On Friday, February 22, 2013, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales opened the Uley Community Stores and Post Office in Uley, Gloucestershire. Afterward, the prince “…met with volunteers and members of the local community involved in the project…”
Soon, the prince was off to Quedgeley where he visited the “…shirt manufacturing division of Turnbull & Asser to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the factory…” according to the official web site for the Prince of Wales.
For more information about today’s events please click here and here.
On Thursday, February 21, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, as patron of Booktrust, visited the “…West Greenwich Library in London tolaunch Booktrust’s ‘Get Dads Reading’ campaign with best-selling author, James Patterson.”
The duchess also visited the Fan Museum in Greenwich.
During yesterday’s opening of the new Cardiac Center at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital in Luton His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh made a joke towards one of the nurses in the hospital. According to the Telegraph, the duke told the nurse, who is from the Philippines, well, I’ll just let you read the article as well as watch the video here.
Warning: For those of you who do not like the duke’s politically incorrect as well as sarcastic sense of humor you may find his remarks towards the nurse offensive. So, don’t watch nor read the article.
On February 20, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall visited Bletchley Park, in Milton Keynes where she “…attended a reception dedicated to women who worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War…”
The lovely Duchess also visited the charity, Medical Detection Dogs in Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire. According to the official website for the Duchess of Cornwall, Medical Detection Dogs “…trains dogs to assist people with life-threatening health conditions such as type 1 diabetes and to detect cancer volatiles from urine samples…”
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was in Luton on February 19, 2013, to open “…a new £5.5 million Cardiac Center at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital” according to ITV.
After spending a relaxing holiday on the island of Mustique in the Caribbean Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge got right back to work on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. This morning the pregnant Duchess visited Hope House in London.
According to the official website for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Hope House is an “…alcohol and drug addiction treatment centre run by the charity, Action On Addiction, of which she is patron of.”
During her visit the lovely Duchess chatted with staff and patients whilst wearing a cute dress designed by someone important. Any way, for detailed information about today’s visit please click the links below:
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited the Addiction Recovery Agency (ARA) in Bristol on February 18, 2013.
During her visit the princess met with staff and volunteers as well as unveiled a new plaque “…to mark her visit.” The ARA is also celebrating their 25th anniversary.