Vail Queen Elizabeth (Part Four)

Queen Elizabeth is currently lying in state at Westminster Abbey. On Thursday September 15th 2022  The day after the coffin's arrival and the ceremony at Westminster the new Prince and Princess of Wales travelled to the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Sandringham is very special to the Royal family as they spend Christmas there every year as a family. Prince William and Catherine Princess of Wales met the public and viewed all the tributes that had been placed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. 

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The Following day on Friday September 16th 2022 King Charles III and Camilla Queen Consort visited Wales. 

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The Prince and Princess of Wales went to an Army Training Centre to visit with troops from around the Commonwealth who have been deployed to England to take part in Queen Elizabeth's funeral on Monday.

 

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Later that evening at about 7:30pm the special ceremony called the Vigil of the Princes took place in Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth's children stood vigil for 20 minutes around her coffin as they did a few nights prior at St Giles' church in Scotland. The last time the Vigil of the Prince's occurred was in 2002 for Elizabeth the Queen Mother when her four grandchildren, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and David Armstrong-Jones Viscount Linley (now Earl of Snowdon) stood vigil around her coffin. Prior to that it was done for King George V in 1936 when his sons King Edward VIII, The Duke of York (later King George VI), the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent stood vigil around his coffin. 

 

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II lying in state at Westminster Abbey. 

King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew Duke of York and Prince Edward Earl of Wessex

Princess Anne, Princess Royal

 

King Charles III 

Prince Andrew Duke of York 

 

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex  

In support of the Queen's children and to pay respect to Queen Elizabeth II almost the entirety of the extended royal family were watching in Westminster Abbey on Friday night. 

 

Her daughter-in-laws Sophie Countess of Wessex and Camilla Queen Consort and son-in-law Sir Timothy Laurence. Behind Camilla is James, Viscount Severn the son of Prince Edward and youngest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II. 

 

The Queen's eldest grandchild and son of Princess Anne, Peter Phillips with his two daughters Savannah and Isla Phillips. 

 

The Queen's eldest granddaughter and daughter of Princess Anne, Zara Tindall with her husband Mike Tindall and her two eldest children Mia and Lena Tindall. 

 

Princess Eugenie of York and her husband Jack Brooksbank 

 

Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward and youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth's 1st cousin Prince Richard Duke of Gloucester 

Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester 

Lady Rose Gilman, daughter of Prince Richard Duke of Gloucester with her family: husband George Gilman and children Lyla and Rufus Gilman. 

From L-R: Katharine Duchess of Kent, Prince Edward Duke of Kent, George Windsor Earl of St Andrews (Duke of Kent's eldest son) and his wife Sylvana Countess of St Andrews. 

 

Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of Prince Edward Duke of Kent.

 

Lady Helen Taylor, daughter of Prince Edward Duke of Kent 

From L-R: Columbus Taylor (Grandson of Prince Edward Duke of Kent), Prince Michael of Kent the Queen's 1st cousin and his wife Marie-Christine Princess Michael of Kent. 

Estella Taylor, granddaughter of Prince Edward Duke of Kent.

 

Lady Gabriella Kingston (nee Windsor) and her husband Thomas Kingston. Lady Gabriella is the daughter of Prince Michael of Kent. 

Lady Sophie Windsor (nee Winkelman) and her daughter Maud Windsor. Sophie is the daughter-in-law of Prince Michael of Kent. 

Tomorrow night around the same time, early morning for us Australians there will be a vigil for around 20 minutes as this one was, this time the vigil will be stood by Queen Elizabeth's 8 grandchildren. 

 

Week 1st April-7th April 2019

Monday 1st April

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden visits the Hanover Fair 2019

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Tuesday 2nd April

Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne, Princess Royal hosted a reception at Windsor Castle in honour of the Centenary of the National Volunteer's Organisation.

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Queen Maxima of The Netherlands visited the Fotomuseum in Rotterdam

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Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands attends the opening exhibition of the 'Garden of Earthly Worries'

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Wednesday 3rd April

Prince Charles, Princes of Wales spent the day in Manchester and Wigan

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex visited YMCA St Paul's group in support of Heads Together.

