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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Prince William Hosts Private Dinner to Honor Children's Charity with Special Connection to Princess Diana
Prince William hosted a private dinner on May 13 to honor Child Bereavement U.K. The charity was founded by his late mother Princess Diana's close friend Julia Samuel, and he has been its patron since 2009 The Prince of Wales has been actively involved in supporting the charity and has made many appearances at its facilities over the yearsPrince William quietly honored the anniversary of a meaningful charity he supports, which has a special link to his late mother Princess Diana. The Prince of Wales hosted members and supporters of Child Bereavement U.K. at Windsor Castle for a private dinner on Tuesday, May 13 to mark 30 years of the charity. The organization holds a special place in William's heart as he succeeded his mother as its patron in 2009. Child Bereavement U.K. was founded by Diana's friend, Julia Samuel, who is so close to the family that William and Kate Middleton later chose her as a godparent for their oldest son Prince George, 11 While the event was private, William's attendance was confirmed in the Court Circular, the official account of the British royal family's public engagements. "The Prince of Wales, Patron, this evening gave a Dinner at Windsor Castle for Child Bereavement UK's Thirtieth Anniversary," the schedule read. The charity is one of William's longest-standing patronages, and he regularly visits its facilities across Britain. While out, he often talks with those he meets about coping with grief. When William and his wife Princess Kate, 43, visited the charity's London-based center in 2017, Samuel told PEOPLE, 'Bereavement — and particularly child death, which is so unbearable to think about — is something William is shining a light on. He is helping us raise awareness in a way that no one else can do.' Talking with some young people helped by the charity in Widnes, in northwest England, in February 2025 William reflected on his own childhood grief. "Sometimes the hardest thing about grief is finding the words for how you actually feel," he said. "It's crucial for those first few years, particularly, [that] you have support like this… It's got you in your practice, how to help yourself." "The mind gets focused on one thing, doesn't it? It's very difficult to do school and normal life," he continued. And in 2017, on a visit with wife Kate, William comforted a girl grieving for her father, telling her, 'I lost my mummy when I was very young too.' He continued, saying, 'Do you know what happened to me? You know I lost my mummy when I was very young, too. I was [15], and my brother was 12. So we lost our mummy when we were young as well. Do you speak about your daddy? It's very important to talk about it, very, very important.' 'It was really nice that he talked to me,' the young girl told reporters. 'It was like there are other people who know what it is like to lose someone.' Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage? to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! Before hosting the dinner, William conducted a ceremony investing people with honors that had been granted by his father King Charles. Chatting to honoree, middle-distance runner Keely Hodgkinson, he revealed that his daughter Princess Charlotte is a budding athlete herself. "The Prince told me his daughter is doing the 400 meters at the minute and the hurdles and that she did watch me in Paris," the athlete said, according to The Telegraph. "He told me that he remembers me winning and that he wished he could be there to see it himself," she added. Read the original article on People
Telegraph
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Princess of Wales celebrates her ‘spiritual' connection to nature
The Princess of Wales said she had found a 'very spiritual, very intense' emotional connection to nature, which had brought her peace. In a video promoting the Scouts in her role as joint president, the Princess spoke of her relationship with nature as she continued her return to work while in remission from cancer, saying the outdoors had been 'a place to balance' in 'a very busy world'. Last month, she travelled to the Lake District to meet Dwayne Fields, the new Chief Scout, and youngsters on the shores of Lake Windermere. The event was not listed in the Court Circular, with a Kensington Palace videographer joining the Princess to shoot footage, which was edited to share on social media with music and a voiceover. The footage showed the Princess, dressed for the countryside in a bakerboy cap, knitted jumper and walking boots, crouching down in the grass to help children read a map, walking through woodland, and taking a photograph with the group on top of a hill. She said: 'I find it a very spiritual and very intense emotional reconnection I suppose, these environments. 'Not everyone has that same relationship, perhaps, with nature, but it is therefore meaningful for me as a place to balance and find a sort of sense of peace and reconnection in what is otherwise a very busy world.'
