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The Queen Consort to Host a ‘Violence against Women and Girls’ Reception

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King Charles III and the Queen Consort sign the visitors book as they arrive for a ceremony at Mansion House to confer city status on Doncaster, November 9, 2022.
King Charles III and the Queen Consort sign the visitors book as they arrive for a ceremony at Mansion House to confer city status on Doncaster, November 9, 2022.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WILL HOST A ‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS’ RECEPTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Tuesday 29th November 2022

Her Majesty The Queen will host a reception to raise awareness of violence against women and girls as part of the UN 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

The Queen has worked for years to raise awareness about violence against women – hearing first hand from survivors, advocating on their behalf and convening charities and decision makers in the space to discuss key issues.

This reception, taking place at Buckingham Palace during the UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, is a high watermark of Her Majesty’s work in the area, seeing the Queen host a major reception and make a significant speech on a subject about which she cares passionately.

The reception will be attended by the Countess of Wessex, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark.

The c.300 guests include survivors of violence against women and girls, their families, politicians and charities working in the area (including representatives from SafeLives, Women’s Aid and Refuge). Ambassadors for the cause will include the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Scotland, Melanie Brown, Fiona Bruce, Yalda Hakim, Lorraine Kelly, Emma Barnett, Zara McDermott and Hayley Atwell.

Her Majesty has previously emphasized that men are victims of violence too and has met many male survivors.

The King will Undertake Engagements in London

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King Charles III meeting members of the public as he leaves Cardiff Castle in Wales. September 16, 2022.
King Charles III meeting members of the public as he leaves Cardiff Castle in Wales. September 16, 2022.

THE KING WILL UNDERTAKE ENGAGEMENTS IN LONDON

Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Engagement 1:

The King, Royal Bencher at the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, will visit the society and hear more about their work to support, educate, and develop both aspiring and practising barrister members.

His Majesty will meet staff, students and barristers in the Hall before touring the grounds, where the King will meet garden staff and students from the new City Junior School which is based within their grounds, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, 8 South Square London WC1.

On arrival at Gray’s Inn His Majesty will be met by the Treasurer of Gray’s Inn Sir Peter Gross, the Vice Treasurer, Lady Justice Nicola Davies, and the Under Treasurer, Brigadier Stephen Cartwright.

His Majesty will then move to the Small Pension Room where he will meet Masters of the Bench (Benchers form the governing body of Gray’s Inn).

Hanging over the fireplace in the room is a portrait of the King, which was commissioned by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn to commemorate His Majesty’s status as Royal Bencher, to which he was appointed in 1975. The portrait was completed in 1979.

The King will then meet staff, students and barristers in Gray’s Inn Hall. Many of the students are undertaking post-graduate studies in order to be called to the Bar and will benefit from compulsory and supplementary education from the Inn throughout their career journey. Some of these students are recipients of scholarships from the Inn, including one of their first undergraduate scholars. Finally, His Majesty will tour the gardens before meeting children from the local school based within the society’s grounds.

https://www.graysinn.org.uk

Engagement 2:

The King will visit the Grade I listed North Wing of St Bartholomew’s Hospital to recognise the success of Barts Heritage for their Sharing Historic Barts project. His Majesty will meet supporters of the project as well as some of the specialist craftspeople and conservators who will undertake the restoration works. The building is about to undergo a three-year restoration project starting in 2023, the 900th anniversary year of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

During the visit His Majesty will also meet frontline NHS staff, nurses, therapists, and support staff including porters and security. The King will be told about the clinical projects that the hospital plans to mark the 900th anniversary. St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1.

On arrival at the hospital, the King will be met by Will Palin, Chief Executive of Barts Heritage, who will introduce His Majesty to some of the specialists and craftspeople who will undertake the sensitive restoration of the Grade I-listed North Wing, including the conservation of vast canvasses by William Hogarth on the Hogarth Stair.

His Majesty will be shown the spectacular Great Hall where he will meet project supporters, before cutting a celebratory cake to mark the successful campaign that will enable the much-needed restoration work to start in 2023.

