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Britain's Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla visited Teapot Island in Yalding yesterday (19.03.14).
The royal couple took a trip to Kent to visit businesses destroyed by the battering storms, which hit the south east of England over Christmas, and they were particularly taken by a cute little museum.
The business, which holds around 7,000 teapots, suffered £20,000 worth of flood damage after the River Medway broke its banks on Christmas Day (25.12.13).
Owners Keith and Sue Blazye were given just a few minutes warning that the duke and duchess wanted to view their museum after the royal pair rescheduled their trip to fit in the teapot visit.
Charles and Camilla were given a tour of the premises and were stunned by the different types of teapots displayed.
The Teapot Island is set to be reopened on Mother's Day (30.03.14) after extensive repairs were carried out to fix the damage.
However, some people in the village still haven't been able to return to their homes after their properties were wiped out by the river water and repairs are still being carried out.
Tim Chapman, 58, and his wife June, 55, are currently staying in a rented flat in a nearby village and don't expect to return home until October after 5ft floods ruined the downstairs of their house.
Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla visit Teapot Island
Britain's Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla visited Teapot Island in Yalding yesterday (19.03.14).
The royal couple took a trip to Kent to visit businesses destroyed by the battering storms, which hit the south east of England over Christmas, and they were particularly taken by a cute little museum.
The business, which holds around 7,000 teapots, suffered £20,000 worth of flood damage after the River Medway broke its banks on Christmas Day (25.12.13).
Owners Keith and Sue Blazye were given just a few minutes warning that the duke and duchess wanted to view their museum after the royal pair rescheduled their trip to fit in the teapot visit.
Charles and Camilla were given a tour of the premises and were stunned by the different types of teapots displayed.
The Teapot Island is set to be reopened on Mother's Day (30.03.14) after extensive repairs were carried out to fix the damage.
However, some people in the village still haven't been able to return to their homes after their properties were wiped out by the river water and repairs are still being carried out.
Tim Chapman, 58, and his wife June, 55, are currently staying in a rented flat in a nearby village and don't expect to return home until October after 5ft floods ruined the downstairs of their house.
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A selection of gifts given to Britain's Queen Elizabeth from Commonwealth nations are to go on display this weekend.
More than 70 colourful presents, which were brought back by the monarch from her trips during her 62-year reign, will go on show at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to mark the build-up to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 23.
Items on display include, tapestries, portraits, porcelain plaques, and a pair of canoes.
Deborah Clarke, curator at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, said: "The Queen has visited almost every country in the Commonwealth and has received many unique objects from around the world.
"In the year that the Games come to Scotland, it seemed very fitting to mark Her Majesty's role as Head of the Commonwealth and to display these gifts at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official residence in Scotland."
The Queen started the Commonwealth baton relay last year in London and has sent it on to all of the 53 Commonwealth countries, before it'll arrive in Glasgow in July.
The Commonwealth: Gifts to the Queen exhibition opens on March 21 and runs until November 2.
Queen Elizabeth’s Commonwealth gifts to be displayed
A selection of gifts given to Britain's Queen Elizabeth from Commonwealth nations are to go on display this weekend.
More than 70 colourful presents, which were brought back by the monarch from her trips during her 62-year reign, will go on show at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to mark the build-up to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 23.
Items on display include, tapestries, portraits, porcelain plaques, and a pair of canoes.
Deborah Clarke, curator at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, said: "The Queen has visited almost every country in the Commonwealth and has received many unique objects from around the world.
"In the year that the Games come to Scotland, it seemed very fitting to mark Her Majesty's role as Head of the Commonwealth and to display these gifts at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official residence in Scotland."
The Queen started the Commonwealth baton relay last year in London and has sent it on to all of the 53 Commonwealth countries, before it'll arrive in Glasgow in July.
The Commonwealth: Gifts to the Queen exhibition opens on March 21 and runs until November 2.
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Britain's Countess of Wessex has officially opened the new Heart Centre at Ipswich Hospital.
The 49-year-old royal visited the facility in Suffolk, England, yesterday morning (19.03.14), where she met the doctors, nurses and patients, before declaring the unit open.
