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Charity Spotlight: The Imperial College Healthcare Charity
The Imperial College Healthcare Charity is an organization that raises and manages charitable funds for the five hospitals in the Imperial College Healthcare Trust. These hospitals are Charting Cross,...
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Charity Spotlight: Only Connect
Only Connect is a charity intended to create a positive community for prisoners, ex-prisoners, and at-risk young people to help them find their value. They do this through six different programs across...
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Rules of EtiKate: Meeting the Queen
This week, we will be starting a new series centered around tips and tricks for royal etiquette and how to incorporate those tips into your daily life. While we may never marry Prince Harry and become...
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Rules of EtiKate: Curtsying
This week’s EtiKate will look at the act of curtsying. Curtsying is a gesture of respect or reverence made by women by bending the knees with one foot forward and lowering the body. It is considered...
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Rules of EtiKate: Setting a Formal Table
While the last two EtiKate posts have been a bit aspirational (Meeting the Queen and Curtsying), this week’s post will focus on setting a formal table, a skill we can all use, whether it be at our next...
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Rules of EtiKate: Hostessing
Now that we have all learned how to have a flawless table setting, we can start hosting fabulous dinner parties! Whether it is a small get-together, a swanky cocktail party, or a five-course formal...
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Regal Reads: The Regal Rules for Girls by Jerramy Fine
After reading Jerramy Fine’s memoir Someday My Prince Will Come, I fell in love with her witty writing and her “dreams do come true” attitude. I immediately wanted to check out her other book The Regal...
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Rules of EtiKate: Traveling
Kate and William are known to enjoy traveling, whether it be for engagements in the US and other parts of the world, or going to Africa on holiday. Wherever you are traveling to this holiday season and...
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Rules of EtiKate: Cell Phones
As we have discussed before on WWKD, we rarely see Kate with a cell phone. She does not walk down the street chatting into her iPhone or text while she shops. She focuses on the people she is with and...
View ArticleEmbracing Everyday Gracefulness
When I was the ripe old age of five years old, I started taking ballet classes. While I was never good enough to become a professional ballerina (even though I dreamed about it), I learned a lot in my...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: Weddings
If you are anything like me, you are either at the age or approaching the age in which it seems that every other day, a new friend on Facebook is getting engaged. Engagements mean weddings, which are...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: The Importance of Etiquette
With all of the rules and regulations regarding etiquette that I have presented in the past few months, I wanted to pause and reflect on why I find etiquette important and how it allows me to...
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Rules of EtiKate: Dining Dos and Don’ts
Elegant state dinners come with the territory of being a member of the royal family, which is yet another aspect of being a duchess that Kate has taken to beautifully. At her most recent state dinner,...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: Manners for Children
During the recent Royal Tour, I stayed up many late nights waiting for live streams and Twitter pictures of the royal family at each event. While most royal watchers were anxious to see what Kate would...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: Royal Party Etiquette
Some people see the royal family as old, outdated, and stuffy. I believe that is a major misconception of today’s royal family. The royals know how to have fun and they definitely know how to throw a...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: Work Etiquette
I have the privilege of beginning my first internship this fall and while I am excited, that excitement also comes with a bit of nerves. Entering my first “grown-up” work environment is intimidating...
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Charity Spotlight: The HER Foundation
As you all know by now, the royal-watching community is buzzing with the exciting news that came from the Clarence House last Monday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting Royal Baby Number...
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Rules of EtiKate: Afternoon Tea
If you are looking for a way to add a bit of everyday Kate-inspired glamour to your day, you may want to consider beginning a tradition of partaking in afternoon tea. Not only will it help you relax...
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Rules of EtiKate: Shopping Etiquette
It is clear from the many pictures we see that one of Kate’s favorite ways to spend time is shopping. We often get glimpses of Kate and her mother ducking in and out of shops. These are some of my...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: Holiday Gift Giving
Whether you are ready for them or not, the holidays are swiftly approaching. If you are anything like me, you jumped for joy when you walked into Starbucks and saw it transformed into a winter...
View ArticleRules of EtiKate: Holiday Etiquette
Last month’s etiquette article focused on tips to get you through holiday shopping and git giving with grace and poise. With the holidays in full swing now, here are some etiquette tips to help you...
View ArticleHistorical Spotlight: Westminster Abbey
This spotlight article is the beginning of a four-part series featuring historical churches that have significance to Kate and the royal family. These churches are loaded with history and these...
View ArticleHistorical Spotlight: Crathie Kirk
Crathie Kirk is the next church to be spotlighted in our short series on royally-related churches. While there have been several centers of worship in the Scottish village of Crathie dating back to the...
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Historical Spotlight: St. Andrew’s Bradfield
The third church to be spotlighted in our historical churches series is St. Andrew’s Bradfield, a local parish in Berkshire, where the Middleton family grew up. Both Kate and Pippa were christened at...
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Historical Spotlight: St. Mary Magdalene’s Church
The final church to be featured in our historic churches spotlight is St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, which is the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene in Sandringham. This is the church the royal family...
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