House of Brat

As I wrote here, while I am 100% on them having another kid, I haven’t definitively settled on a date range of when the little girl will be born. I haven’t taken a look at it in a few weeks. 

As I mentioned in this post, I’m about 94% behind the baby girl being born between 15 August and 06 September 2023. The reason I have some hesitation is that occasionally I think the kid will be born in September and perhaps closer to mid-September. 

[previous week]

For the week ending on 13 June 2026.

Official UK public holidays to date: 7 ~ 01 January (New Year’s Day) ~ 02 January (Scotland only) ~ 17 March (Northern Ireland only) ~ 03 April (Good Friday) ~ 06 April (Easter Monday) ~ 04 May (Early May Bank Holiday) ~ 25 May (Spring Bank Holiday)

Number of days in the year to date: 164

Number of working days in the year to date: 110 (excludes public holidays & weekends)

Queen Camilla’s engagements: 5 ~ viewed (1) the old Colours of the Grenadier Guards being marched off, presented (1) new Colours to 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace, and afterwards met (1) members of the Regiment and their families on Tuesday (09 June). ~ visited (1) St Mungo Community Housing Association in South London on Wednesday (10 June) afternoon. ~ was present (1) at The King's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade this morning at which The King's Colour of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards was Trooped on Saturday (13 June) morning.

Number of days worked this week: 3

Number of days worked this year: 53

Patronage engagements this week: 3 Grenadier Guards on Tuesday The Queen’s Reading Room on Wednesday Grenadier Guards on Saturday morning

Patronage engagements this year: 35

Number of London engagements this year: 63 ~ three (3) engagements on Tuesday ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday morning

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 8

Number of Cornwall engagements this year: 4

Number of England engagements this year: 93 ~ three (3) engagements on Tuesday ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday morning

Number of Northern Ireland engagements this year: 13

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 1

Number of Wales engagements this year: 3

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 16

Number of engagements this year: 126

King Charles’s engagements: 17 ~ received (1) The President of Ukraine at Windsor Castle on Monday (08 June) afternoon. ~ received (1) the new High Commissioner for the Republic of India in London; presented (1) new Colours to 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace, and afterwards met (1) members of the Regiment and their families; received (1) the new Permanent Representative to the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); received (1) The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury); attended a reception (1) in the evening for The British Asian Trust at the Peninsula Hotel, London, on Tuesday (09 June). ~ spoke (1) to The Amir of the State of Kuwait via telephone, received (1) Major General James Bowder (General Officer Commanding London District and Major General Commanding Household Division), received (1) The Rt Hon Olukemi Badenoch MP (Leader of the Opposition), and gave (1) a European Diplomatic Reception at Windsor Castle in the evening on Wednesday (10 June). ~ visited (1) Horizon Youth Zone, Grimsby, and toured the facilities and met local cadets and scouts; afterwards visited (1) the Care Hub, Grimsby; and later visited (1) Grimsby Town Football Club, Cleethorpes, and met groups of participants in Our Future on Thursday (11 June). ~ received (1) Dame Charlotte Manley upon relinquishing her appointment as Chapter Clerk, College of St George, Windsor Castle; visited (1) the 1st Battalion at Lille Barracks, Aldershot, attended a reception in the Officers’ Mess before meeting members of The King’s Company, and presented the Company Commander’s Award and was graciously pleased to address His Company on Friday (12 June). ~ was present (1) at The King's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade this morning at which The King's Colour of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards was Trooped on Saturday (13 June) morning.

Number of days worked this week: 6

Number of days worked this year: 78

Patronage engagements this week: 3 Grenadier Guards and The British Asian Trust on Tuesday Grenadier Guards on Friday

Patronage engagements this year: 38

Number of audiences this week: 6 ~ one (1) audience on Monday afternoon ~ three (3) audiences on Tuesday ~ two (2) audiences on Wednesday

Number of audiences this year: 131

Number of audiences with the PM this year: 13 ~ Tuesday afternoon (09 June) at Buckingham Palace

Number of engagements with foreign leaders this year: 27 The President of Ukraine on Monday afternoon The Amir of the State of Kuwait on Wednesday morning

Number of London engagements this year: 163 ~ six (6) engagements on Tuesday ~ three (3) engagements on Wednesday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday morning

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 37 ~ one (1) engagement on Monday afternoon ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday evening ~ one (1) engagement on Friday afternoon

Number of Cornwall engagements this year: 4

Number of England engagements this year: 236 ~ one (1) engagement on Monday afternoon ~ six (6) engagements on Tuesday ~ four (4) engagements on Wednesday ~ three (3) engagements on Thursday ~ two (2) engagements on Friday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday

Number of Northern Ireland engagements this year: 15

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 11

Number of Wales engagements this year: 3

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 35 ~ eighteen (18) engagements in USA ~ seventeen (17) engagements in Bermuda

Number of engagements in Commonwealth countries this year: 17 ~ seventeen (17) engagements in Bermuda

Number of engagements this year: 300

[previous week]

For the week ending on 13 June 2026.