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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark visited a school in her campaign against bullying and attended the Danish Rainbow Awards

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Queen Letizia attended an event dealing with mass media and mental health

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Thursday 4th April

Princes Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attended the premiere of David Attenborough's 'Our Planet'.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attended the Lord Mayor's Big Curry Lunch

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Prince Andrew, Duke of York lays a wreath at the Kohima War Cemetery. He also visited North Yorkshire to present the Duke of York's Community Initiative Award.

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Princess Anne, Princess Royal attended a charity race day at Aintree Race Course

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Prince Joachim of Denmark marks the 70th anniversary of NATO in Copenhagen.

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Princess Margriet of The Netherlands attends a gala dinner for the Netherlands-America Foundation.

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King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attended the funeral of a former minister of foreign affairs. Queen Letizia also visited the Project Formate.

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Friday 5th April

Princess Beatrice of York visited the Helen Arkell Dyslexic Centre

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King Willem Alexander of The Netherlands visited Section C, a center for creative learning.

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King Felipe of Spain met with the CEO of Netflix

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Sunday 7th April

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the Olivier Awards

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King Philippe of Belgium attends a Veteran's Day ceremony

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Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko strolling the grounds of the Imperial Palace

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What's Happening Thursday 19th January 2017

The United Kingdom 

Queen Elizabeth II has tea with the Sandringham branch of the Women's Institute 

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal visits Farms for City Children in honour of their 40th Anniversary

🇬🇧👑🇬🇧 HM is back to work today having tea with the Sandringham branch of the Women's Institute this afternoon. The Queen was all smiles as she made this annual visit. It's great to see her out and about once again. Love the eyebrows of the guy holding the door😘 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 #royal #BritishRoyalty #monarchy #royalfashion #styleicon #diana #instalike #smile #happy #willandkate #katemiddleton #instaroyals #kateduchessofcambridge #cambridge #prince #princewilliam #duchesskate #queen #king #harry

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Farms for City Children was founded in 1976 by Michael and Clare Morpurgo to give urban children the experience of living and working on a real farm - The Princess Royal, Patron, made her fifth visit to one of their farms to celebrate their 40th Birthday 🎂

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Belgium 

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are in Davos, Switzerland attending the World Economic Forum

Denmark 

Crown Princess Mary visits a baby research institute in Copenhagen, Denmark

The Netherlands 

Queen Maxima is in Davos, Switzerland attending the World Economic Forum

Norway 

King Harald V holds audiences with the ambassadors of Iraq, Rwanda, Czech Republic and Switzerland

King Harald V meets with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Spain 

King Felipe VI presents credentials to ambassadors from Poland, Peru, Nicaragua, Bulgaria, Vietnam and India

What's Happening Friday 13th January 2017

United Kingdom 

Princess Anne, The Princess royal opens the newly renovated Houghall Campus

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal opens a commercial laundry at Berendsen

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal visits Motor Neurone Disease First Contact Group

Belgium 

Princess Astrid attends the 95th European Motorcycle Show

Japan 

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend the New Year Poetry Reading Ceremony

Norway 

King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon meet with the Prime Minister

King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon preside over the Council of State

What's Happening Thursday 12th January 2017

The United Kingdom 

Princess Anne, The Princess Royals visits The Neue Schule Limited

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal opens a new Equine Hospital in Yorkshire

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal attends the North Yorkshire and East Riding Rural House Enabler conference

Belgium 

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde host a reception for the Belgian Diplomatic Corps and their spouses

King Philippe meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Luxembourg 

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa attend the Feast of the Epiphany

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa meet with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

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Monaco 

Pierre Casiraghi appears on the front cover of L'Umo Vogue

Norway 

King Harald V and Queen Sonja meet with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Crown Prince Haakon attends the official opening of 'Cubator centre for creativity and innovation'

Crown Prince Haakon attends a committee meeting for the European Surfing Championship

What's Happening Thursday 5th January 2017

The United Kingdom 

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends the annual Oxford Farming Conference

Belgium

Prince Laurent, Princess Claire and Prince Aymeric visit the homeless shelter funded by the Prince Laurent Foundation

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Norway 

King Harald VI meets with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Queen Sonja attends the opening of the new faculty of Fine Arts, Music and Design at the University of Bergen

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend the annual NHO Conference and a dinner in the evening

Happy Anniversary Prince Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence!!!

On the 12th of December 1992 Princess Anne, The Princess Royal celebrated 24 years of marriage to her second husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence. They don't have any children together, but share a very happy marriage. I hope they have many more years of happiness together.

