Royal News Roundup: Prince Charles & Camilla Leave Lockdown, Prince William Reveals His Bad Quarantine Habit and the Role of Princess Diana Gets (Mis)Cast
•Published Jun 18, 2020
•3:24pm
HERE, ALL THE ROYAL NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 18, 2020.
Chris Jackson/Pool/Getty Images
-
Over the weekend, Meghan Markle paid tribute to London’s Hubb Community Kitchen in honor of the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. Since she’s currently living in Los Angeles, the royal sent an inspiring video message thanking the volunteers. Not to mention, it sounds like she’s due for a trip across the pond.
- Queen Elizabeth celebrated her birthday for the second time on Saturday, with a "mini" Trooping the Colour ceremony at Windsor Castle. And while the monarch has exclusively worn the Brigade of Guards brooch for the event, this year she opted for a different piece: a leek-shaped brooch gifted to her by the Welsh Guards.
- Camilla Parker Bowles, revealed that she saw her grandchildren for the first time since she and her husband, Prince Charles, started self-isolating at Balmoral Castle. During a recent interview with ITV, the Duchess of Cornwall confessed that while it wasn’t like old times, she’ll take what she can get.
Over the weekend, Meghan Markle paid tribute to London’s Hubb Community Kitchen in honor of the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. Since she’s currently living in Los Angeles, the royal sent an inspiring video message thanking the volunteers. Not to mention, it sounds like she’s due for a trip across the pond.
- Tuesday marked the Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles’s first public engagement since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The royal couple spent the morning visiting Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, where they thanked key staff who have been working on the frontlines. Don’t worry, the six feet apart rule was enforced.
- Following close behind his father was Prince William, who also attended his first outing hours later with a visit to the ambulance base at Queen Elizabeth Hospital to meet with first responders who have been working on the frontline during the pandemic. He also opened up about his totally relatable eating habits in quarantine.
- Queen Elizabeth may not have been able to attend her fave event of the year—the Royal Ascot—but she got to celebrate a major win. According to People, the 94-year-old monarch's horse Tactical, ridden by jockey James Doyle, won for the first time in four years in a race called the Windsor Castle Stakes. How fitting.
Kimberly White/Getty Images & Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images
- In an unexpected twist on Wednesday, Deadline announced that Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in the upcoming film Spencer. The movie will take place in the ’90s, when the royal realized her marriage to Prince Charles was headed for divorce. We’re still not sure how we feel about this casting just yet.
- Sophie, Countess of Wessex followed in Prince Charles’s and Prince William’s footsteps with her own public outiing on Wednesday. She visited the U.K. charity Childline NSPCC to thank staff and volunteers for their work supporting vulnerable children. Did we mention she donned a camo dress previously worn during a virtual engagement?
- On Thursday, Kate Middleton surprised students by leading an online assembly for the Oak National Academy, an online classroom founded in response to the coronavirus pandemic that provides free resources and video lessons. During the prerecorded speech, the duchess opened up about the importance of finding ways to make yourself feel “little bit better.”
