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@royaldickie.bsky.social
Former Buckingham Palace spokesman. Currently a Royal Commentator on UK and global media networks
and international speaker on the British monarchy.
and international speaker on the British monarchy.
To all friends and followers wherever you are - health, happiness and a rewarding 2025
January 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
To all friends and followers wherever you are - health, happiness and a rewarding 2025
It was once the Middlesex Hospital's chapel but today it's space if for quiet reflection. For his Christmas Message this year, The King has chosen @Fitzroviachapel, the first time the Sovereign’s Christmas message has been filmed outside a Royal residence since 2006.
December 23, 2024 at 1:57 PM
It was once the Middlesex Hospital's chapel but today it's space if for quiet reflection. For his Christmas Message this year, The King has chosen @Fitzroviachapel, the first time the Sovereign’s Christmas message has been filmed outside a Royal residence since 2006.
To friends and followers wherever you are and whatever you may be doing, I wish you well over this festive season, and hope for a peaceful, happy and rewarding 2025
December 21, 2024 at 5:37 AM
To friends and followers wherever you are and whatever you may be doing, I wish you well over this festive season, and hope for a peaceful, happy and rewarding 2025
Nice to see the Royals choices of #ChristmasCards. The King and Queen chose an informal pic of them arm-in-arm, while The Wales' chose a scene from the family video they shot in Norfolk this summer which they used to announce Catherine’s completion of preventative chemotherapy 🎅🎄
December 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Nice to see the Royals choices of #ChristmasCards. The King and Queen chose an informal pic of them arm-in-arm, while The Wales' chose a scene from the family video they shot in Norfolk this summer which they used to announce Catherine’s completion of preventative chemotherapy 🎅🎄
Today, I took the plunge to watch 5 tedious episodes of @netflix #Polo. The editing is good, it has to be. So what's its appeal? Sure to polo afficiando's and their strap hangers and the curiosity factor to the masses. If hoping to see H&M? Don't blink E1-4, although glimpses of both in E5
December 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Today, I took the plunge to watch 5 tedious episodes of @netflix #Polo. The editing is good, it has to be. So what's its appeal? Sure to polo afficiando's and their strap hangers and the curiosity factor to the masses. If hoping to see H&M? Don't blink E1-4, although glimpses of both in E5
The abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 almost destroyed the monarchy. Even his father, George V, predicted his son would destroy himself within a year. Join the team on the latest edition of @TheRoyalBeat as we go back 88 years to that historic moment.
December 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
The abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 almost destroyed the monarchy. Even his father, George V, predicted his son would destroy himself within a year. Join the team on the latest edition of @TheRoyalBeat as we go back 88 years to that historic moment.
The royals can always be guaranteed to win out on soft diplomacy and The Prince of Wales showed how it's done. The Prince did more for #AngloAmericanRelations meeting with #DonaldTrump than any British politician could achieve. Both men in Paris for the re-opening ceremony of Notre Dame. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 📷 #PA
December 8, 2024 at 7:31 AM
The royals can always be guaranteed to win out on soft diplomacy and The Prince of Wales showed how it's done. The Prince did more for #AngloAmericanRelations meeting with #DonaldTrump than any British politician could achieve. Both men in Paris for the re-opening ceremony of Notre Dame. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 📷 #PA
With Christmas Day just 18 days away #WimbledonVillageStables had their annual Carol's concert in aid of the #RoyalMarsden and to the surprise and delight of the children a portly gentleman dressed in red and sporting a white beard dropped in on his way north on his trusty steed Oliver.
December 7, 2024 at 7:41 PM
With Christmas Day just 18 days away #WimbledonVillageStables had their annual Carol's concert in aid of the #RoyalMarsden and to the surprise and delight of the children a portly gentleman dressed in red and sporting a white beard dropped in on his way north on his trusty steed Oliver.
The Princess of Wales' smile says it all as she arrives at @wabbey for her #TogetheratChristmas Carol Service, supported by a big line-up of royals including Prince William and their children as well as 1600 guests. The Carols Service is on @ITV and @ITVX on Christmas Eve at 7.30pm🎄
December 6, 2024 at 5:14 PM
The Princess of Wales' smile says it all as she arrives at @wabbey for her #TogetheratChristmas Carol Service, supported by a big line-up of royals including Prince William and their children as well as 1600 guests. The Carols Service is on @ITV and @ITVX on Christmas Eve at 7.30pm🎄
The Prince of Wales is travelling to Paris tomorrow to join world leaders including @realDonaldTrump for the reopening ceremony of the restored #NotreDameCathedral. The world-famous cathedral burned in a devastating fire in 2019. The Prince will be travelling at the request of the #UKGovernment
December 6, 2024 at 12:58 PM
The Prince of Wales is travelling to Paris tomorrow to join world leaders including @realDonaldTrump for the reopening ceremony of the restored #NotreDameCathedral. The world-famous cathedral burned in a devastating fire in 2019. The Prince will be travelling at the request of the #UKGovernment
"How did I help?"
"You were by my side, which was everything."
The delightful words and illustration - created by @charliemackesy - on the order of service cover of The Princess of Wales' #TogetheratChristmas Carol Service @wabbey today. To be broadcast on @ITV & @ITVX at 7:30pm on Christmas Eve
"You were by my side, which was everything."
The delightful words and illustration - created by @charliemackesy - on the order of service cover of The Princess of Wales' #TogetheratChristmas Carol Service @wabbey today. To be broadcast on @ITV & @ITVX at 7:30pm on Christmas Eve
December 6, 2024 at 6:59 AM
"How did I help?"
"You were by my side, which was everything."
The delightful words and illustration - created by @charliemackesy - on the order of service cover of The Princess of Wales' #TogetheratChristmas Carol Service @wabbey today. To be broadcast on @ITV & @ITVX at 7:30pm on Christmas Eve
"You were by my side, which was everything."
The delightful words and illustration - created by @charliemackesy - on the order of service cover of The Princess of Wales' #TogetheratChristmas Carol Service @wabbey today. To be broadcast on @ITV & @ITVX at 7:30pm on Christmas Eve
At last last night's Buckingham Palace State Banquet for the Amir of Qatar, The King spoke in Arabic praising his guest for the “tireless mediation” by Qatar in the Middle East over the past year. Good to see The Princess of Wales back on duty
December 4, 2024 at 8:34 AM
At last last night's Buckingham Palace State Banquet for the Amir of Qatar, The King spoke in Arabic praising his guest for the “tireless mediation” by Qatar in the Middle East over the past year. Good to see The Princess of Wales back on duty
NEW The Queen is still suffering lingering symptoms of a chest infection and has pulled out of several elements of the Qatar State Visit. Buckingham Palace says Camilla will not attend the ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards tomorrow but will attend the lunch at Buckingham Palace
December 2, 2024 at 6:59 PM
NEW The Queen is still suffering lingering symptoms of a chest infection and has pulled out of several elements of the Qatar State Visit. Buckingham Palace says Camilla will not attend the ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards tomorrow but will attend the lunch at Buckingham Palace
Tomorrow, The King and Queen are will play host Their Highnesses The Amir and Sheikha Jawaher of Qatar. There will be a Ceremonial Welcome on #HorseGuardsParade; a Buckingham Palace State Banquet and on Wednesday a meeting with the #PrimeMinister
December 2, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Tomorrow, The King and Queen are will play host Their Highnesses The Amir and Sheikha Jawaher of Qatar. There will be a Ceremonial Welcome on #HorseGuardsParade; a Buckingham Palace State Banquet and on Wednesday a meeting with the #PrimeMinister
In what has been a difficult and traumatic year for The Princess of Wales, she has penned a letter for every guest at next Friday's #WestminsterAbbey #TogetheratChristmasCarolService. She writes "love is the light that can shine bright & how much we need one another in the most difficult times".
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 AM
In what has been a difficult and traumatic year for The Princess of Wales, she has penned a letter for every guest at next Friday's #WestminsterAbbey #TogetheratChristmasCarolService. She writes "love is the light that can shine bright & how much we need one another in the most difficult times".
