death. Here’s an outline of the timetable we can expect:

King Charles and Camilla, now the queen consort, stayed at Balmoral on Thursday night but will travel to London on Friday where the new king will have an audience with the new prime minister, Liz Truss.

Confirming funeral plans – The King is likely to meet the Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk) who is in charge of the accession and the Queen’s funeral, to approve the carefully choreographed schedule for the coming days.

National mourning – The government will confirm the length of national mourning, which is likely to be around 12 days, the PA news agency reports, from now up to the day after the Queen’s funeral. The public has already begun to gather in large crowds and leave flowers outside Buckingham Palalce and other royal buildings. Ministers will also announce that the funeral day will be a public holiday.

Floral tributes following the death of the Queen are placed outside the gates of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.

Floral tributes following the death of the Queen are placed outside the gates of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Court mourning – The King will decide on the length of court or royal mourning for members of the royal family and royal households. It is expected to last a month.

Union jacks on royal buildings are flying at half-mast.

Bells will toll at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Windsor Castle. Churches are being urged to toll their bells across England at noon.

A gun salute of 96 rounds – one round for every year of the Queen’s life – will be fired in Hyde Park and at other stations.

The King’s televised address – The King will make a televised address to the nation, which he is due to pre-record, in the early evening. He will pay tribute to the Queen and pledge his duty to his service as the new sovereign.

Service at St Paul’s Cathedral – The prime minister and senior ministers are expected to attend a public service of remembrance at St Paul’s in central London.

*from the Guardian newspaper*

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The Princess of Wales’ Year in Review: December

December 1st - The Prince and Princess of Wales began their day in Boston at Greentown Labs, the largest clean-tech incubator in North America. They then visited Roca, a charity focusing on high-risk young people considered at high risk for becoming the primary victims or drivers of violence. The couple undertook a surprise walkabout outside following the engagement. William and Catherine then visited East Boston’s waterfront (Piers Park) to attend an East Boston Climate Resiliency event. Afterwards, the Princess of Wales, in her role as Patron of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, held a telephone meeting with Professor Marc Brackett, from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence December 2nd - For their final day in Boston, the Prince and Princess of Wales began their day with a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel. They then undertook solo engagements; Catherine travelled to the Harvard Center for the Developing Child, in her role as Patron of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, as part of her work in the Early Years. That evening, William and Catherine attended the Earthshot Prize Awards at MGM Music Hall, where the Princess presented the 'Revive Our Oceans' award. Finally, the couple attended a reception at Fenway Park December 5th - The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, held a meeting December 6th - Pictures of the Prince and Princess of Wales behind the scenes at the 2022 Earthshot Prize were released in People Magazine; the photos were taken by Chris Jackson. The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, held an Early Years Meeting. That evening, the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the King and Queen at an evening reception at Buckingham Palace for the Diplomatic Corps. Late in the evening, it was announced the Princess of Wales, amongst other female working royals from the British Royal Family, had written an article for Good Housekeeping, promoting her Patronage Family Action December 11th - A photo of the Princess of Wales - taken from the filming of a 'teaser' for her 'Together at Christmas' carol concert - was released December 13th - The official Christmas card of the Wales family was released by Kensington Palace December 14th - The Princess of Wales planted a wild cherry tree for The Queen's Green Canopy in the Dean's Yard of Westminster Abbey, in honour of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. That evening, Kensington Palace released a video of the Princess of Wales decorating a christmas tree at Westminster Abbey to promote her 'Together at Christmas' carol concert December 15th - The Princess of Wales, in her role as Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, hosted the 'Together at Christmas' Christmas Carol Service at Westminster Abbey. She was accompanied by the King and Queen, Prince of Wales, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte as well as other members of the royal family and members of the Middleton family December 21st - King Charles III announced the Princess of Wales as the new Colonel of the Irish Guards December 22nd - Kensington Palace released a video of the Princess of Wales' introduction to her 'Together at Christmas' concert December 24th - The 'Together at Christmas' Christmas Carol Service aired on TV. During the airing, surprise footage of the Princess of Wales meeting with three members of the public at Windsor Castle - Cat, Lionel, and Akbar - was shown. It is likely this was the meeting which took place on December 5th December 25th - The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, along with the other extended members of the British Royal Family, attended the annual Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringam

#mine #royaltyedit #kate #yearreview #boston22 #meeting22 #ey meeting 22 11 #diplomatic reception 22 #dean's yard 22 #christmas carol concert 22 #xmas22

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The Prince of Wales’ Court Circular entries for May 2023

Total: 22 engagements

Solo:

Public: 3

Private: 9

Joint (w/ Kate and/or other BRF members):

Public: 7

Private: 3

Breakdown:

May 2: Received the Rt Hon Christopher Hipkins MP (Prime Minister of New Zealand) at Windsor Castle

May 4: (3)

Travelled on the Elizabeth Line to Tottenham Court Road Station, Oxford Street, London W1, and were received by Mr Kevin Traverse-Healy (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London)

Visited the Dog and Duck, 18 Bateman Street, London W1

Received the Hon Anthony Albanese MP (Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia)

May 5: (2)

Attended a Luncheon at Buckingham Palace for Realm Governor-Generals and Prime Ministers

Attended a Reception at Buckingham Palace for visiting Heads of State and Overseas Guests

May 6: Attended the Coronation of The King and Queen in Westminster Abbey

May 7: (3)

Attended the Coronation Big Lunch in the Long Walk, Windsor Castle.

