On July 3, 2026, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh hosted young people from across Scotland and the north of England at the Gold Award celebrations for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Lady Louise Windsor joined 600 young people in receiving their Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Awards at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lady Louise received her framed certificate from her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is Patron of the Award, which was established by Prince Philip in 1956. The Award helps young people gain the confidence and skills they need to reach their full potential. Lady Louise Windsor then joined the other Gold Award recipients from across Scotland and the north of England to listen to the Duke of Edinburgh's speech.
For the occasion, the Duchess of Edinburgh wore a ruffled floral-print linen midi dress by Zimmermann, while Lady Louise Windsor wore a pale blue flare midi dress by Hobbs London.
Aha I see her red haired beau seated next to her. Nice colour dress and it fits her well, I am not a fan of this style but she has the figure for it. .DoE like the colour and print looked nice until I saw that it has the frill on the bottom. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI never understand how these awards recipients are chosen, seems alittle biased.
She has a beau! their kids will have lovely dimples.
DeleteThere’s no bias in the Duke of Edinburgh awards; young people do the work to achieve the milestones to achieve the award.
DeleteEach young person builds their own DofE programmes – picking their own activities and choosing which cause to volunteer for – in order to achieve a Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Award. The DofE is run in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, fostering agencies, prisons, sports clubs and more, all over the UK and internationally.
DeleteEach young person builds their own DofE programmes – picking their own activities and choosing which cause to volunteer for – in order to achieve a Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Award. The DofE is run in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, fostering agencies, prisons, sports clubs and more, all over the UK and internationally.
DeleteThe awardees are “chosen” in quite a transparent way. You can read about it here: https://www.dofe.org/do/timescales/
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To Anon 16:20
DeleteJust look up on the internet what the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) program, founded by Prince Philip, means. The program has 3 levels - bronze, silver and gold. A students reach the gold level after completing the bronze and silver levels, plus students must work for at least a year in volunteering or community service, complete an expedition, a residential project. They must document everything and, of course, fulfill their academic obligations.
The DofE project is widespread all over the world. My students are also involved in this project and it is customary for the medals to be presented to successful graduates by the British ambassador to my country and twice in the personal presence of Prince Edward, with whom I had the honor of being at a ceremonial lunch. He is a very modest and well-informed person and participates in the work of the DofE committee
I would like to remind you that every student - including Lady Louise - must earn the DofE gold medal through long-term work and only after completing all the conditions.
Your suspicion of bias is unfair and disrespectful. Before voicing any suspicions, get your facts straight, which you clearly haven't bothered to do.
Stephanie
The award is earned, not chossen
DeleteThe awards are based on accomplishing requirements for each award level. These awards are achievement-based awards at all levels. There is nothing biased in the process and people from all over the UK participate in this program. Please note that while the photos focus on Louise there were 600 total recipients taking part in the ceremony. Janet
DeleteMy understanding is the Duke of Edinburgh gold award is given to young people between certain ages (like late teens to early 20s) who have achieved set, objective criteria in community service and various physical fitness activities. I don’t think it’s subjective.
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I think mother and daughter should have changed dresses. CC
ReplyDeletemy thoughts exactly! Sophie would benefit from Louise's wadrope
DeleteAgree !!
DeleteBoth dresses would suit both yes! They both look very feminine and pretty. Sophie’s dress reminds me of a favourite movie dress… worn by Julie Andrews in the ball scene in the Sound of Music!
DeleteI get your meaning, but I think a young woman does not need those ruffles either. Nobody does.
DeleteThought so too. But they look nice anyway.
DeleteI have great respect and sympathy for beautiful, clever and diligent Lady Louise. Her dress does not seem to fit her perfectly. I can't put my finger on it, but suspect that the slightly heightened waistline of the dress (s. model) is not where it should be on her. - Sophie's Zimmermann dress could really be nice - without all those dusters everywhere. I looked up the shoes she wore - let's thank our admin that she thought to omit them would elevate the impression. She was right.
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ReplyDeleteVery pretty and summery dresses for Louise and Sophie. I think Louise looks beautiful in this simple dress--its style is very flattering on her. I also very much like Sophie's dress in the picture of her with Louise--it looks lovely. Since none of the photos show the ruffle at the hem--which I don't like--I'll go with what I see. Sophie could easily have had the dress made without the ruffle or the ruffle could be there but I like what I can see at this point.
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