The King will meet frontline staff from the hospital and hear about other important projects that are part of the hospital’s 900th anniversary campaign including a new centre of excellence for breast cancer surgery, which is being supported through Barts Charity. His Majesty will also be introduced to some breast cancer patients, before departing.

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/st-bartholomews

Engagement 3:

The King will visit the Goldsmiths’ Centre where he will be introduced to young people on the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s Foundation and Goldsmiths’ Company Apprenticeship programmes, and their silversmithing community. His Majesty will learn about their work, silversmithing, training, education and skills transfer.

The King will also hallmark a piece of processional cross commissioned by the Goldsmiths’ Company on behalf of the King when Prince of Wales, and created using the silversmithing skills being taught to many of the young people he will meet. The Goldsmiths’ Centre, 42 Britton Street, London EC1.

His Majesty will be greeted by the Prime Warden Lord Bridges, the Chair of Trustees Edward Braham, the CEO/Clerk of the Goldsmiths’ Company Sir David Reddaway, and the Director of the Goldsmiths’ Centre Peter Taylor.

The King will tour the workshop in the Goldsmiths’ Centre where he will meet ten Foundation Programme trainees, all working at their benches. His Majesty will view their work and hear about the silversmithing skills they are learning.

The King will then move to the Conference Room to meet 2022 World Skills Competition contestants, Goldsmiths’ Company Apprentices and beneficiaries who have received grants from the Goldsmiths’ Centre or exhibited in its public programme. Sophie Welch, a Foundation Programme alumnus, will present a handmade gold-plated pin to the King, which celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Goldsmiths’ Centre.

His Majesty will continue to the Exhibition Room, where he will hallmark a piece of the commissioned cross.

https://www.goldsmiths-centre.org

State Visit of the President of South Africa

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South African President Nelson Mandela stands with The Queen on his arrival at Buckingham Palace, for a state banquet in his honour.

STATE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Tuesday 22nd to Wednesday 23rd November 2022

The President of the Republic of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, will pay a state visit to the United Kingdom as the guest of the King from 22nd to 23rd November 2022. The King and Queen will host the state visit at Buckingham Palace.

The last state visit from South Africa was by President Jacob Zuma in 2010.

MONDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

The President of the Republic of South Africa will arrive privately in the United Kingdom on the morning of Monday 21st November at Stansted Airport. His Excellency will be greeted on behalf of the King by The Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting.

TUESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER

The Prince and Princess of Wales will greet President Ramaphosa on behalf of the King at the Corinthia Hotel on Tuesday morning.

Their Royal Highnesses will then travel with the President to Horse Guards Parade, where the President will receive a ceremonial welcome.

The King and Queen will formally welcome the President at the royal pavilion on Horse Guards Parade. Presentations will be made, the guard of honour will give a royal salute and the South African national anthem will be played.

The President, accompanied by the King, will inspect the guard of honour, found by Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards.

Afterwards, the President will join the King and Queen, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, for a carriage procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace, where they will be met by a second guard of honour found by 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.

Following a private lunch at Buckingham Palace, given by the King, His Majesty will invite the President to view an exhibition in the Picture Gallery of items from the Royal Collection relating to South Africa.

In the afternoon the President will visit Westminster Abbey, where His Excellency will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. The President will take a tour of the Abbey, which will include the memorial stone for Nelson Mandela, who served as President of South Africa between 1994 and 1999.

At the Palace of Westminster, the President will be welcomed by the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker. The President will deliver an address in the Royal Gallery to members of the Houses of Parliament and other guests.

In the evening the King, accompanied by the Queen and members of the Royal Family, will give a state banquet at Buckingham Palace for the President. His Majesty and the President will both make speeches at the start of the banquet.

WEDNESDAY 23RD NOVEMBER

In the morning the President, accompanied by the Earl of Wessex, will visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. South Africa is one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, and the visit will focus on the longstanding scientific and conservation partnerships between South Africa and the UK.

The President and the Earl will see some of the South African plants growing at Kew Gardens, including the national flower, the King Protea.

The visit will celebrate the next phase of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership with the South African National Biodiversity Institute, and will include a ceremonial presentation of seeds.

