It's been a sparse couple of months on this blog because I've had projects and exams, but now posts will resume as normal (Every Sunday, and occasionally during the week if I feel like), because I'm on holiday, and...
THE CAMBRIDGES ARE ON TOUR!!!!
If you didn't already know, go sit in a corner.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their son Prince George, are currently in New Zealand on a three week long visit Down Under on behalf of Her Majesty. They landed in Wellington today, and on the 16th they will be making the short hop to Australia where they will stay until the 25th. This tour is massive - about the same scale as the couple's first one to Canada and America, but even bigger, because Prince George.
I am so excited about this that I can't even. And neither can anyone else, by the looks of it. Australia and New Zealand, of course, is in full swing, as is anyone who cares about the British Royal Family in the slightest. All eyes are on little George, who seems unperturbed by all the attention. Here he is being carried off a plane by his mother at Wellington Airport.
Of course, this isn't the public's first sighting of Prince George since his christening. Last Saturday, Kensington Palace released a picture of George and his parents and Lupo in their home, apparently because it was Mothering Sunday, but probably because the Cambridges were going on tour and they wanted people to recognise George. That picture has since become the desktop background for every device that I own. Because Prince George.
He's becoming so big. And those cheeks! I really can't understand why people are so obsessed with cheekbones when there are pictures of Prince George looking like this. He is the best baby in the world.
And so begins the first of a four (or maybe five) part series about Prince George, and also about his parents and the British Realms of Australia and New Zealand, but mostly about Prince George and his cheeks.
Next post on Sunday, with more George.
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A little bit after signing off.
As is obvious by the fact that there was nothing on this blog about the Royal Visit until well over 24 hours after it actually happened, all of the posts for The Cambridges Down Under will be purely personal opinions, and not really a source for facts. However, whatever few facts that there are will probably be correct, having been researched beforehand, so you can assume them to be accurate.
If you do wish to follow the Cambridges movements in detail, I have compiled a list of links to websites and Twitter accounts worth following.
FOLLOW THE CAMBRIDGES
Your best bet for timely information is the people who are actually in New Zealand at the moment. and attending all the events. [So follow Catherine @Princegeorgesmum and William @William_Wales] [These are not real accounts, do not follow them]
Images : Jason Bell/Camera Press/Mark Large/ Press Associations
THE CAMBRIDGES ARE ON TOUR!!!!
If you didn't already know, go sit in a corner.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their son Prince George, are currently in New Zealand on a three week long visit Down Under on behalf of Her Majesty. They landed in Wellington today, and on the 16th they will be making the short hop to Australia where they will stay until the 25th. This tour is massive - about the same scale as the couple's first one to Canada and America, but even bigger, because Prince George.
I am so excited about this that I can't even. And neither can anyone else, by the looks of it. Australia and New Zealand, of course, is in full swing, as is anyone who cares about the British Royal Family in the slightest. All eyes are on little George, who seems unperturbed by all the attention. Here he is being carried off a plane by his mother at Wellington Airport.
Look at that face!
Adorable!
He's becoming so big. And those cheeks! I really can't understand why people are so obsessed with cheekbones when there are pictures of Prince George looking like this. He is the best baby in the world.
And so begins the first of a four (or maybe five) part series about Prince George, and also about his parents and the British Realms of Australia and New Zealand, but mostly about Prince George and his cheeks.
Next post on Sunday, with more George.
N
A little bit after signing off.
As is obvious by the fact that there was nothing on this blog about the Royal Visit until well over 24 hours after it actually happened, all of the posts for The Cambridges Down Under will be purely personal opinions, and not really a source for facts. However, whatever few facts that there are will probably be correct, having been researched beforehand, so you can assume them to be accurate.
If you do wish to follow the Cambridges movements in detail, I have compiled a list of links to websites and Twitter accounts worth following.
FOLLOW THE CAMBRIDGES
Your best bet for timely information is the people who are actually in New Zealand at the moment. and attending all the events. [So follow Catherine @Princegeorgesmum and William @William_Wales] [These are not real accounts, do not follow them]
Practically every British newspaper has sent their Chief Reporter or Royal Correspondent to be a part of the Royal Rota, and practically all of these folks have a Twitter account.
- Rebecca English (for the Daily Mail) - @RE_DailyMail
- Paul Harrison - @SkyNewsRoyal
- Mark Stewarts (Royal Photographer) - @RegalEyes
- Gordon Rayner (for the Daily Telegraph) - @gordonrayner
- Richard Palmer (for the Daily Express) - @RoyalReporter
- Victoria Murphy (for the Daily Mirror) - @QueenVicMirror
- Emily Andrews (for The Sun) - @byEmilyAndrews
- Max Foster (for CNN) - @MaxFosterCNN
- Victoria Arbiter (A personal favourite of mine) - @victoriaarbiter
For the official Twitter accounts, Clarence House seems to the be one tweeting most about the Royal Visit, so @ClarenceHouse, and also follow the Twitter account of New Zeealand's Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae, for an incredibly detailed coverage, @GovGeneralNZ.
Websites will offer a more detailed description of each day's events, but not until much after the event has happened. But they have pictures. Of Prince George.
This is the official website of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: www.dukeandduchessofcambridge.org/
For a less serious, more fun coverage, it looks like there are going to be daily royal tour journals on Gawker (gawker.com/tag/duchess-of-cambridge), which are great to read and laugh at in between two serious articles.
Also, Royal Central has an entire section dedicated purely to The Cambridges Down Under. You can visit it either by going to their website or by clicking on this sentence. Royal Central will also constantly tweet about the engagements, so follow their Twitter @RoyalCentral.
That's a lot of links. I'll add more if I can think of them.
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