On the morning of Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall arrived at St. Martin’s Church in Bladon, Oxfordshire, to unveil a new stain glass window on the occasion the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill.
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On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Garden at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock , Oxfordshire.
According to the official website for Blenheim Palace the new garden, designed by landscape architect, Mr. Kim Wilkie, is:
“…located by the Temple of Diana, where Winston proposed to his wife Clementine in the summer of 1908. [The garden consists] of a winding path 90 metres long, the same number of years in Churchill’s extraordinary life. Visitors will have the chance to learn more about him with various milestones incorporated into the walk-able timeline. An abundance of carefully selected flowers have been planted in a linear flowerbed that intertwines with the pathway, and a bench with a bust on a plinth will be situated at a point along the path, allowing visitors a moment of reflection.”
During today’s opening the lovely duchess unveiled a bust of the late Prime Minister, created by Mr. Oscar Nemon, in front of dozens of officials as well as the 12th Duke of Marlborough, His Grace Jamie Churchill Spencer, Sir Nicolas Soames.
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On Monday, June 8, 2015, His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain attended the inauguration of Agua y Saneamiento: Un Reto Compartido en América Latina held at the Casa de América in Madrid.
Today’s opening meeting was organized by the Cooperación Española and the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).
On Monday, June 8, 2015, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened the newly restored Lincoln Castle in Lincoln, England.
The £22 million restoration of the castle “…comes on the eve of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta…” writes the newspaper, Lincolnshire Echo.
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On Saturday, June 6, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh along with Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum of Dubai and His Highness Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai attended the 2015 Investac Derby Festival held at the Epsom Racecourse in Epsom, England.
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On the evening of Saturday June 6, 2015, Kensington Palace released new photos of Their Royal Highnesses Princess Charlotte and Prince George of Cambridge.
The lovely images of the little royals were taken by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge last month at her and her husband’s country estate, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk, England.
Photos courtesy of Kensington Palace/HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
On Saturday, June 6, 2015, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and her daughter, Princess Isabella, made a one-day visit the island of Samsø.
The day began with a visit to Sælvig harbor. Whilst there Princess Isabella christened the island’s new ferry, Prinsesse Isabella, with her proud mother and hundreds of locals looking on with much happiness.
Thereafter, the mother daughter royal duo visited the “…company, Samsø Bær, and experience[d] Samsø’s Nature School in Langøre…” according to a press release.
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The Royal Correspondent 