The President and the Earl of Wessex will then visit the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research centre that works across academia, medicine and industry to understand the biology behind health and disease. The Institute collaborates on projects with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and the President and the Earl will view technology used across Africa to diagnose infections, including Covid-19, before meeting South African scientists and students.

Afterwards, President Ramaphosa will travel to No. 10 Downing Street for a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP.

In the afternoon, the President will visit the UK-South Africa Business Forum at Lancaster House, accompanied by the Secretary of State for the Department of International Trade, the Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP. The forum will focus on investment, infrastructure and innovation, and will celebrate the social, environmental and growth impact that trade between the two countries brings.

The President will return to Buckingham Palace to formally bid farewell to the King.

The President will then receive a call by the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer MP, at the Corinthia Hotel.

In the evening the President, joined by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, will attend a banquet at Guildhall given by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor and the President will both make speeches at the end of the banquet.

At the conclusion of the state visit, the Lord Chamberlain will bid farewell to President Ramaphosa on behalf of the King. His Excellency will depart from Stansted Airport.

The Queen Consort to Deliver Paddingtons and Teddy Bears as Tributes to Queen Elizabeth II

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The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022
The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022

THE QUEEN WILL VISIT BARNARDO’S TO DELIVER PADDINGTONS AND TEDDY BEARS LEFT AT ROYAL RESIDENCES AS TRIBUTES TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Thursday 24th November 2022

The Queen will attend a special teddy bears picnic at a Barnardo’s Nursery in Bow on Thursday 24th November. During the visit, Her Majesty will personally deliver Paddingtons and other cuddly toys that were left as tributes to Queen Elizabeth II at royal residences to children supported by the charity.

The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022
The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022

In 2016, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed the patronage of Barnardo’s to the then Duchess of Cornwall.

Her Majesty will join children supported by Bow Nursery and Barnardo’s staff for the picnic, alongside key characters from the world of Paddington. Paddington film cast members Hugh Bonneville and Madeleine Harris, who play Mr Brown and Judy Brown respectively, and Paddington author Michael Bond’s daughter Karen Jankel, for whom the original stories were written, will come together for marmalade sandwiches on the day.

Today, The Royal Parks, Buckingham Palace and Barnardo’s have released a video update charting the journey of the bears so far from the Royal Parks to the launderette to the royal residences, where they are currently being looked after, alongside some photographs of the bears enjoying their stay at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House.

It was announced last month that over 1,000 Paddingtons and teddy bears left as tributes in London and Windsor would be donated to Barnardo’s children’s services. The teddy bears have all been professionally cleaned ahead of the delivery, with those being presented by Her Majesty on Thursday to remain with children at the Bow Nursery, while others will be distributed to children supported by Barnardo’s across the country.

Her Majesty will arrive at Barnardo’s in a convoy of electric taxis which will transport the teddy bears from Clarence House and Buckingham Palace. The taxis will be driven by representatives of the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children, of which the then Duchess of Cornwall become patron in 2010.

https://www.ltcfc.org.uk

The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022
The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022

At Bow Nursery, the Queen will be met on arrival by Barnardo’s CEO, Lynn Perry MBE, and Chair of Trustees John Bartlett before being shown around by Team Manager Shamima Ahmed. At a special teddy bears picnic, Her Majesty will then present children supported by the nursery with their bears. As part of the teddy bears picnic celebration, Hugh Bonneville will read the story ‘Paddington Takes A Bath’ to the children and guests, reflective of the bears’ journey so far.

Those involved in the project hope the teddy bears will be much loved for many years to come by children supported by Barnardo’s, whilst understanding the story behind the bears and how they came to be donated.

https://www.barnardos.org.uk

The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022
The Paddington Project Image Credit: Buckingham Palace 2022

The Paddington Project

Buckingham Palace, the Royal Parks and Barnardo’s children’s charity announced on 18th October that over 1,000 Paddingtons and teddy bears left in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II outside royal residences in London and Windsor would be donated to Barnardo’s children’s services. The teddy bears have all been professionally cleaned before being delivered and are currently being well looked after at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House ahead of their journey to Bow next week.

To mark the announcement of the donation, a new photograph was released in October of the Queen with some of the hundreds of Paddingtons and teddy bears that are being gifted to the children’s charity. The photograph was taken in the Morning Room at Clarence House on Thursday 13th October 2022, the 64th anniversary of the publication of the first Paddington bear book.

