Here's Some Royal Family Fun...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are having some fun in the snow, today, along with their little prince and princess. This, and other adorable prints are available on The Padiddle Truck . Come on over and pay them a visit.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from this cute little prince!

Change of Plans

Apparently, the Queen and Prince Phillip are both sick. They each have a very bad cold. Too ill to travel too Sandringham for Christmas. They were supposed to leave London today, but, have postponed those plans. Hopefully, they will feel well enough to travel tomorrow.

I would imagine they weren't feeling too well on Tuesday, but, they managed to host their annual pre-Christmas luncheon for their family.  (Here are a few photos of William, Kate and Harry arriving for this event at Buckingham Palace.) It's terrible to be sick at Christmastime.

 Have a Royally Royal Day, and Happy Christmas!

Happy Monday!

Let's start our week off right, with a whole lot of loveliness. Here is a slideshow of Princess Diana.  Have a royally royal day!

Way-Back-When-s-day

Apparently, in 1981, after Prince Charles and Lady Diana were engaged, if you had $1,500, you could have lunch with the father of the bride, Earl Spencer.

Barbara Cartland, the Earl's mother in law, wrote 300+ romantic novels and sold over 100 million copies. She negotiated a deal with a New York travel agency World of Oz. Besides lunch with the Earl, the tour included a stay at Althrop, Lady Di's family home, tea with Barbara, and visits to several historical places, like stonehenge, and Shakespeare's birthplace.

Diana's family received a lot of flack for the tours. But, they claimed that the deal was made before the couple was engaged.

Here's the link to the actual article. It appeared in the Chicago Tribune on April 6, 1981

Chicago Tribune 4-6-1981

Diana and her father

A Christmas Card from the Bride and Groom

In December 1981 The Prince and Princess of Wales celebrated their first christmas together, as a married couple. Here's the Christmas card that they sent out. Did you get one?

Christmas 1981

Have a royally royal day!

Happy December!

It's 1987. Here's a Christmas Card from the Queen and Prince Phillip. They included their grandchildren in the photo, this year. At least, all of the ones that they had at the time.