#royal-family

#royal-family

A hotel concierge who has been welcoming royals, presidents and rock stars to Belfast for 40 years has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM).Martin Mulholland, the head concierge of the Europa Hotel in Belfast, has been awarded the honour as part of the King's Birthday Honours list.I got a letter at home and my wife rang me and said there was a very official looking letter so I rushed home and there it was, it was a surprise, a big big surprise, he said.

Curated by the IndieWire Crafts team, Craft Considerations is a platform for filmmakers to talk about recent work we believe is worthy of awards consideration.In partnership with Netflix, for this edition, we look at how the crafts team behind "The Crown" evolved its visual language and storytelling for Season 5. From the series' inception, "The Crown" has been structured to evolve as the story of Queen Elizabeth's reign unfolded.

The King has received the official birthday wishes of the nation during his first Trooping the Colour ceremony as monarch.Pomp and pageantry were on display during the military spectacle where the most prestigious regiments in the British Army honoured their Colonel in Chief by parading to mark his anniversary.

The King has made consultant gynaecologist Alan Farthing, who helped deliver the Prince and Princess of Wales's three children, a commander of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO).Mr Farthing was surgeon-gynaecologist to the royal household for a number of years and is recognised in the Birthday Honours list.

A PR guru has advised the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to get their messaging right after their lucrative podcast deal with Spotify was ended by mutual agreement.Meghan and Harry's production company Archewell Audio only made one podcast series for the streaming giant after signing a contract in late 2020, estimated to be worth around 25 million US dollars (19.5 million).

Germany has returned two wooden masks of the indigenous Kogi community to Colombia but conceded that wearing the sacred artefacts in ceremonies may come with a health risk because they were treated with toxic pesticides during their time in German museums.The masks, which date back to the mid-15th century and have been held in ethnological collections in Berlin for over a century, were handed over to Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, by his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a ceremony in Berlin on Friday.

T he Queen has named a horse which is set to lead the mounted cavalry at the King's Birthday Parade on Saturday.At a small ceremony in the gardens of Clarence House, Camilla presented a head collar with the name Juno to the horse, before feeding her a carrot.A portrait of the 10-year-old shire mare by artist Mandy Shepherd was also unveiled at the occasion, commissioned by the royal household to mark Juno's role.