Official UK public holidays to date: 7 ~ 01 January (New Year’s Day) ~ 02 January (Scotland only) ~ 17 March (Northern Ireland only) ~ 03 April (Good Friday) ~ 06 April (Easter Monday) ~ 04 May (Early May Bank Holiday) ~ 25 May (Spring Bank Holiday)

Number of days in the year to date: 164

Number of working days in the year to date: 110 (excludes public holidays & weekends)

Proof of Life by Kate: 1 ~ received (1) Mrs Sarah Henwood (CEO The Royal Foundation) at Windsor Castle on Monday afternoon (08 June). ~ was present (1) at The King's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade on Saturday morning (13 June). ~ last public engagement on 13 June 2026 ~ last seen on 13 June 2026

Number of days worked this week: 2

Number of days worked this year: 29

Patronages visited this week: 0

Patronages visited this year: 7

Early Years engagements this year: 12

Royal Foundation meetings this year: 3 ~ one (1) meeting/audience on Monday afternoon

Number of London engagements this year: 20 ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday morning

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 7 ~ one (1) engagement on Monday afternoon

Number of England engagements this year: 35 ~ one (1) engagement on Monday afternoon

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 4

Number of Wales engagements this year: 5

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 8 ~ eight (8) engagements in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Wednesday

Number of engagements this year: 53

Proof of Life by William: 5 ~ chaired (1) a meeting of The Prince’s Council (Duchy of Cornwall) in the morning and held (1) a meeting for United for Wildlife in the afternoon on Monday (08 June). ~ received (1) Mr Geraint Richards at Windsor Castle upon relinquishing his appointment as High Sheriff of Cornwall and received (1) Mr Jason Knauf (Chief Executive, Earthshot Prize) at Windsor Castle on Tuesday (09 June) afternoon. ~ participated (1) in a panel discussion related to the “Homewards” programme at London Tech Week on Wednesday (10 June) morning. ~ visited (1) Mind Norfolk and Waveney at Anmer Community Hall, Anmer; visited (1) Norfolk Blood Bikes in the grounds of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich; having travelled in the Prince William motor vehicle with Norfolk Blood Bikes volunteers, delivered (1) blood to the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Norwich on Thursday (11 June). ~ received (1) Mrs Sarah Henwood (CEO, The Royal Foundation) and received (1) Sir Rohinton Kalifa (Trustee, The Royal Foundation) at Windsor Castle; attended (1) the Senior Colonels’ Conference at Clarence House in the evening on Friday (12 June). ~ was present (1) at The King's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade on Saturday morning (13 June). ~ last public engagement on 13 June 2026 ~ last seen on 13 June 2026

Number of days worked this week: 6

Number of days worked this year: 61

Aston Villa games attended this week: 0

Aston Villa games attended this year: 3

Patronages visited this week: 2 United for Wildlife on Monday afternoon Welsh Guards on Friday evening

Patronages visited this year: 18

Earthshot Prize engagements this year: 7 ~ one (1) engagement on Tuesday afternoon

Homewards engagements this year: 5 ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday morning

Number of Investitures held: 5 14 January, 11 March, 24 March, 13 May, 19 May

Number of London engagements this year: 26 ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday morning ~ one (1 engagement on Friday evening ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday morning

Number of Windsor engagements this year: 32 ~ two (2) engagements on Monday ~ two (2) engagements on Tuesday ~ two (2) engagements on Friday

Number of Cornwall engagements this year: 8

Number of England engagements this year: 87 ~ two (2) engagements on Monday ~ two (2) engagements on Tuesday ~ one (1) engagement on Wednesday morning ~ three (3) engagements on Thursday (Norfolk) ~ three (3) engagements on Friday ~ one (1) engagement on Saturday morning

Number of Scotland engagements this year: 6

Number of Wales engagements this year: 7

Number of foreign (non-UK) engagements this year: 12 ~ twelve (12) in Saudi Arabia

Number of engagements this year: 112

Previous weeks on vacation: 7 weeks (William) / 9 weeks (Kate) ~ 01 to 02 January (0.5 week) ~ 05 to 07 January (0.5 week) ~ 16 to 20 February (1 week) ~ 30 March to 03 April (1 week) ~ 06 to 10 April (1 week) ~ 13 to 17 April (1 week) ~ Kate: 20, 22, 23, & 24 April / William: 20, 24, 25 April (0.5 week) ~ Kate: 27, 28, 30 April & 01 May / William: 01 & 02 May (0.5 week) ~ Kate: 18 to 22 May (1 week) ~ 25 to 29 May (1 week) ~ Kate: 09 to 12 June (1 week)

21 days until the next vacation!

