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Programme: 10.15am Gathering at the observation Point 10.30am Beginning of the Ceremony Prayers led by Father David Musgrave 2 minutes of silence with Last Post & Reveille played by Reverend Graeme Beckett National Anthems by Professor Peter Hicks Blessing From 11am to 3pm At Longwood, free entrance to the Museum, and Picnic in the Longwood […]

“La Route du Prince Impérial” was inaugurated on 1 June 1996 to commemorate the time Louis-Napoleon, only son of Napoléon III and his wife the Empress Eugenie, spent in South Africa before his untimely death at the hands of Zulu warriors on 1 June 1879. The route follows the footsteps of the pilgrimage made by […]

Detailed programme of the French week 2017. Summary of this years programme Sunday, May 28th – appointment at Alberts Falls – the first stage of the pilgrimage of the Empress Eugenie after leaving Maritzburg on April 29th, 1880; Monday, May 29 – Msunduzi Museum. Guided visit to the exhibition “Prince Impérial” in the Msunduzi Museum. […]

Paris > At 6.30pm on Friday 5 May in the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, there will be a mass in memory of Napoleon I and of the soldiers who died for France, in the presence of HIH the Prince Napoleon. (Mass open to the public, subject to availability). Earlier, at 6pm, in the crypt of the […]

On the 7th October a delegation from France including members of the Fondation Napoleon, the Souvenir Napoleonienne and a representativie of the French Minister of Foreign affairs arrives on St Helena for the anniversary of Napoleon's arrival on that island 200 years ago, on board Northumberland.  Among the celebrations is the official re-opening of Longwood house and in particular […]

Commemorations of the battle of Albuera, the forces of Maréchal Soult against the Allies commanded by Marshal Beresford,  on 16th May 1811.    Two ceremonies are to be held: 14 May 11h00 British Cemetery, Elvas Portugal. annual ceremony, lunch and auction.16 May 11h30 village of Albuera, Spain annual ceremony and re-enactments. For advice on how to attend: contact or contact.   […]

The annual mass in memory of the first Emperor Napoleon and of soldiers who died during the napoleonic campaigns will take place on 5th May at the Cathedral Saint-Louis des Invalides at 18h30, preceeded, at 18h, by the laying of a wreath at the foot of the Emperor's tomb beneath the dome of Les Invalides. […]

   EXHIBITIONS AGENDA TALKS AGENDA CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS AGENDA  RE-ENACTMENTSWaterloo Day: Re-enactment drill of the Irish Redcoats – Dublin [21/03/2015]200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo – re-enactments  [19/06/2015 – 20/06/2015]Major Percy victory route The Ride of the Lions – Waterloo 200  [17/06/2015 – 20/06/2015]Brontë Society Trip to Waterloo [20/06/2015 – 21/06/2015] THEATRE / CONCERTSSong and satire: an […]

In March 1879, