THIRTEEN YOUNG VINCENTIANS are now the recipients of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award. The group received their award in an official ceremony during the visit of the Earl and Countess of Wessex to St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday, April 23 as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. [caption id=
Given her steadfast closness to her ex-husband, the attendance of her two daughters and a warm relationship with the Queen, royal watchers might have expected to see the Duchess there.
After a five-month absence from the public eye, a determined Queen paid tribute to her late, beloved husband, the Duke of Edinburgh at an emotional and uplifting service at Westminster Abbey.