After two years of ceremonial duty, the #1stBatallionWelshGurds are back in fatigues and into their operational role. Their Colonel, The Prince of Wales, today visited their specialist platoons on Salisbury Plain undergoing training and demonstrating live-firing exercises 📸 @samhussein
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
After two years of ceremonial duty, the #1stBatallionWelshGurds are back in fatigues and into their operational role. Their Colonel, The Prince of Wales, today visited their specialist platoons on Salisbury Plain undergoing training and demonstrating live-firing exercises 📸 @samhussein
Big treat tonight - dining @FfionasNotes (restaurant) voted the best in #KensingtonandChelsea but as far as I'm concerned, the very best in #London
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Big treat tonight - dining @FfionasNotes (restaurant) voted the best in #KensingtonandChelsea but as far as I'm concerned, the very best in #London
On doctor's orders The Queen stayed at home while The King attended, as Patron, last night's Royal Variety Charity's show at The @RoyalAlbertHall. The glitterati turned out in force reminding us the show is about raising funds to help care for entertainers who have fallen on hard times
November 23, 2024 at 4:10 PM
On doctor's orders The Queen stayed at home while The King attended, as Patron, last night's Royal Variety Charity's show at The @RoyalAlbertHall. The glitterati turned out in force reminding us the show is about raising funds to help care for entertainers who have fallen on hard times
Fleetwood Mac have been around since the 1960s & singer/songwriter/musician #ChristineMcVie, with the group for almost three decades credited as being the glue that kept them together. A new must read biography, #Songbird captures the highs, the lows, the breakups and the breakdowns.
November 22, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Fleetwood Mac have been around since the 1960s & singer/songwriter/musician #ChristineMcVie, with the group for almost three decades credited as being the glue that kept them together. A new must read biography, #Songbird captures the highs, the lows, the breakups and the breakdowns.
The Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, is to visit 1st Battalion Welsh Guards on Salisbury Plain next week on Tuesday 26 November.
November 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, is to visit 1st Battalion Welsh Guards on Salisbury Plain next week on Tuesday 26 November.
Always a highlight amongst the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Court of St James, is the annual #DiplomaticReception, many of which I attended during my time working for the late Queen. Held in Buckingham Palace's State Rooms, it was hosted by The King and Queen and The Prince of Wales.
November 20, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Always a highlight amongst the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Court of St James, is the annual #DiplomaticReception, many of which I attended during my time working for the late Queen. Held in Buckingham Palace's State Rooms, it was hosted by The King and Queen and The Prince of Wales.
On this day 77 years ago - 20 November 1947 - then 21 year old Princess Elizabeth married her "strength and stay," Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey. And this day 32 years ago (1992) part of Windsor Castle was destroyed by fire and restored by the fifth anniversary of it (1997).
November 20, 2024 at 7:41 AM
On this day 77 years ago - 20 November 1947 - then 21 year old Princess Elizabeth married her "strength and stay," Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey. And this day 32 years ago (1992) part of Windsor Castle was destroyed by fire and restored by the fifth anniversary of it (1997).
Such a sad day for Queen Camilla having to say goodbye to her beloved Jack Russell Beth. Anyone who has owned dogs will know there is nothing to replace the unconditional love they give. Beth is now at peace to romp in that great kennel in the sky
November 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Such a sad day for Queen Camilla having to say goodbye to her beloved Jack Russell Beth. Anyone who has owned dogs will know there is nothing to replace the unconditional love they give. Beth is now at peace to romp in that great kennel in the sky
What's happened to 21st century life in the UK? Growing up in the ‘40s and ’50 we played games in the streets and cycled, bussed or trained to school. Post-war years were hard, but they were also fun 'cos we made it fun and as the late Prince Philip often said, ‘we got on with it’,
November 17, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What's happened to 21st century life in the UK? Growing up in the ‘40s and ’50 we played games in the streets and cycled, bussed or trained to school. Post-war years were hard, but they were also fun 'cos we made it fun and as the late Prince Philip often said, ‘we got on with it’,
This is completely off piste when it comes to the #BRF - I want to share what can be done with the camera on a #SamsungS24Ultra phone. This taken at 4.45am in #Greece
November 16, 2024 at 2:23 AM
This is completely off piste when it comes to the #BRF - I want to share what can be done with the camera on a #SamsungS24Ultra phone. This taken at 4.45am in #Greece