Crown Princess Victoria officially engaged to Daniel Westling
February 24, 2009
R&Co – February 24, 2009.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden shows off her ring as she and her fiance Daniel Westling meet the press at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Lief R. Jansson, Scanpix)
The Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is engaged to long term boyfriend, Daniel Westling, has announced today the Royal Court of Sweden. The couple will marry in early summer of 2010.
A prince who may be president
February 15, 2009
Supporters surround Prince Abdul Ali Seraj, right, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the presidential election next week.
The National – News - 15 Feb 2009 – By Sarah Davison.
A western-educated prince is fast emerging as the rst choice of tribal elders for Afghanistan’s presidential election. The plain-speaking former businessman, however, has an agenda of his own – uniting the ravaged nation. Sarah Davison, Foreign Correspond
kabul Prince Abdul Ali Seraj’s coffee table is littered with little plastic bags and he is busy filling them up with dirt from his garden.
Racial epithets in cultured accents
February 15, 2009
The Jerusalem Post - 15 Feb 2009 - By SARAH LYALL
LONDON – Britons generally agree – or say they do – that being racist is bad and that making racist remarks is wrong. But there is no national consensus on what that means, exactly.
Royal Blues
February 14, 2009
Evening Standard Magazine - 13 Feb 2009
Evening Standard Magazine
Poor old Prince Harry. Chelsy Davy has given him the boot, another excruciating gaffe recently hit the front pages, and even his very own charity, Sentebale, seems to be strangely uncharitable. Mark Hollingsworth unravels a regrettable tale of palace politics and misdemeanours.
When Prince Harry discovered last year that the charity he founded had given just £84,000 to help AIDS orphans in Africa – despite raising £1.15 million – he was enraged. Just three years previously he had been so touched by the plight of abandoned and HIV-infected children at an orphanage in the impoverished state of Lesotho in South Africa that he set up the charity Sentebale. He poured his heart and soul into the project and raised vast sums from sales of his ITV documentary The Forgotten Kingdom, polo events, the star-studded Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium and public donations.
13 Feb 2009 - Evening Standard Second edition.
A LETTER written by Henry VIII that has not been seen for almost five centuries is to go on display in a new London exhibition.
Henry VIII’s admirable youth
February 14, 2009
The Press - 14 Feb 2009.
HENRY: VIRTUOUS PRINCE by David Starkey. Harper Press, $ Reviewed by Bruce Rennie.
Henry VIII was one of the most accomplished monarchs to sit on the English throne. An outstanding athlete, with a fondness, at least when he was young, for jousting, he was also, when he could be bothered, an enthusiastic student of classical literature, history, mathematics, music and astronomy.
Look out: another screen queen
February 14, 2009
A thoroughly modern monarch: Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) in the upcoming historical drama ‘The Young Victoria’
The Independent, Arts & Books - 13 Feb 2009 - ‘The Young Victoria’ is released on 6 March.
‘The Young Victoria’ goes a step further than other films about royalty. It is co-produced by Sarah Ferguson and has a cameo for her daughter, Princess Beatrice. Alice Jones reports.
If you’re quick, at the beginning of the historical biopic, The Young Victoria, you can catch glimpse of Princess Beatrice making her movie debut. Actually, you don’t need to be all that quick. The flamehaired princess is practically the first person on the screen, strewing rose petals at the tiny determined feet of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) as she strides up the aisle of Westminster Abbey for her coronation. A blast of “Zadok the Priest”, a stunning aerial shot of the vaulted ceiling, a swish of ermine, a flash of diamond … And there she is again! A vaguely embarrassed lady-in-waiting in a frou-frou confection of ivory tulle and pink silk roses, studiously not looking at the camera.
Monarchy’s involvement with technology
February 14, 2009
The Herald - 13 Feb 2009
1878 – Queen Victoria meets Alexander Graham Bell and tries out his new invention, the telephone.
How princess gave hope to the evacuees
February 14, 2009
The Daily Telegraph - 13 Feb 2009 - By Andrew Pierce
RARELY-SEEN photographs of the Queen recording her first public speech have been released by Buckingham Palace to mark the relaunch of the Royal family’s website.
