Prince Henry of Wales has announced his engagement to American actress Ms. Meghan Markle. The couple has known each other for
sixteen months after being introduced by a mutual friend in London.
Harry,
33 and Meghan, 36 are to be married in the spring of 2018 and more
details of the wedding will be released in due course.No doubt they
will have to plan the wedding date around the Duchess of Cambridge's
pregnancy due date in April. Catherine was overdue with her first two
babies so this will be tricky.
Prince Harry presented
Ms Markle with an engagement ring made of two diamonds from his late
mother Diana, Princess of Wales plus a diamond from Botswana where the
couple has holidayed.
Meghan and Harry were
photographed by the media in the sunken garden at Kensington Palace.
This is the same garden that was transformed this last summer with a
beautiful collection of Diana's favourite flowers to mark the 20th
anniversary of her death.
The couple will live in
Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace which was once the home of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge before they renovated Apartment 1A. It is
expected that an apartment at the Palace will be made available to
Prince Harry and then modified to suit his needs.
As
this blog chronicles the lives of the children of both Princes William
and Harry, no doubt we will be covering a few more royal babies in the
coming years.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took Prince George to his first official engagement in the U.K. yesterday. The threesome attended the
world’s largest military airshow, the Royal International Air Tattoo at
RAF Fairford.
The Duchess is Patron of the Air Cadets and the Air Tattoo was staging events to celebrate the Cadets 75th anniversary.
George
will turn 3 years old on the 22nd of July and his parents have often
spoken of his love of planes, trucks and helicopters. So the young royal
was able to sit in all sorts of fixed wing fighters, transport aircraft
as well as helicopters.
Prince William was a RAF
search and rescue pilot until Prince George was just a few months old.
He has since taken up a role as a pilot for East Anglian Air Ambulance.
He combines this with his royal duties and time with his young family.
Prince Harry was an Apache helicopter pilot and served in an active war zone.
George
seemed to love all that was on offer but had a tantrum that his mum and
dad sorted out with a cuddle and distraction. I hope you enjoy the
photos of gorgeous George!
Wednesday 1st July, 2015
Accomplished photographer Mario Testino will take the photographs to mark Princess Charlotte's christening this weekend.
Testino has been asked to photograph many members of the royal family previously, including Catherine and William's engagement portraits.
Just months before she died Diana, Princess of Wales was captured by Testino for Vanity Fair magazine. These photos were commonly used after her death on souvenir covers etc.
Mario's photos of the royal family are typically relaxed. I look forward to seeing the finished results on Monday or Tuesday next week.
Today also marks what would have been Diana's 54th birthday.
Prince Henry of Wales has announced his engagement to American actress Ms. Meghan Markle. The couple has known each other for
sixteen months after being introduced by a mutual friend in London.
Meghan and Harry were
photographed by the media in the sunken garden at Kensington Palace.
This is the same garden that was transformed this last summer with a
beautiful collection of Diana's favourite flowers to mark the 20th
anniversary of her death.
