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[ifreakingloveroyals]

17 June 2013 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge join members of the royal family and Knights Garter on a procession from the Castle to St Georges Chapel for the annual service in the annual Garter Ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. (c) Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images

[beautiful-ideas]

Kate Middleton at Royal Variety Performance

Image: WPA Pool/Getty Images

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The wading pool, Carmansville Playground, July 1935. Carmansville was an old name for the West Side neighborhood extending from 140th Street, just north of City College, to 158th Street. The area is now known as Hamilton Heights (southern part) and Sugar Hill (northern part).

This new era of active recreation was thanks to the Departments of Parks harnessing the labor force of the Works Progress Administration, which employed millions of jobless people to carry out public works projects.

Photo: NYC Parks Dep't via the Daily Mail

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Prince of Wales Visits Toxteth

Prince William meets young participants who are building and maintaining bikes during his visit to Cycle of Life, a non-profit cycling organisation helping young people from diverse backgrounds to improve their physical and mental health and their employment opportunities through cycling at the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre in Toxteth on 23 January 2025 in Liverpool, England.

The Prince of Wales visited key local community organisations in Toxteth that are making a significant impact in supporting and empowering young people in the area.

📸: Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool / Getty Images

[theroyalsandi]

British Royal Family - The Prince of Wales, visits the British Red Cross at British Red Cross HQ in London, England. (Photo by Kin Cheung - WPA Pool/Getty Images) | February 20, 2024

[retropopcult]

On a hot summer day in New York City, children turn a Lower East Side WPA excavation site into a pool using water from a fire hydrant, 1936

[tianalaurence1]

Princess Anne, Sir Tim and Duke of Kent at the Garden Party to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of RNLI.

📸: WPA Pool

[grandmaster-anne]

15 May 2023 The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, held Receptions in the garden of Buckingham Palace for young people who have achieved the Gold Standard in the Award. 📸: Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images

[theroyalweekly]

🇬🇧21 February: The Princess of Wales speaks with residents and staff at the Oxford House Nursing Home
📸 Hannah McKay - WPA Pool, Getty -- Eostre

[ifreakingloveroyals]

7 December 2011 | Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall performs a trade during the ICAP Charity Day at ICAP in London, England. The Duchess of Cornwall was supporting Maggies cancer charity of which she is a patron. (c) Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images

[middletonlove]

The Prince And Princess Of Wales Attend The St. Patrick's Day Parade

ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales on stage during the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2023 in Aldershot, England. Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the parade for the first time as Colonel of the Regiment succeeding The Prince of Wales, the outgoing Colonel. (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

[starlightmay]

For those who saw Brian's IG post from earlier and were wondering what it was all about... well, here's your answer!

"[King Charles] was speaking at the Animal Ball, a gala event to support the Elephant Family charity founded by Queen Camilla’s late brother Mark Shand.

This year’s masked ball, held in the gardens at Lancaster House, central London, was billed as a celebration of indigenous communities and included life-sized elephant sculptures as a backdrop.

[...] Musician Sir Brian May, his actress wife Anita Dobson and author Jilly Cooper also attended." – The Evening Standard

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The pictures below were taken at a Space Sustainability Reception held at Buckingham Palace, also today.

©️ WPA Pool, Tim P. Whitby, Eamonn M. McCormack

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Princess of Wales Launches Interactive Trail To Support Social and Emotional Development in Under Fives

Catherine, Princess of Wales, during the launch of the Bobeam Tree Trail at the National Portrait Gallery on 4 February 2025 in London, England.

The interactive trail is a new project from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, based on the new Shaping Us Framework aimed at supporting the development of crucial social and emotional skills in under fives.

📸 Max Mumby / Indigo / Neil Mockford / GC Images / Tayfun Salci / Anadolu via Getty Images / Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool / Getty Images

[theroyalsandi]

British Royal Family - The Prince of Wales, visits the British Red Cross at British Red Cross HQ in London, England. (Photo by Kin Cheung - WPA Pool/Getty Images) | February 20, 2024

[thecrownnet]

Queen Elizabeth II won TWO posthumous BAFTAs in 2023

Memorable Moment for her skit with Paddington, and

Live Event for The Queen and her Platinum Jubilee

[…] one of the BAFTA TV categories is “Memorable Moment,” which (unlike Reality & Constructed Factual) is exactly what it sounds like: The best general thing that happened on TV (or “the telly”) in the past year. It’s also the only award voted on by the public, which means it counts more than all of the other categories, and so it’s fitting that this year’s winner involved the one thing that can bring all citizens of the United Kingdom together. (AV Club)

Actually, Queen Elizabeth II ‘has already won a BAFTA; in 2013, she was presented with an Honorary BAFTA for her "tireless support" of the British film and television industry. "I am delighted that this evening has given us the opportunity to give something back. I have the great honour to announce that we are to present Her Majesty with an honorary BAFTA today, in recognition of her outstanding patronage of the film and television industries," BAFTA's chairman at the time, John Willis, said.’ (Town and Country Magazine)

Queen Elizabeth II receives an honorary BAFTA from actor Kenneth Branagh in 2013. WPA POOL//GETTY IMAGES