Remembrance Sunday, The Cenotaph

The Queen leads the nation on Remembrance Sunday

(photo BBC still)

The Queen has led the nation in honouring those who gave their lives for their country in the Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph. The ceremony was attended by a large gathering of senior royals, joining together to pay tribute to those killed in war as the country came together on Remembrance Sunday.

The Royal Festival of Remembrance

The Queen has led the Royal Family at the annual Festival of Remembrance, held on the eve of Remembrance Sunday. Music, prayer, poems and readings combined to make an evening honouring those who have lost their lives fighting for their country.

The Royal Wardrobe, full of surprises

Mette-Marit with the world at her feet in a red coat that wowed in the week

(photo Norway in Canada Twitter)

We live in surprising times and this week has been full of make you sit up and listen moments. Amidst the debate about weighty issues that has affected just about everyone in the past seven days, we all need some fun. As if on cue, the Royal Wardrobe has arrived and in keeping with that whole surprise vibe thing, it's packed with things we weren't expecting. Egg yolk yellow, leather effect and cord skirts are among four outfits that take us from the fifties to the eighties in one fashion sweep. Enjoy, review, enjoy some more and don't forget to vote in the poll (to the right of this post and on the main page as well). Here's this week's Royal Wardrobe, packed with surprises.

Prince Harry shares some big news

Prince Harry making his big announcement

(photo Invictus Games still)

Stand by everyone, Prince Harry has some news for you and you need to make space in your diary in 2018 right now. He's made a video announcement about a big event then and he wasn't alone while he did it. You need to keep 18 - 29 October that year free - Harry is taking the Invictus Games to Sydney right then,

Felipe and Letizia's week

Back to business for King Felipe and Queen Letizia 

(photo casareal Twitter)

After a year of stops and starts, affected by the political deadlock that came to an end with October, the royal agenda in Spain is back in business. King Felipe and Queen Letizia have had to change their itineraries several times in 2016 because of the ongoing debates by politicians trying to form an administration, but as a new government is formed, their agenda is taking on a new shape all of its own. In the fortnight since Mariano Rajoy won parliamentary approval to govern in a minority administration, the royal agenda has returned to a much more familiar shape. Here's how Felipe and Letizia spent their first week of a rebooted royal 2016.