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🎄⭐️ Christmas card from The Prince & Princess of Wales & their children.

The spring meadow with seasonal flowers is lovely for those dealing with snow and ice.

Photo credit: Josh Shinner

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🚨Prince George Follows His Father Into Diana’s Legacy

Prince William’s decision to bring Prince George into his homelessness work is being treated as a sweet royal anecdote — a gentle echo of Diana taking her 11-year-old son to a shelter decades ago. But beneath the charming photographs, something more deliberate is happening.

Now, with a steady hand, he is passing that same grounding experience to his heir.

A royal source says William “talks to George, Charlotte and Louis about homelessness a lot.” That feels believable. Anyone who has watched William at work recognises a man who treats dignity not as a slogan, but as a civic responsibility.

When Centrepoint honours William this week for his service, the photographs will circulate, the commentary will churn, and life will move on. The shelters will fill again; the nights will lengthen; the work will need doing.

But for George, this will be a first step into a legacy that predates him — Diana’s instinct to see the person in front of her, William’s decision to build policy around that instinct, and now a young boy quietly learning why service must begin before power.


✍️ By Catherine White | Full article
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⭐️ Catherine, Princess of Wales at the children’s mentalthethebritishroyalfamily #thebritishroyalfamily health charity Anna Freud Centre in London.

“Catherine’s face lights up when she talks about her work. She does it out of a sense of duty, but more importantly, she does it because she absolutely cares.”

— HM Queen

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Prince of Wales at ease as he took part in a beach walk with members of the Marine Conservation Society’s Youth Ocean Network on a visit to North Wales. His Royal Highness met volunteers and young people involved in the Society’s Hiraeth Yn Y Môr project.

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✨⭐️✨Every glamorous gown Catherine, The Princess of Wales has worn to the Royal Variety Performance.

All eyes were on Catherine, Princess of Wales as she joined Prince William for the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall. The Prince and Princess of Wales put on a display of black tie brilliance – and the Princess of Wales debuted a new green gown for the occasion.

Six looks:

2014 Diane von Furstenberg
2017 Jenny Packham
2019 Alexander McQueen
2021 Jenny Packham
2023 Safiyaa
2025 Talbot Runhof

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The BBC’s On-Air Slip — and a Quick Apology to the Princess of Wales

The BBC has apologised for repeatedly using The Princess of Wales maiden name during its Remembrance coverage — a mistake that landed heavily with viewers who expect precision on a day defined by solemnity and respect. For many, it wasn’t just sloppy; it felt dismissive at a moment when the tone should be exact.

The apology was necessary. It acknowledges a real lapse, and people were right to call it out. But it doesn’t signal any meaningful course correction inside an organisation that has wrestled for years with inconsistency and a thinning sense of editorial discipline. In that broader context, the apology is important — yet still only a surface fix.

Catherine herself retained the dignity the moment required, wearing a structured, military-inspired Catherine Walker coat that aligned with the gravity of the event far more than the coverage surrounding it.

One apology can tidy the moment; only consistent discipline can rebuild trust.

✍️ By Catherine White

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🇬🇧 When “Kate Middleton” Arrives at Armistice Day

Names matter, especially when spoken in the nation’s voice.

Much was made of the BBC’s coverage of Armistice Day—specifically, its report that “Kate Middleton has arrived.” The phrasing jarred. The BBC has long avoided using her formal title, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, even at occasions of solemn national significance.

This isn’t a question of etiquette, but of consistency and respect. Camilla is not referred to by her maiden or former married name, nor is the Duchess of Edinburgh ever announced as “Sophie Rhys-Jones.” Yet somehow, the BBC continues to single Catherine out. To do so on Armistice Day, of all days, was tone-deaf.

The broadcaster is already under scrutiny for serious lapses in editorial judgment. Now, in the wake of criticism, they appear to be walking the cat back—quietly restoring The Princess of Wales in subsequent reports. It’s a small, grudging correction, meant perhaps to steady public confidence.

There will, of course, be BBC guidelines on forms of address. They are not ambiguous; they were simply ignored. To cast them aside is to treat a member of the Royal Family as tabloid fodder rather than a figure of state.

A journalist may hold republican views—that’s their right. But when you speak for the national broadcaster, you speak to the nation, and for it.

One expects better from the BBC.

✍️ Field notes on language and public life.
By Catherine White
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🇦🇺🇬🇧 Reflections from the Royal Australian Corps of Signals Centenary Parade

Princess Anne attends the Centenary Parade and Garden Party honouring a century of service and steadfast duty.

Princess Anne, accompanied by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, attended the Centenary Parade and Garden Party honouring the Australian Corps of Signals on Sunday.

She has served as the Corps’ Colonel-in-Chief for nearly fifty years—a role she fulfils with the same steady commitment that has long defined her public life. Dressed in Australian uniform, tailored neatly to her petite frame, she moved with the quiet authority of someone who knows her purpose.

It was a privilege to witness the occasion firsthand—and to meet so many veterans whose service speaks more powerfully than ceremony ever could. Men who served without regret, and who continue to share their memories with grace and good humour.

Moments like these remind us that ceremony, when anchored in service, still carries weight. And in an age of spectacle, there is something quietly reassuring about duty done without fuss, honour expressed without display.

✍️ Catherine White | All photos by the author

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🇦🇺🇬🇧 A warm welcome to Sydney for Princess Anne as Colonel in Chief, to mark 100 years of The Royal Australia Corps of Signals.

Today I will attend the Centenary Parade and Garden Reception at Victoria Barracks, Sydney.
Very much looking forward to this premier event.

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✍️ Prince at the Doorway

Even the future king knew: it’s all in how you play the part.

A former staffer once recalled: “He was cheeky. He would stand in a doorway at KP telling visitors, ‘You can’t go past, I’m Prince William.’”

The staff soon learned suitable rejoinders: “Ah, but I’m the Queen of May,” or “I’m the King of Siam.” Then he’d step aside, grinning.

In miniature, the monarchy was practising its true craft: keeping the door closed until someone said the right thing.

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