Buckingham Palace was the place to be on Tuesday evening! The Queen – accompanied by other members of the royal family – hosted a reception for NATO leaders and delegations, at Buckingham Palace which marked 70 years of the NATO alliance.
Established in 1949 with 12 founding members, NATO is now an alliance of 29 countries. At the heart of NATO is collective defence, set out in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, NATO’s founding Treaty. The UK is one of NATO’s 12 founding members and London was home to its first headquarters.
During the evening, the Queen, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall formally welcomed the NATO leaders and their partners. The royals posed for a photograph with the Heads of State and Government. Camilla looked effortlessly chic and decided to pull out all the stops, wearing her favourite black cape coat and a very festive red drop waist pleated dress. She accessorised with glam jewellery and her hair was styled in her trademark puffy hairstyle.
In attendance was Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Earl of Wessex, the Princess Royal, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandrai, this took place in the palace’s State Rooms.
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