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What's Happening Friday 9th December 2016

The United Kingdom 

Princess Anne, Princess Royal presents medals at the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

Belgium 

King Philippe visits the company Marcassou on their 50th anniversary 

Denmark 

Princess Mary hosts a Christmas Reception for the Mary Foundation

Norway 

King Harald V, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit meets with the Secretary to the Government

King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon preside over a Council of State

King Harald V farewells the ambassador from Switzerland

What's Happening Wednesday 7th December 2016

The United Kingdom 

Sophie, Countess of Wessex chairs a meeting of Women in Business supporting the Duke of Edinburgh Award

Sophie, Countess of Wessex hosts a 70th anniversary luncheon for Mencap

Sophie, Countess of Wessex attends a charity day for Shooting Star CHASE

Sophie, Countess of Wessex attends the Golden Ball

Princess Anne, Princess Royal hosts an Awards Ceremony for UK Youth

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends a council meeting of the British Olympic Association

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends a Livery Dinner for the Fishmonger's Company 

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Belgium 

King Philippe has an audience with the Cardinal of the Syrian Catholic Church

King Philippe presents credentials to the ambassadors from Trinidad & Tobago, Morocco, Guatemala, Burkina Faso & Nepal

Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este is in Texas, USA on an economic mission

Japan 

Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito visited the 1945 Atomic Bomb site in Nagasaki 

Monaco 

Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella visit Monaco's Christmas Village 

The Netherlands 

King Willem-Alexander receives the new ambassadors from Senegal and San Marino

Norway 

Crown Prince Haakon is in New York, USA

Spain 

King Felipe VI visits the Base Units Retamares   

What's Happening Wednesday 30th November 2016

The United Kingdom 

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits Bombardier Transportation UK

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attends the Tusk Conservation Awards

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits Rolls Royce

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits Padley Centre

Prince Harry of Wales is in Barbados 

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex is in Latvia

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends a conference at the Royal College of Physicians 

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends a conference at Moredun Research Centre

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends the Team GB Ball

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent hosts a lunch at Buckingham Palace

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Belgium 

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are on a state visit to The Netherlands

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Japan 

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko host a reception in honour of the President and First Lady of Singapore

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The Netherlands 

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima host King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium

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Norway 

Crown Princess Mette-Marit participates in 'Librarian for a Day'

Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosts a luncheon for Norwegian Literature Abroad and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sweden 

King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs

King Carl XVI Gustaf holds  a number of audiences

King Carl XVI Gustaf visits a recycling plant

King Carl XVI Gustaf attends the WWF Ambassador's Dinner

Queen Silvia attends the Scholarship Award and Silvia Master Academy Day

Prince Daniel has a board meeting for the Crown Princess Couple's Foundation 

What's Happening Thursday 24th November 2016

The United Kingdom 

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex & Sophie, Countess of Wessex will visit the John Adie Exhibition 

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex & Sophie, Countess of Wessex attend a Duke of Edinburgh Award Service

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex & Sophie, Countess of Wessex will attend a Duke of Edinburgh Trustee's Dinner

Sophie, Countess of Wessex will chair a charitie's forum meeting

Princess Anne, Princess Royal holds The Princess Anne Training Awards Ceremony

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends graduation ceremony for The British School of Osteopathy 

Princess Anne, Princess Royal attends a National Olympic Committee Meeting

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent hosts a dinner for the London Philharmonic Orchestra  

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Norway 

King Harald V and Queen Sonja meet with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend the Zero Conference 2016

Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend a board meeting for their foundation

Sweden 

Prince Carl Philip attend a meeting with his Expert Committee for the Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia Foundation

Queen Silvia receives the Bayerischer Stiferpreis Award

What's Happening Sunday 20th November 2016

The United Kingdom 

Prince Harry of Wales arrives in Antigua 

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal attends a concert in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Bach Choir

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Belgium  

Prince Laurent and Princess Claire attend a performance by the chour L'Ensemble Royal de Chantilly

Luxembourg 

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa visits the Red Cross Bazaar

Norway 

King Harald V attends the Men's 2016 Soccer cup final

Sweden 

Queen Silvia is in Abu Dhabi attending the Fatima bint Mubarak Motherhood and Childhood Forum