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Princess Anne Makes Emotional Stop at Hospital Where She Was Treated After Horse Accident to Thank Staff
Princess Anne made a special visit to the hospital where she was treated after a horse-related accident to thank the staff who looked after her. On Feb. 6, the Princess Royal, 74, returned to Southmead Hospital in Bristol, England, where she spent five days in June 2024 due to an injury. Buckingham Palace announced on June 24 that King Charles' sister "sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate," her country home, the day prior, and was hospitalized at Southmead "as a precautionary measure for observation." The palace said at the time that Princess Anne was "expected to make a full and swift recovery," and she was discharged following a five-day stay. During her return, Princess Anne toured the hospital, including the Intensive Care Unit, to learn more about the work of the care team there as well as meet doctors and nurses. She heard the staff choir perform in the main public atrium and viewed the helicopter pad used by the Air Ambulance (a job Prince William once had in East Anglia) as well as the staff garden. Related: Princess Anne Continues Streak as Hardest Working Member of the Royal Family, Even After Her Concussion and Hospitalization Southmead Hospital is about an hour drive from Gatcombe Park, Princess Anne's private home where the accident happened. The hub is esteemed as the regional specialist intensive care unit for major trauma, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, a palace statement said. The Princess Royal is regularly cited as the "hardest-working" member of the royal family by the count of official engagements recorded in the Court Circular and sparked concern when she got hurt last summer. Because of the concussion that she sustained in June, the exact details of the "incident" are unable to be ascertained. However, her injuries were consistent with a potential impact from a horse's head or legs. The King's sister is a dedicated equestrian who became the first British royal to take her talents to the Olympics in 1976 and continues to ride today. Related: Princess Anne Expertly Handles Rambunctious Horse During Trooping the Colour Parade Immediately after the accident, The Telegraph reported that Anne was suffering memory loss, thought to be temporary, related to what happened. She returned to work in July in a gradual resumption of royal duties, and the Daily Mail reported that Princess Anne said then, "I can't remember a single thing" about the accident. During a solo trip to South Africa in January, Anne said again that she had no memory of the incident. "I know where I thought I was going and that was to go to the chickens — no, nothing to do with horses," Princess Anne told PA, the BBC reported. The princess said that seeing the chickens was "my regular visit, I don't have any idea what I was doing in the field, because I never normally went that way." "It just reminds you, shows you — you never quite know, something [happens] and you might not recover," the royal reflected. "You are sharply reminded that every day is a bonus really," she mentioned elsewhere in the interview. Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage? to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! Princess Anne's visit to the hospital where she was previously treated followed a similar stop by Kate Middleton in January. On Jan. 14, the Princess of Wales made an emotional visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, which came with the confirmation that she previously received treatment there during her cancer journey. Princess Kate, 43, was outside of the public eye for most of 2024 after sharing last March that she was undergoing treatment for cancer. She said in September that she completed chemotherapy and relayed on Jan. 14 that she is in "remission." Read the original article on People
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Princess Anne, 74, Reveals If She'll Ever Retire from Working Royal Role in Honest Comment
Princess Anne has no plans to reduce her royal duties as her peers reach retirement age. King Charles' sister, 74, said she won't scale back her royal responsibilities in the coming years in a new interview with the Press Association. The chat happened during Princess Anne's two-day visit to South Africa, her first international working trip of the year from Jan. 21 to Jan. 22. "I don't think there's a retirement program on this particular life," the Princess Royal told PA, the BBC reported. "It really isn't written in, no. It isn't really an option, no, I don't think so," she said about the idea of scaling back. Princess Anne has been considered the "hardest working" member of the British royal family since 2021, according to informal tallies by royal watchers and blogs using the Court Circular, the official royal record of previous engagements. Related: Princess Anne Breaks Silence on Last Summer's Accident, Admits She Has No Memory of It The Princess Royal might also be inspired by the drive of her late parents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, when it comes to her reflecting on her professional longevity. Prince Philip retired from public engagements at age 96 in 2017 after spending decades as a working member of the royal family, and Queen Elizabeth never technically retired. The late Queen was devoted to duty until the very end, and her final engagement was a meeting with then-incoming (now former) Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sept. 6, 2022, two days before her death on Sept. 8 at age 96. Despite suffering a concussion in a horse-related incident in June 2024 that sidelined her from royal duties for three weeks, Princess Anne was still considered to be the hardest-working member of the royal family last year. The King's sister stepped out for 217 engagements in 2024 as of last November, according to analysis by the Reboot SEO Company of the Court Circular, and kicked off the new year with a busy trip to South Africa where she packed in many outings. Related: Princess Anne Continues Streak as Hardest Working Member of the Royal Family, Even After Her Concussion and Hospitalization Last year looked different regarding the number of public appearances by working members of the British royal family, as King Charles and Kate Middleton both reduced their duties after each announcing that they were receiving treatment for cancer. The King, 76, postponed his public-facing duties on doctor's advice after his cancer diagnosis was announced in February 2024, and resumed public-facing engagements in late April. Palace sources said in December that his treatment would continue into 2025, moving in a "very positive direction" as a "managed condition," with foreign and domestic trips on his calendar. The Princess of Wales, 43, stepped out of the spotlight for almost all of 2024 after sharing last March that she was undergoing treatment for cancer. Princess Kate said in September that she completed chemotherapy and shared the news on Jan. 14 that she is in remission. Princess Kate has been gradually resuming her royal duties during her recovery, and it was confirmed on Jan. 27 that she will join Prince William at a ceremony commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day in a last-minute appearance. Prince William's RSVP for the London event was previously confirmed, and Princess Kate's attendance will be the first royal event since announcing that she is in "remission" from cancer. "It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focussed on recovery. As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal," the Princess of Wales said in part in a statement then. "I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. C" Princess Anne espoused a similar attitude of gratitude in her PA interview, saying that she was grateful that there were no lasting effects from the concussion she suffered. (The King's equestrian sister was hurt at her Gatcombe Park home on June 23, and was briefly hospitalized for injuries consistent with a potential impact from a horse's head or legs.) Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage? to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! "You're jolly lucky... if you can continue to be more or less compos mentis [of sound mind] and last summer I was very close to not being. Take each day as it comes, they say," Princess Anne said. "You are sharply reminded that every day is a bonus, really." Read the original article on People
