It's been a busy few days for the Royal family. As reported a few days ago, Prince Charles visited Stoke-on-Trent to view Middleport Pottery that was saved by his Prince's Regeneration Trust. He took time out during the dedication and festivities to try his hand at applying transfer printed decoration to a jug....
And didn't look exactly thrilled with the results.....
For more from the BBC about the visit, click on the photo to go to the article.
Elsewhere, his mother, Queen Elizabeth II continued her Australian tour which has been a great success...aside from someone "mooning" the queen in Brisbane on Monday. Sheer Cheek!!! (sorry...couldn't resist!)
In another bit of royal news, Kate or Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge filled in for Prince Charles on Oct. 26th for a gala private charity dinner for In Kind Direct,
on of Prince Charles' charities at Clarence House. The prince had to call on Kate because he had to fly to Saudi Arabia to offer the Queen's condolences on the loss of the crown prince. Apparently Kate filled in admirably.
For more on the Duchess of Cambridge's stepping into the breach, click on the photo to go to the Daily Telegraph article.
Have a great day! We have shopping to do and a big order to pack and ship to a serviceman. Just got off the phone with him and was thrilled to be able to tell him how much we appreciate his service to our country. Never met him, but he is overseas doing his job for the American people.
It's been awhile since I've blogged here...have been dealing with my Honey's heart problem and my other blog at http://antiquesandteacups.blogspot.com/. I am going to try to keep both going...sometimes it's like juggling...trying to keep all the balls in the air!
But just saw something I wanted to share. The British Monarchy just posted a link to a Flikr photo album of Queen Elizabeth II and Catherine or Kate, Duchess of Cambridge touring an exhibit of Royal Wedding dresses that was quite fun.
The exhibit is part of the summer opening of Buckingham Palace which takes place when the Queen goes to Balmoral. I have toured the Palace during that time and it is incredible...especially if you are a china lover like me. WOW!
Every year there are special exhibits during the opening and this year the exhibit is of Royal Wedding gowns and it includes Catherine's as well...of course!
The cake is included as well. There are lots of close ups of the gown. To see the entire slideshow, visit
The British Monarchy Wedding Gown Slideshow at Flickr
And for more info visit The Royal Collection
The upcoming post Royal Wedding Canadian tour for Prince and Princess Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will include visits to Ottowa, Montreal, Quebec City, Charlottetown, Yellow Knife, Calgary and more from June 30 to July 8th when they will fly to Los Angeles, California.
To see more of the itinerary for the visit go to their website:
