Gert's Royals: August 2019

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Royal Attendance at The UK State Opening of Parliament (2010-Present)

A look at Royal attendance at the State Opening of Parliament (2010-Present).

Pages of Honour are typically sons of extended family or friends. They are typically 10-14 years old. And will serve for 3-4 years depending on how long the uniform fits as they are passed down and not custom made.

King Charles III's Reign

Year	Charles	Camilla	William & Kate	Anne	Other	Family of Pages of Honor
2020s
2029	-	-	-	-	-	-
2028	-	-	-	-	-	-
2027	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	X	X	-	-	-	-
2023	X	X		X

Notes:

2023: Princess Anne attended in her role as Gold Stick-in-waiting.

Queen Elizabeth II's Reign

	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2019 Oct	2019 Dec	2021	2022
Queen	x										-
Philip	x
Charles & Camilla			x				Just Charles	x	Just Charles	x
William											x
Anne & Tim					Just Anne
Others	Family of Pages of Honor							Family of Pages of Honor
Total	2	2	4	4	5	4	2	3	2	2	3

Notes:
2009 - 2014: Arthur Chatto, the Queen's great-nephew, is one of the Queen's Pages of Honor.
2012 - 2015: Charles Armstrong-Jones, the Queen's great-nephew, is one of the Queen's Pages of Honor.
2013: First time in 17 years Prince Charles had attended, and first-time for Camilla. Prior to that he only attended on extra special years (wedding to Diana, made a member of the House of Lords, etc) or when Prince Philip was away or ill and he was filling in.
2019: Xan Richard Anders Windsor, Duke & Duchess of Gloucester's grandson, is one of the Queen's Pages of Honor.

Friday, 9 August 2019

Nobel Prize Laureates (2019)

The 2019 Nobel Laureates were announced October 7th - 14th. The award ceremonies will take place on December 10th.

Physiology or Medicine
Awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr of USA (1/3), Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe of UK (1/3), and Gregg L. Semenza of USA (1/3) for "their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability."

Interview

About their work
Lecture

The Prize is awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute.

Physics
Awarded to James Peebles of Canada (1/2) for "theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology."

Awarded to Michel Mayor of Switzerland (1/4) and Didier Queloz of Switzerland (1/4) for "the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star."

Interview

About their work
Lecture

The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Chemistry
Awarded to John B. Goodenough of Germany (1/3), M. Stanley Whittingham of UK (1/3), and Akira Yoshino of Japan (1/3) for "the development of lithium-ion batteries."

Interview

About their work
Lecture

The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Literature
They will announce both the 2018, & 2019 Nobel Laurates.

2018 prize awarded to Olga Tokarczuk of Poland (1/1) for "a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."

2019 prize awarded to Peter Handke of Austria (1/1) for "an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Peace
Awarded to Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia (1/1) for "his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."

The Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Economic Sciences
Awarded to Abhijit Banerjee of India (1/3), Esther Duflo of France (1/3), and Michael Kremer of USA (1/3) for "their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”