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Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Catherine visits behind the scenes at museum stores
The Princess of Wales has visited the Victoria and Albert Museum's storehouse in East London, seeing a project that wants to make the museum's huge collection available to a wider range of people. The museum, which has its main building in South Kensington, has more than 600,000 objects in newly-opened store rooms at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Catherine had a behind-the-scenes tour, where she praised how the public will be able to get a closer view of more of the museum's historic items. The V&A East Storehouse is a purpose-built arts storage centre, intended to widen access and "unlock" the collection of art, design and fashion items, much of which is not usually on display. "What a fantastic idea to have all these pieces to learn from - so they're not just behind the scenes and stored away somewhere. You can see them in person and up close," said Catherine. "What an opportunity for everyone to see historic pieces first hand," she said, praising the "eclectic" collection. Catherine was shown around the store's cavernous rooms by the museum's director Tristram Hunt and she saw examples of conservation work on textiles in the collection. Mr Hunt showed the princess some examples of textiles by the Victorian designer, William Morris, and she said how much she liked the foliage design. She spoke to the museum director about how some of the historic textiles on show could still look contemporary. The museum stores, free to visitors, has an "order an object" service which allows visitors to book an appointment to see an object close up and get information about it from museum staff. According to royal sources, the purpose of the visit was to highlight the importance of creative opportunity and to celebrate the "power of creativity". Sign up here to get the latest royal stories and analysis every week with our Royal Watch newsletter. Those outside the UK can sign up here.
BBC News
02-05-2025
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- BBC News
Princess Charlotte photo released to mark 10th birthday
A new photograph showing a smiling Princess Charlotte has been released by Kensington Palace to mark her 10th image was taken by her mother Catherine, Princess of Wales, using an iPhone, during a trip to Cumbria earlier this is Prince William and Kate's second child and the third in line to the of changes in 2013 to the rules concerning the order of succession, which no longer prioritises male heirs above female, Charlotte, born in 2015, became the first British princess to rank above a younger brother. The names given to the princess - Charlotte Elizabeth Diana - include references to her grandmother Diana and great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth personal portrait comes just over a week after a similar image was released to mark Prince Louis' seventh birthday. Sign up here to get the latest royal stories and analysis every week with our Royal Watch newsletter. Those outside the UK can sign up here.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
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William and Kate join children on island nature trail
The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their second and final day on the Isle of Mull with children taking part in an outdoor learning session with forest rangers. William and Catherine celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Tuesday as they began an official visit to the island off the west coast of Scotland. The royal couple were greeted by more than 200 cheering tourists and local residents who had lined the main street of Tobermory. Their final day of the mini-tour will focus on the natural world, which Catherine has previously described as her family's "sanctuary". The Royal Foundation's Community Impact Programme is providing funding to safeguard two nature warden roles on Mull and neighbouring Iona. The couple joined a group of children for a session on nature trails, den building and animal tracking at Ardura Community Forest. The visit aims to highlight the importance of protecting and championing the natural environment. Afterwards, William and Catherine will spend private time on Iona after taking the public ferry from Mull. The couple released a romantic image on their social media accounts on Tuesday evening to mark their 14th anniversary. They were married at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, when tens of thousands of people lining the streets for their wedding procession to Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, as they are officially known when in Scotland, met while studying at the University of St Andrews. Sign up here to get the latest royal stories and analysis every week with our Royal Watch newsletter. Those outside the UK can sign up here. William and Kate visit Mull to celebrate wedding anniversary Kate says nature is family's 'sanctuary' in Mother's Day message
BBC News
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
William and Kate join children on island nature trail in Mull
The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their second and final day on the Isle of Mull with children taking part in an outdoor learning session with forest and Catherine celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Tuesday as they began an official visit to the island off the west coast of royal couple were greeted by more than 200 cheering tourists and local residents who had lined the main street of final day of the mini-tour will focus on the natural world, which Catherine has previously described as her family's "sanctuary". The Royal Foundation's Community Impact Programme is providing funding to safeguard two nature warden roles on Mull and neighbouring couple joined a group of children for a session on nature trails, den building and animal tracking at Ardura Community Forest. The visit aims to highlight the importance of protecting and championing the natural William and Catherine will spend private time on Iona after taking the public ferry from Mull. The couple released a romantic image on their social media accounts on Tuesday evening to mark their 14th were married at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, when tens of thousands of people lining the streets for their wedding procession to Buckingham Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, as they are officially known when in Scotland, met while studying at the University of St Andrews. Sign up here to get the latest royal stories and analysis every week with our Royal Watch newsletter. Those outside the UK can sign up here.
BBC News
29-04-2025
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Meghan using 'HRH' title but only in private
The Duchess of Sussex used the title HRH on a card sent with a personal gift but not for any public purpose, sources close to her have said. A video accompanying a podcast shows a gift basket for US cosmetics entrepreneur Jamie Kern Lima, which includes a card saying: "With the Compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex."When Prince Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals there was an agreement to stop using HRH, which stands for Her/His Royal Highness, but they still hold the close to the California-based couple reject that this card was a breach of the agreement struck on their departure from royal duties. According to sources, the couple do not use HRH in commercial or public settings - and this was only a private use of the title and was for a gift given more than a year distinction would mean the HRH title was not being used to promote the jams and food products in Meghan's As Ever range or her Netflix cookery card was shown in a video of a podcast hosted by Jamie Kern Lima, who said that when she had been "super-stressed" that Meghan had cheered her up by dropping round some ice cream and "home made strawberry sauce".Mrs Kern Lima said the gift showed great empathy and gave something that "adds value to my life".Prince Harry and Meghan lost the use of the titles when they stopped being working royals in 2020 and left the UK for the United States."The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family," said a statement from Buckingham Palace at the also stopped receiving public funding as they embarked on "the next chapter of their lives".But this agreement did not remove the title, it restricted how it was used, with this card suggesting that it has still been used in private. Another non-working royal, Prince Andrew, also does not use HRH in any official capacity, but still has the podcast with Jamie Kern Lima also included Meghan discussing her relationship with Prince Harry: "You have to imagine at the beginning, everyone has, like, butterflies."Then we immediately went into the trenches together. Yeah, right out of the gate, like six months into dating."So now, seven years later, when you have a little bit of breathing space, you can just enjoy each other in a new way, and that's why I feel like it's more of a honeymoon period for us now." Sign up here to get the latest royal stories and analysis every week with our Royal Watch newsletter. Those outside the UK can sign up here.
