Charles was ‘touched by the story of the team working in one of the most remote places on earth’
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Charles was ‘touched by the story of the team working in one of the most remote places on earth’
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Scientists stationed at a remote British research outpost in the Antarctic have received a special Christmas delivery: a brand new Royal Mail post box, personally arranged by King Charles.
A letter to the king has added a royal flourish to life at Rothera Research Station, where mail remains a vital link to the world
His Majesty pays tribute to Antarctic researchers as they mark South Pole’s coldest day of the year
King Charles is the first monarch to take part in the annual BBC broadcast, which sends a morale-raising message to scientists on…
The broadcast will be transmitted on both television and radio at 3pm on Christmas Day
While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of darkness.
In His Majesty’s fourth Christmas broadcast of the King’s Speech, he referenced the heroes who defended the victims of Bondi…