Thousands of tributes – from flowers to teddy bears – were left outside royal residences in London and Windsor following Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday 8th September. In central London, many were left at the two official tributes areas in The Green Park and Hyde Park. Later in September, the Royal Parks charity, with the help of Shire horses and almost 200 volunteers, began sensitively clearing the tribute gardens. The teddy bears collected during this process have joined those left as tributes on the Long Walk outside Windsor Castle in being donated to Barnardo’s children’s services.

The Princess of Wales to Visit Reading Ukrainian Community Centre

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The Duchess of Cambridge leaves St Pauls Cathedral after attended the Service for The National Service of Thanksgiving to Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen 2022

THE PRINCESS OF WALES WILL VISIT READING UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Thursday 17th November 2022

The Princess of Wales will visit Reading Ukrainian Community Centre on Thursday 17th November to meet displaced Ukrainian families and hear about the support the Centre is providing to those arriving in the UK as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.

Reading Ukrainian Community Centre houses the Berkshire branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB), the largest representative body for Ukrainians and those of Ukrainian descent in the UK.

Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine earlier this year, the Community Centre has pivoted its activities to support Ukrainians arriving in the UK, whilst also delivering medical equipment and humanitarian aid to those on the frontline. Work being carried out for the Ukrainian community in Reading has included the delivery of educational classes for children, and the implementation of weekly coffee mornings at the centre to provide practical advice and support around topics such as employment and housing. The sessions also help to establish and solidify social connections and a sense of community, which have been proven to be a vital foundation for positive mental wellbeing.

During her visit, the Princess will hear more from the centre’s volunteers about how they have adapted their services in recent months, and how this has helped displaced families as they settle into life in the UK. Her Royal Highness will also meet with families who are supported by the centre to hear their stories, before joining children taking part in an art session. Delivered on a monthly basis, the art workshops help to provide a way for the children to have fun, build friendships and express their emotions and experiences through a creative outlet.

Her Royal Highness’ visit follows a virtual roundtable meeting, convened by the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, which took place last week to provide advice and share best practice to help support the First Lady of Ukraine’s mental health strategy, which was announced in August to address the impact the ongoing conflict is having upon the mental wellbeing of Ukrainians.

Bringing together experts and individuals working in the mental health sector in the UK, alongside representatives from the office of the First Lady’s and the Royal Foundation, the meeting covered a range of topics including learnings from the UK on changing conversations and reducing stigma on a national level, and lessons from the delivery of support for specific groups such as children and veterans. The group also discussed the mental health support currently available for Ukrainians living in the UK.

The roundtable follows several visits over the past six months by the Prince and Princess of Wales which have highlighted the plight of people in Ukraine and the generous support that communities and organisations across the UK have offered in response. The Royal Foundation will continue to provide advice and support for the First Lady’s work on mental health over the coming months.

https://www.rucc.uk

The Prince of Wales will Visit the Senedd

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to Newborough Beach in North Wales, 2019.

THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL VISIT THE SENEDD

Cardiff, UK

Wednesday 16th November 2022

The Prince of Wales will visit the Senedd in Cardiff and meet with representatives of the Welsh Parliament in order to deepen his understanding of the issues and opportunities of greatest importance to the Welsh people.

Following a brief tour of the building and the debating chamber led by the Llywydd (Presiding Officer), Rt. Hon. Elin Jones MS, His Royal Highness will meet with representatives from the political parties represented in the Senedd. These meetings will provide an opportunity for discussion about the topics that matter most to Wales.

His Royal Highness will conclude his visit by meeting with the Welsh Youth Parliament, offering an opportunity to get to the heart of issues of greatest importance to the younger generation.

The Queen Consort will Meet Ebony Horse Club Students

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The Duchess of Cornwall during a visit to Horses for People in Comber May, 2021.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN CONSORT WILL MEET EBONY HORSE CLUB STUDENTS AT ASCOT’S NOVEMBER RACING WEEKEND

Saturday 19th November 2022

The Queen Consort will meet Ebony Horse Club Students at Ascot’s November Racing Weekend. Ascot Racecourse, High Street, Ascot.