Nothing spells "DESPERATION" better than dressing like your dead mother-in-law!

Gee, for some reason, Kate did not feel the need to color coordinate with Charlotte all the way back in 2023. But ever since then, Kate has to coordinate her ensemble with Charlotte. Now, even George and Louis have to coordinate their ties with Kate's dress.

Pathetic.

Our future Queen was met by cheers from the crowds of well-wishers who had gathered to glimpse the royal party at Trooping the Colour. Catherine looked typically stunning in a blue and white ensemble by Catherine Walker, the look finished with a Philip Treacy hat, the Irish Guards brooch at her shoulder and earrings by Cassandra Goad. Understated. Deliberate. Every choice reads. She took her place on the dais at the King’s side, with Queen Camilla, the senior line of the House gathered at the centre of Horse Guards Parade. It is the third Trooping running that she has worn the Irish Guards brooch, the regiment hers since she took the colonelcy from William in December 2022. A year ago her place on the dais was a comeback. Today it is simply where she stands. [...] It is the children people come for. And today the Prince and Princess of Wales brought all three. Prince George looked suddenly grown up — the future king, twelve, putting on a smart display in a stylish suit as he arrived with his parents and joined Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis down the Mall by carriage. The tie was pitched to match his mother’s colours. Charlotte is eleven now. Louis, eight, sat at his mother’s side this year. The future of the monarchy, growing up in plain sight. The guardsmen held their lines. Scarlet tunics, bearskin caps, precision honed over weeks of drill. The parade ran from just after ten, the flypast to close it at one. A King seated. His heir mounted. The colonel of the Irish Guards standing at the centre of it. The staging tells the story the reign is writing. it is history unfolding before our eyes. ~ Robert Jobson, "Catherine The Great"

Hyperbolic doesn't even match the level of ridiculousness as an adjective for this piece. This is too too far gone. There's a reason why I say Kate can ONLY slay looks. That's all he writes about regarding her. Her clothes and jewelry. And, well, let's be honest, does this woman even work? She regularly gets outworked by the elderly at every opportunity.

This was Kate's only public engagement for the week. She had one private engagement on Monday talking to the CEO of the Royal Foundation. That's it for the week. All she did was appear in public in fashionable clothes and jewelry. That was enough for Jobson to write "history unfolding before our eyes."

Weak.

Still no RVO recognition for Kate's cancer doctors or surgeons yet!

The Head of the Royal Medical Household was promoted from CVO to KCVO, and Charles's Clinical Radiologist was awarded LVO. Still nothing for Kate's "cancer" doctors.

But I'm sure everyone is going to pretend that Charles is withholding RVOs from Will & Kate's household instead of acknowledging this continual, glaring omission. Nanny Maria got the silver Royal Victorian Medal within the past year. It's not as if Will or Kate aren't capable of requesting RVO recognition for their people when they clearly are.

Prince George also has something to celebrate. In last week's newsletter I wrote that he had been taking his Common Entrance exams at Lambrook School. The good news is that he passed and will now follow in the footsteps of his father and go to Eton College in September – as I revealed in my social diary, Eden Confidential, along with the interesting reasons behind the choice. Well done, George!

I still remember when Richard Eden wrote last week that it would be announced this week that George would be attending Eton.

It obviously didn't happen.

But he still pretended that it will be announced "soon" on his most recent podcast appearance.

Were these engagements in Norfolk on Thursday, 11 June, not announced ahead of Thursday because Kate was possibly going to be there?

I didn't see any announcements earlier in the week that William was going all the way to Norfolk for public engagements while Lambrook's term hasn't ended for the summer.

No public engagements for Kate this week before Trooping the Colour tomorrow. In fact, she couldn't even attend the pre-Trooping conference at Clarence House tonight.

William, Edward, and Anne all attended. Kate couldn't attend for who knows what reason. Perhaps she is working on her mental health. Perhaps she's still scared of Anne. Or perhaps she's still working on her color-coordinating ensemble with Charlotte for tomorrow.