Royal Holiday In The Isles Of Scilly

The Cambridges have headed to the Isles of Scilly off the Cornwall coast for a summer break. The family spent several days holidaying before returning to Norfolk of Friday. 

George, Charlotte and Louis were treated to a relaxing beach getaway where their dad Prince William also visited in 1989 at the age of seven, the same age as George is now. The Cambridges were spotted cycling on Tresco on Thursday.

Having spent the COVID-19 lockdown at Anmer Hall, the family was no doubt glad to take a 
trip away for a change of scene. 

The Wales Family 1st June, 1989

Baby Bump William April, 1982

Tresco (below)

Birthday Boy George

Birthday portraits of Prince George released by Kensington Palace!

Happy 7th Birthday Prince George

Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge turns 7 years old on 22nd July. The eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, George is third in line to the British throne and will one day be King after his grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William.

George was born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington at 4.24pm on the hottest day of the year. The Duchess's parents Carole and Michael Middleton as well as Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall visited the new parents the next day before baby George was taken home to Nottingham Cottage, Kensington Palace.

After Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth visited the trio at home William, Catherine and baby decamped to the Middleton's Berkshire estate to find their feet as new parents with family support. 

The Cambridge's future Kensington Palace home, Apartment 1A was still being renovated as was Anmer Hall in Norfolk. William was still a RAF Search and Rescue pilot in those days and based at RAF Valley in Angelsey, Wales. 

Baby George and his mum joined William in their rented home until the Duke resigned and took up a period of royal duties and training for his future royal role. 

Prince George was a very difficult baby, not keen on sleep but for the first months William and Catherine resisted hiring a nanny. Later in the year a former nanny of William's, Jessie Webb helped out on a part time basis. As royal commitments increased, the household was joined by full-time Norland nanny, Maria Teresa Borrallo just in time for the Australia and New Zealand tour in April 2014. 

George attended Westacre Montessori preschool in Norfolk and then at the age of 4 years and two months, he started at Thomas's Battersea in London. He will commence Year 3 in September.

The prince loves transport, especially helicopters and has also taken to football, most notably Chelsea. Dinosaurs are another favourite. 

George is a rather shy little boy and it is hard to get him to smile for the cameras. But he is very well behaved in public and Prince William in particular is gently schooling George for his future role.

Happy 7th Birthday Prince George of Cambridge.

Extra Photos For Father's Day

In a follow up to yesterday's birthday photos of Prince William and his children,

the Cambridges have treated us to three more pics to celebrate Father's Day.

The first is of William having fun with George, Charlotte and Louis. The next two show William with his dad Prince Charles last December and lastly little girl Catherine sitting on her dad Michael's knee. 

 

Prince William's 38th Birthday

Happy 38th Birthday to Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, Duke of Cambridge.

The Duke and Duchess have released two new photos for William's birthday and Father's Day which fall on the same day this year. They were taken at Anmer Hall earlier in the month by the Duchess. 

I remember very well when it was announced by Buckingham Palace that William was born and news footage of him being carried in his mother's arms from the Lindo Wing. Sad Diana cannot be here to see her eldest son and his family. 

Enjoy the pics!!

 The Prince and Princess of Wales with baby William June 1982

 Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince William on her 21st birthday 1st July, 1982

Duchess Of Cambridge's "Virtual Engagements" During Lockdown

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the Cambridge family has been living at their Norfolk residence Anmer Hall with nanny Maria Borrallo. 

Despite not being able to fulfil engagements in person, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge has been seen contacting charities and community groups via video calls. Here is a rundown of the calls that have been made public. William has joined with Catherine on some calls but he too has had his own "virtual engagements".

 

March 2020 Prince William talks to Mind charity and the Duchess speaks with Place2be

Kensington Palace

 

Anmer Hall

8th April 2020.   Casterton Primary Academy linked to Place2be

 

17th April 2020. BBC Breakfast discussing the NHS and frontline workers

Leading up to 3rd May 2020. Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week

- zoom call with midwives and medical groups

- new mum and baby at Kingston Hospital

 7th May 2020. On the BBC launching #holdstill2020

9th May 2020 Mais House Care Home for VE Day

13th May 2020 International Nurses Day

- with Sophie, Countess of Wessex along with other members of the Royal Family

13th May 2020 Bingo

Guest bingo calling for residents at Shire Hall Care Home, Cardiff

16th May 2020 Shout85258

-1st Anniversary of sms mental health site shout85258 and the Royal Foundation's link up. William disclosed he is a volunteer!