Her Majesty will enter the racecourse via the Sovereign’s Gate and be greeted by His Majesty’s Representative at Ascot Racecourse, Sir Francis Brooke Bt.

The Queen Consort will proceed to the royal box where she will meet Chairman of Ebony Horse Club, Mrs Sue Collins.

Her Majesty will then judge the ‘Best Turned Out’ for the Ebony Horse Club Novices’ Limited Handicap Steeple Chase in the parade ring.

After watching the race, the Queen Consort will meet Ebony Horse Club students and present prizes to the winners before returning to the royal box.

The Queen Consort last visited Ascot on 15th October 2022, when she attended QIPCO British Champions Day. https://www.ebonyhorseclub.org.uk

The Prince of Wales Will Visit RAF Coningsby

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The Duke of Cambridge talks with five years old Harry O'Grady at Kensington Palace, London, where he is a hosting a Christmas party for families and children of deployed personnel from RAF Coningsby and RAF Marham serving in Cyprus 2018

THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL VISIT RAF CONINGSBY

Grantham, UK

Friday 18th November 2022

The Prince of Wales, Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Coningsby, will visit the base to learn about future technological innovations and open a new boxing club.

During the visit, His Royal Highness will spend time in the Air Traffic Control Centre to hear about ‘Project Marshall’, a multi-billion-pound equipment upgrade programme of air traffic control radar services across Lincolnshire. Whilst in the centre, His Royal Highness will meet staff and engage with new radar displays and control systems that have been put in place to improve efficiency and elevate data sharing.

Following this, the Prince will visit the BAE Systems Typhoon Maintenance Facility (TMF). The site, which has been open for over a decade, specialises in longer term maintenance of Typhoon jets and focuses on delivering faster turnaround times to ensure that more planes are readily available for front-line use at any given time.

When His Royal Highness is in TMF, he will meet maintenance staff and hear about the transformative technologies which are currently being explored by the Royal Air Force and BAE Systems. The new technologies include exoskeletons and VR headsets, which will allow jet support to be carried out in a smarter and faster way. In addition, there is also technology that is used to identify any structural issues on objects such as fighter jets and drones to further increase the speed of aircraft maintenance and availability of front-line Typhoon fighter jets.

Finally, the Prince will visit and officially open the new RAF Coningsby Boxing Club. The club is situated in the heart of the RAF base and creates a central place where personnel can go to exercise and box. The new boxing club is the extension of a popular provision of boxing coaching during the pandemic. His Royal Highness will see how the new facility will benefit staff’s wellbeing as well as meet other sports teams at RAF Coningsby.

Before his departure, the Prince will carry out a short walkabout with RAF families who live locally.

Queen Consort Holds Reception for Winners of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022

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The Duchess of Cornwall with one of the finalists in the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2019 during a literacy event at Turanga Library, on the sixth day of the royal visit to New Zealand.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN CONSORT WILL HOST A RECEPTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR WINNERS OF THE QUEEN’S COMMONWEALTH ESSAY COMPETITION 2022

Thursday 17th November 2022

The Queen Consort will hold a reception for winners of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022 at Buckingham Palace.

At the reception, Her Majesty will recognise young and talented writers from across the Commonwealth and pay tribute to the power of literacy and language in bringing people together in a speech to the assembled guests.

Following Her Majesty’s speech, extracts from the winning pieces will be read by Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) Ambassadors including Alexandra Burke, Ayesha Dharker and Geri Horner. RCS Ambassador Gyles Brandreth will act as compère for the afternoon’s events, and closing remarks will be given by Dr Linda Yueh, Executive Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

On arrival, Her Majesty will meet Dr Linda Yueh, Executive Chair, the Royal Commonwealth Society; Mr Gyles Brandreth, Author, Broadcaster and Actor; this year’s winners and RCS Ambassadors who will give readings of this year’s winning entries including Alexandra Burke, Ayesha Dharker and Geri Horner.

The Queen Consort will also meet three previous winners and runners-up from 2020 and 2021, who were not able to attend an awards ceremony previously due to Covid restrictions.