The centre has been updated and installed with new state-of-the art equipment after three years of heavy campaigning, which saw members of the public raise more than £30,000, while Heartbeat East Suffolk made a generous £78,000 donation.
The money raised was used to pay for mood lighting in the two new theatres and the installation of calming music, as well as other hi-tech equipment.
The hospital's chief executive Nick Hulme gave the Countess a tour of the cardiac centre before they met lead consultant Dr Duncan McNab, who explained the procedures that are carried out.
Speaking before unveiling a plaque, Sophie said: "Congratulations to all of you.
"What an impressive department you have and I have no doubt that the many patients who will be undergoing procedures here will be hugely and eternally grateful.
"The attention to detail with mood lighting and music says it all."
Countess of Wessex opens Heart Centre in Ipswich
Britain's Countess of Wessex has officially opened the new Heart Centre at Ipswich Hospital.
The 49-year-old royal visited the facility in Suffolk, England, yesterday morning (19.03.14), where she met the doctors, nurses and patients, before declaring the unit open.
The centre has been updated and installed with new state-of-the art equipment after three years of heavy campaigning, which saw members of the public raise more than £30,000, while Heartbeat East Suffolk made a generous £78,000 donation.
The money raised was used to pay for mood lighting in the two new theatres and the installation of calming music, as well as other hi-tech equipment.
The hospital's chief executive Nick Hulme gave the Countess a tour of the cardiac centre before they met lead consultant Dr Duncan McNab, who explained the procedures that are carried out.
Speaking before unveiling a plaque, Sophie said: "Congratulations to all of you.
"What an impressive department you have and I have no doubt that the many patients who will be undergoing procedures here will be hugely and eternally grateful.
"The attention to detail with mood lighting and music says it all."
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Brittany Daniel has secretly battled cancer.
The 'Game' actress was diagnosed with stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the summer of 2011 after suffering from excruciating back pain, night sweats and flu-like symptoms.
She said: "It happened so suddenly. I don't think any of us were expecting what we heard."
The 38-year-old actress - who lost her hair as she underwent six months of chemotherapy treatment - and her mother moved into a guest house in the grounds of her twin sister Cynthia's home and she says she couldn't have beaten the disease without the support of her family.
She told People magazine: "There is is no way I would have ever gotten through this without my family.
"My family is everything to me and I feel like they saw me through this.
"We watched a lot of 'Seinfeld'. Laughter was healing."
And Brittany credits her sister - who she previously starred with in teen TV series 'Sweet Valley High' - for giving her the strength to fight the deadly disease.
She said: "I really wasn't afraid of dying. But I fought so hard to live because I could not leave her behind."
The blonde beauty has been given the all-clear from cancer, and though she initially only told a small group of friends and family, she is now speaking out in order to give hope to other sufferers.
She said: "I want to let people know it is absolutely possible to get through something like this. I want people to know they are not alone."
Brittany Daniel reveals cancer battle
Brittany Daniel has secretly battled cancer.
The 'Game' actress was diagnosed with stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the summer of 2011 after suffering from excruciating back pain, night sweats and flu-like symptoms.
She said: "It happened so suddenly. I don't think any of us were expecting what we heard."
The 38-year-old actress - who lost her hair as she underwent six months of chemotherapy treatment - and her mother moved into a guest house in the grounds of her twin sister Cynthia's home and she says she couldn't have beaten the disease without the support of her family.
She told People magazine: "There is is no way I would have ever gotten through this without my family.
"My family is everything to me and I feel like they saw me through this.
"We watched a lot of 'Seinfeld'. Laughter was healing."
And Brittany credits her sister - who she previously starred with in teen TV series 'Sweet Valley High' - for giving her the strength to fight the deadly disease.
She said: "I really wasn't afraid of dying. But I fought so hard to live because I could not leave her behind."
The blonde beauty has been given the all-clear from cancer, and though she initially only told a small group of friends and family, she is now speaking out in order to give hope to other sufferers.
She said: "I want to let people know it is absolutely possible to get through something like this. I want people to know they are not alone."