All news about the British Royals in the GALA ticker: Prince William reports on Twitter with sad lines +++ Queen Elizabeth receives a personal message from the Pope +++ This is what Prince George is called by schoolmates: inside.
Royal News 2022 in the GALA ticker
July 27, 2022
Prince William bids farewell to Anton Mzimba
Prince William, 40, speaks up with a personal message on the internet: Ranger Anton Mzimba was murdered. A sad day for the heir to the British throne. “I am deeply saddened by the assassination of Anton Mzimba, with whom I spoke in November. Dedicated and brave rangers like Anton are central to the conservation of Africa’s amazing wildlife. Those responsible must be held to account quickly. My thoughts are with his family. W,” William wrote on his official Twitter account. Within a few minutes, several expressions of condolence were collected under the post.
Queen Elizabeth: Pope Francis sends a message of greeting
Queen Elizabeth, 96, was certainly very “amused” when she opened her mailbox at Balmoral Castle, where she is currently spending her summer vacation. None other than Pope Francis, 85, sent the monarch a personal message. BBC editor Aleem Maqbool revealed the friendly message Pope Francis penned on a flight to Canada via Twitter.
“As I fly via the UK en route to Canada, I send my best wishes to Your Majesty, the members of the Royal Family and all the people of the Kingdom. I pray that Almighty God will bless you with His gifts of strength, joy and may bless peace,” said the 85-year-old. Twitter users are touched and enthusiastic about the kind gesture of the head of the church. So it will certainly have happened to the Queen.
July 26, 2022
Prince George: That’s his nickname at school
Prince George, 9, is third in line to the British throne and will one day become King of England. The firstborn of Prince William, 40, and Duchess Catherine, 40, is still an (almost) normal student at Thomas’s Battersea School in south-west London. But what do his classmates actually call the royal offspring? Royal Highness? Prince George? George of Cambridge?
According to reports, his classmates have a cute nickname for the prince, who celebrated his ninth birthday a few days ago. As reported by The Sun, he is simply called “PG”, after the initials of “Prince George”. And apparently this name resonates with his family as well. Supposedly, the nickname “PG” or even “PG Tips” based on a British tea brand has also established itself with Prince William and Duchess Catherine.
Officially, his name at school is George Cambridge. It is customary for royal children to use their parents’ first name and title as their surname at school. So his siblings are also entered in the school register under Charlotte Cambridge and Louis Cambridge. Following the same tradition, Prince William and Prince Harry, 37, were addressed by the surname Wales when they went to school, as their father holds the title Prince of Wales.
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry: Generous donation on behalf of their children
Prince Harry, 37, and Duchess Meghan, 40, have made a $5,000 donation to a GoFundMe fundraiser on behalf of their children Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, according to online documentation of donations. The fund was established on behalf of the Los Angeles Zajfen family, who tragically lost their nine-year-old son, George. Donations will go to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in honor of the boy who died.
On Friday, July 22, 2022, Kelly McKee Zajfen, 42, took to Instagram to share the sudden death of her young son with heartbreaking words. “My sweet little boy. My world is broken into a million pieces. I can hardly breathe. To walk. To function. To sit. To stand. You were the light in my life. Your smile made the room so bright and your heart was the most perfect and sweetest,” the grieving mother said. “You left this earth and left behind so many people who loved you. I don’t know how to move on. How to function. How to be the light and have joy ever again, but I will try. Giving I’m trying hard for your beautiful twin sister. I can’t understand it all.”
Kelly McKee Zajfen is a former model and co-founder of the Alliance of Moms, a Los Angeles community of philanthropists who support pregnant and orphaned teens in the Los Angeles foster care system. She also runs an environmentally conscious children’s clothing brand.
It’s not yet clear what her connection to Meghan and Harry is, but the Duchess of Sussex’s ex-husband Trevor Engelson, 45, and his wife Tracey Kurland have also donated $1,000, suggesting so that the Zajfen family are old friends of the former couple.
July 25, 2022
Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice fear for the royal future
Bad air in the British royal family! As royal expert Neil Sean claims in his YouTube video, a new dispute is brewing in the royal family – and this time Prince William, 40, is the focus. “There’s a big story unfolding in the royal family that has largely gone under the radar, and it has to do with Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, and William’s father, Prince Charles,” says Sean. He continues: “According to very good sources, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice seem to be having trouble staying on friendly terms with Prince William, Catherine and Charles. It has to do with the agreement that William, the Queen and Prince Charles made to to relieve her father Prince Andrew of his royal duties after he has fallen out of favor in recent years.”
While Prince William and Prince Charles, 73, believe Prince Andrew, 62, must continue to steer clear of all royal duties going forward, his daughters are trying to get him involved in their charities. Charles and William were anything but thrilled about that. Another point of contention is said to be Prince Charles’ plan to slim down the monarchy when he is king. So far it is unclear what position Princess Eugenie, 32, and Princess Beatrice, 33, will take – a scenario that seems to scare the sisters and causes a lot of explosives behind the palace walls.
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Sources used: youtube.com, gofundme.com, instagram.com, dailymail.co.uk, thesun.co.uk, twitter.com