Her Majesty will make a speech before presenting awards to this year’s winners. Extracts from the essays of each winner will then be read out by the RCS Ambassadors. The winners and runners-up are aged between 13-17 years old and will travel from New Zealand, Australia, India and the UK to be presented with their certificates by the Queen Consort.

The final judging decision was taken by an expert panel, which included bestselling author Dame Susan Hill DBE; 2022 Booker Prize winner, Shehan Karunatilaka; Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014 winner, Imtiaz Dharker; Head of Research for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Rev Dr Paul Edmondson; and 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner from eSwatini, Ntsika Kota.

The reception will be attended by the award winners and their families, final panel judges and notable literary figures from across the Commonwealth.

The winners and runner ups:

Sawooly Li, Senior Winner, 17, New Zealand

Sawooly Li is a 12th grade student from Rangitoto College in New Zealand. Reading and writing have always been second nature for her – a way of expressing visions, thoughts, and emotions. She loves drawing inspiration and learning from other great writers and their works. Both reading and writing are things which Sawooly aspires to continue far, far, into the future.

Madeleine Wood, Junior Winner, 14, Australia

Madeleine is 14 years old and lives in Melbourne, Australia. She loves travelling, particularly through Europe, and enjoys visiting the museums, historical landmarks and cities in each country. It is from these experiences that she gained a love for ancient, medieval, and renaissance history. She is also an avid reader, plays the violin and spends much of her time playing basketball or swimming.

Amaal Fawzi, Senior Runner-up, 17, United Kingdom

Amaal Fawzi was born in Egypt, raised in Lebanon, and now lives in East London. Most of the poetry and prose she likes to write is concerned with culture and identity. Her years in Lebanon formed the majority of her character and cultural experiences, so learning to interact with that in the UK has been a very interesting season. It makes for a lot of writing material, and she’d say that the way she writes is always personal and drawn somehow from her own life.

Maulika Pandey, Junior Runner-up, 13, India

Maulika has always enjoyed writing since she was a child as she feels writing gives her the power to express her feelings in a creative way. Maulika also enjoys sketching and playing the guitar. Basketball is her favourite sport. She aspires to be a successful entrepreneur but will continue writing in the future. She is a dedicated advocate for anti-bullying and body positivity.

Read more about the winners and their essays here: www.royalcwsociety.org/meet-the-winners

Royal Family Mark Remembrance

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Members of the Royal family, including, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, stand in the Royal box during the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. November 13, 2021.
Members of the Royal family, including, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, stand in the Royal box during the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. November 13, 2021.

MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY MARK REMEMBRANCE

Their Majesties The King and the Queen Consort and members of the Royal Family will attend engagements to mark Remembrance in 2022.

Thursday 10th November

The Queen Consort will attend the 94th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

Friday 11th November

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will attend the National Memorial Arboretum Armistice Day Service in Staffordshire.

Saturday 12th November

Members of the Royal Family will attend the annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Festival will be attended by the King and the Queen Consort, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.

Sunday 13th November

The King and the Queen Consort and members of the Royal Family will attend the annual Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.

The King will lay a new wreath, the design of which pays tribute to the wreath of His Majesty’s grandfather, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II. The wreath’s poppies are mounted on an arrangement of black leaves, as is traditional for the sovereign, and its ribbon bears the King’s racing colours; scarlet, purple and gold. The Royal racing colours were also incorporated into the wreaths of King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen Consort will view the service from the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office building. For the first time a wreath will be laid on Her Majesty’s behalf by an equerry from the Royal Household. The Queen Consort’s wreath will bear Her Majesty’s racing colours, inherited from her grandfather, and echoes the wreath of the previous Queen Consort, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

The King and the Queen Consort’s wreaths have been produced by the Poppy Factory, and will be accompanied by handwritten cards bearing Their Majesties’ new cyphers.

The Prince of Wales will lay the wreath previously laid by the former Prince of Wales, featuring the Prince of Wales feathers. The wreath bears a new ribbon in Welsh red.

The service at the Cenotaph will also be attended by the Princess of Wales, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.

Following the service, the Earl of Wessex will take the salute at the march past of veteran organisations on Horse Guards Parade.

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