One year on from the Princess of Wales’ unprecedented and moving video announcement, the story behind Catherine’s ‘year of courage’ at @DailyMailUK https://t.co/2THtQYPI41
REBECCA ENGLISH: Going on Graham Norton is risky business for a royal... But this is why William made the appearance - and it has nothing to do with Harry https://t.co/q8js0sc5Qy
REBECCA ENGLISH: Going on Graham Norton is risky business for a royal... But this is why William made the appearance - and it has nothing to do with Harry https://t.co/9RKV3t0ju3
Queen Camilla praises the survivors of domestic abuse as the ‘heroes’ of the campaign to end violence against women - and thanks star Zara McDermott for also speaking out
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Queen Camilla praised survivors of domestic abuse today, telling them that they are the ‘real heroes’ of the campaign to end violence against women.
Her Majesty was at the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) Summit at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, organised by one of her assistants, Queen’s Companion Lady Landsdowne, who is also chair of the Wiltshire branch of the organisation.
Lady Landsdowne said she had been inspired to set it up by the work Camilla is doing in the sphere to end abuse against women.
She also spoke to Zara McDermott, the documentary maker and influencer, who has also become a campaigner in the field.
Queen Camilla is in Wiltshire today attending the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) Summit where she will listen to speakers including Dame Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales, and speak about those who have inspired her work in the field.
Prince William appears on The Graham Norton Show to discuss his love of Traitors... and the job he'd have if he wasn't first in line to throne https://t.co/4UeW882x9p
He says of @EarthshotPrize Prize: ‘For many years I was hearing stories about environment issues and one thing that struck me was the negativity and doom which got me down. I thought we could do something more powerful and more optimistic and the idea of an awards’ ceremony came about and we could talk about urgency and optimism together. It’s all about getting excited.
‘There are some amazing people out there doing things to protect the world. We could really highlight what is being done and scale them to the next level to have more impact around the world.’
He also discusses how he is a proper fan of Celebrity Traitors - as are his kids.
‘I love it, the family love it. Charlotte and Louis are obsessed with it. It’s really good telly.’
Asked if he ever fantasised about doing anything other than being King one day, he says, “I did want to be a policeman when I was younger, I thought I could make a good one. And then I went through a phase of wanting to be a DJ – I wasn’t very good.”
Prince William becomes only the third senior royal ever to appear on a chat show to highlight his forthcoming @EarthshotPrize 📺
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'I can't wait to have all my children home': Kate admits she's missing Prince George and is looking forward to his return from Eton during his half term break | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/WH71G1tnYz
A surprise engagement for the Princess of Wales (it wasn’t publicly announced in advance) at Café 98 in Hoveton.
It’s @EACH_hospices first and only café, located within a retail store.
The Princess was keen to recognise the dedication of volunteers and to highlight the important role played by charity retail and community fundraising in supporting children's hospice care.
Sixty years on, we remember the 144 people who lost their lives in the Aberfan disaster.
Today, The King and The Queen, with The Prince of Wales, spent time at the Aberfan Memorial Garden and the Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Community Centre to honour their memory.
The Aberfan Memorial Garden stands on the site of Pantglas School, where 109 children and 5 teachers died when the coal tip collapsed onto the village.
Watch His Majesty’s speech in full on our YouTube channel (link in bio).
After the disaster, Diane Thomas decided she wanted to help children, becoming a social worker.
On the royal visit, she said, “They’ve got an empathy. Prince William’s lost a mum, he knows what grief is … the King has lost people, the Queen has lost people, they’ve already got an empathy with grief. The fact that they’ve come here today to see all this grief and all this hurt is marvellous.”
She said William told her her experience was “unbelievable at such a young age”.
I know I write about the royals, but this from Aberfan today just broke me.
It’s from Diane Thomas, 78, a rescuer from the Red Cross who was only 18 at the time of the disaster, and spoke to Prince William.
She said: ‘The chapel had been converted into a mortuary so I spent three nights in the mortuary, bathing the children, to try and get slurry off their little faces so their parents could recognise them.
‘I took the anorak off one little boy, put my hand in his pocket and came out [with a note that] he’d had eight out of 10 for spelling. I’ve been trying all these years to think about how I can trace his mum. I can’t but I want to tell her because I was the last person to hold him and bathe him.’
This is why today is so important.
The thought that he would have been so excited to run home and tell her how well he had done and never got the chance to do so….. and the idea of an 18-year-old girl taking such tender care of each young victim amidst a scene of such terrible tragedy…..what a beautiful soul.