Attended the BBC Concert at Windsor Castle to celebrate the Coronation of The King and Queen

Held a Reception following the Concert at Windsor Castle

May 8: Took part in the Big Help Out at 3rd Upton Scouts Hall, Upton Court Road, Slough, Berkshire

May 9: Gave an Afternoon Party in the garden of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Coronation of The King and Queen

May 10: Held an Investiture at Windsor Castle

May 14: Attended the Women’s Cup Final between Chelsea Football Club and Manchester United Football Club at Wembley Stadium, Middlesex

May 15: (3)

Held a Meeting with Mr Alastair Martin (Secretary of the Duchy of Cornwall) at 10 Buckingham Gate, London SW1

Chaired a Meeting of The Prince’s Council at 10 Buckingham Gate

Held a Meeting with finalists of the Earthshot Prize at the Grove Hotel, Chandler’s Cross, Hertfordshire

May 16: Received Lieutenant Commander David Brannighan RN at Windsor Castle

May 17: Met submariners who rowed across the Atlantic in HMS OARDACIOUS, at Eton College Rowing Centre, Dorney Lake, Windsor, Berkshire

May 19: Received the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) at Windsor Castle

May 23: Visited Notpla Limited, 8B Queen’s Yard, London E9

May 26: Met members of the Grenfell community supported by Queens Park Rangers Football Club at Loftus Road Stadium, South Africa Road, London W12, and was received by Mr Kevin McGrath (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London)

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Current Total for 2023: 73 engagements

#cc:may2023 #cc2023 #prince william #prince of wales

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Rosa (var: "Julia Child")

The Julia Child rose was bred by the American Tom Carruth in 2004. Technically speaking, this beautiful, butter-colored rose was created by crossing several other varieties ("Voodoo" x Hybrid of R. soulieana x "Summerwine" x "Topnotch"). They say that the famous TV chef, Julia Child, chose this rose that would bear her name.

Oh, by the way, it's Rose Week on @flowerishness...

#flowers #photographers on tumblr #rose #rose garden #yellow #fleurs #flores #fiori #blumen #bloemen #Queens Park New Westminster #vancouver #Julia Child

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Belleza! 🌸🐝 (en Queen's Park, New Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ciqi9VzvHuDXkq_DFcO9QjsvwlyohozLhC5ats0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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✨ 15 days of Princess Anne ✨

August is Princess Anne’s birth month and her 73rd birthday is on the 15th so until then we will look at her fascinating life, one photo for every year!

The 2020s

2020 1. 2. 3. A series of three photos, taken by John Swannell to celebrate Princess Anne’s 70th birthday!

4. Princess Anne photographed at Gatcombe Park with a pony for Australian Women’s Weekly ahead of her 70th birthday.

2021 1. Princess Anne and Sir Tim cheering on Scotland from home today as they played England for the Calcutta Cup on 6th February 2021

2. Princess Anne leading the funeral procession behind Prince Philip’s coffin at Windsor Castle on 17th April 2021

3. Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence marking Armed Forces Day at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas on 26th June 2021

4. Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne visiting The Children’s Wood Project in Glasgow on 30th June 2021

2022 1. Princess Anne and her husband Sir Tim Laurence attend an event in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 12th April 2022

2. Princess Anne and The Duchess of Cambridge arriving at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives headquarters on 27th April 2022

3. Princess Anne curtsies to the coffin of her mother Queen Elizabeth II as it arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on 11th September 2022

4. Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence during their visit to the Falkland Islands in November 2022

2023 1. Princess Anne sending heart eyes to her husband as they visit New Zealand in February 2023.

2. Princess Anne arriving at Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6th May 2023.

3. Princess Anne attending day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on 20th June 2023.

4. Princess Anne at the opening of the CHIO Aachen in Germany, on 27th June 2023.

#annie 🥺#she was so strong through ‘21 and ‘22 😭#my heart #the photo of her curtsying to her mothers coffins still breaks me now #but it’s so poignant that’s why I’ve included it #princess anne #princess royal #15 days of anne

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─ •✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : MAY ✧• ─

3 MAY - William opened James' Place in London.

4 MAY - William held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.

5 MAY - He received Admiral Sir Antony Radakin (Chief of the Defence Staff)

6 MAY - William attended a SportsKey session at the Doug Ellis Sports Centre in Birmingham where he was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands (Mr. John Crabtree).

8 MAY - William appeared in a video address at the 2022 Bafta Television Awards as he introduced a special segment highlighting “Planet Placement".

10 MAY - William visited the the Palace of Westminster along with Cahrles and Camilla in his role as the Counsellor of State for the State Opening of the Parliament where they were received at the Sovereign's Entrance by the Marquess of Cholmondeley (Lord Great Chamberlain) and the Duke of Norfolk (Earl Marshal). Later in the afternoon, he and Catherine attended the opening of the Glade of Light Memorial in Manchester where they were received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (Sir Warren Smith).