Last month, Shout joined forces with leading mental health charities Mind, Samaritans and Hospice UK to create Our Frontline. Our Frontline is a new initiative supported by the Royal Foundation. The initiative provides 24/7 mental health and bereavement support to frontline staff and key workers.

18th May 2020 Mental Health Awareness Week Nationwide Radio Broadcast

 

- radio broadcast across the nation at 10.59 am. Heads Together and Radiocentre

2nd June 2020 Australia's First Responders

 

Message for Australia's inaugural Thank A 1st Responder Day. Catherine wore a dress she donned in Sydney 2014.

6th June 2020 Volunteers Week

9th June 2020 Clouds House

Clouds House run by Action on Addiction has been running throughout the lockdown.

11th June 2020 Hold Still

The Duchess in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery asking for the last entries for #holdstill2020, photos of life in lockdown.

8th June 2020 Oak Academy's Assembly

 

Volunteering In Sandringham

A new picture of Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte has been released to mark Volunteers' Week in the UK. 

The photo, taken by the Duchess of Cambridge shows the threesome delivering homemade pasta to Sandringham Estate residents in April during the COVID-19 lockdown. 

Bonus Pic Of Sweet Princess

Here is another photo released of Princess Charlotte. Enjoy!

New Charlotte Photos

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have issued new photographs of daughter Charlotte who turns five years old today. The pics were taken by the Duchess in April at and near their home Anmer Hall in Norfolk where the family is spending the COVID-19 lockdown.

Charlotte can be seen knocking on the doors of nearby pensioners to deliver gifts of food in this time of isolation and poverty throughout the globe.

Happy 5th Birthday Princess Charlotte

 The 2nd of May sees Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge celebrate her 5th birthday. Charlotte is the middle child and only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.


Like her siblings George and Louis and father William, the young princess was born in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, not far from the family's London home-Apartment 1A, Kensington Palace. A few days after her birth, the Cambridges travelled to their country abode Anmer Hall in Norfolk where the family based themselves until mid 2017. 

Charlotte and George were brought up in the relaxed atmosphere of the countryside, with Marvin the guinea pig and Lupo the black cocker spaniel. Nanny Maria Teresa helped Catherine and William balance growing royal duties and the Duke's job as helicopter pilot with East Anglia Air Ambulance, based in nearby Norwich airport. Anmer Hall is located on the Queen's Sandringham Estate and features a vegetable garden, tennis court and swimming pool. It offers the family much needed privacy.

In the late summer of 2017, the Cambridges changed their main residence to Kensington Palace due to a number of factors. William's grandfather Prince Philip retired from royal duties and the Queen was also stopping overseas royal tours and slowly handing down more responsibilities to her four children and the next generation - William and Catherine and Prince Harry. 

William left his role as helicopter pilot and took up more royal commitments. Prince George was starting school in the September and so London became the natural move but the family goes back to Anmer for holidays, half term and some weekends. It is also where the COVID-19 lockdown is being spent. 

Charlotte was baptised at St Mary Magdalene church on the Sandringham Estate on 5th July 2015 at just two months old. This is the same place that her late paternal grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales was baptised in 1961. Diana's family were also living on the Sandringham Estate at Park House.

The young princess started at Willcocks Nursery School in Kensington in January 2018 and then formal schooling at Thomas's Battersea from September 2019, joining brother George.

Charlotte loves dancing, pony riding and tennis. She is also very girly- liking pink, accessorises with little purses and is very fussy about her hair being braided. 

Charlotte excels at her royal wave- enthusiastically waving to crowds from a young age and is very well behaved in public, aside from a few tongue-poking moments and a toddler tantrum on the tarmac in 2017.

The princess has been on royal tours to Canada in 2016 and Germany and Poland the following year.
Each year we have seen her on the balcony at Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour flypast and she is a very popular flowergirl at family weddings.