11 MAY - William and Catherine were received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire (Colonel Peter McCarthy) as they visited St. John's Primary School in Port Glasgow. They later visited Wheatley Group in Kennishead where they were received by Mr. John McLeod (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow). They subsequently visited the University of Glasgow.

12 MAY - William visited Heart of Midlothian Football Club at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh where he was received by Mr. Kingsley Thomas (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh).

13 MAY - William and Catherine took part in the 2022 Mental Health Minute as they took over the radio staions for a special 60-second broadcast. He later invested Mrs. Deborah James with the insignia of a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

14 MAY - He attended the FA Cup Final between Chelsea Football Club and Liverpool Football Club at Wembley Stadium.

15 MAY - William departed for the United Arab Emirates from Heathrow Airport in London.

16 MAY - William was recieved by The Queen's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (His Excellency Mr. Patrick Moody) as he touched down at Abu Dhabi International Airport. He paid his Condolences to The President of the United Arab Emirates following the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan before flying back to the United Kingdom in the evening.

17 MAY - William held an Investiture at Windsor Castle in the morning. Later in the afternoon he presented new Colours to 1st Battalion Irish Guards.

18 MAY - William was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (Mr. Ian Dudson) as he unveiled a new Submariners Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas.

19 MAY - The Duke of Cambridge recieved The President of the Republic of Colombia. He and Catherine were received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa) as they attended the Royal Film Performance of "Top Gun: Maverick" at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square.

24 MAY - William paid a visit to Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Later in the evening, he attended a Reception at the Cavalry and Guards Club in Piccadilly.

25 MAY - William and Catherine gave a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace along with The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Beatrice and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.

26 MAY - William held a Meeting for the Earthshot Prize.

27 MAY - William received the Lord Hague of Richmond and Mr. Simon Patterson (Chairman & Vice Chairman, The Royal Foundation).

28 MAY - William took the salute at the Colonel's Review of The Queen's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade.

30 MAY - William was spotted at the Houghton Horse Trials supporting Zara who was competing in the event.

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16 September 2022

Thousands of people have been queuing along the banks of the River Thames to view the Queen's coffin as she lies in state in London's Westminster Hall.

Queues have been building since Wednesday morning, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to pay their respects before her funeral on Monday.

Lying-in-state begins

A line of mourners hoping to view the coffin is snaking for around five miles from Westminster across Lambeth Bridge and along the river to Southwark Park.

Some have queued for hours, sometimes overnight, in all weathers for a chance to pay their respects.

Westminster Hall opened its doors to the public on Wednesday (September 14) after a grand procession brought the Queen's coffin from Buckingham Palace.

The lying-in-state will continue until 06:30 BST on Monday, the day of the state funeral.

The government has warned people could face 30-hour waits to get in.

They will walk by the Queen's closed coffin, which rests on a raised platform, known as a catafalque, beneath the 11th Century hall's medieval timber roof.

Each corner of the platform is being guarded in a continuous vigil by soldiers from units that serve the Royal Household.

The coffin is draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown, a wreath of white roses and dahlias and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre.

The grand hall is the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster, at the heart of British government.

The last member of the Royal Family to lie in state in the hall was the Queen Mother in 2002, when more than 200,000 people queued to view her coffin.

The BBC has a dedicated live stream for those unable to travel to London.

The service is available in the UK on the BBC home page, the BBC News website and app, iPlayer, BBC Parliament and the red-button. It is also available internationally via bbc.com/news.

Slow journey to Westminster Hall

On Wednesday, crowds of mourners packed the streets between Buckingham Palace and Westminster for the slow ceremonial procession to carry the coffin to the hall.

In the bright sunshine that followed the rain, the coffin made its way through the heart of the capital borne on an open gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, drawn by seven black horses.

A huge 18 hands-tall (183cm) veteran horse named Lord Firebrand, ridden by Capt. Amy Cooper, led the procession and set the pace.

The gun carriage, known as the George Gun Carriage, carried King George VI's coffin in 1952 and was used in the Queen Mother's funeral in 2002.

To the sound of funeral marches played by the Scots Guards and the Grenadier Guards, the procession stepped off at a slow pace of 75 steps per minute - a tempo typically reserved for such sombre occasions.

King Charles III, wearing full ceremonial uniform, followed behind the coffin on foot, accompanied by his siblings as well as his sons, Prince William, dressed in his Royal Air Force uniform, and Prince Harry in a morning suit.

The sight of the brothers together, walking behind the coffin, evoked poignant memories of their mother Diana's funeral 25 years ago, said royal correspondent Sean Coughlan.

Up to 1,000 members of the armed forces in ceremonial dress took part in events surrounding the parade.

Behind mounted Metropolitan Police, the procession was headed by the Household Cavalry and the Grenadier and Scots Guards.

They were followed, just ahead of the Queen's coffin, by members of the Royal Household, those working closely with the Queen.

Following the King and other royals behind the coffin and bringing up the rear of the procession were members of the King's former household, when he was known as the Prince of Wales.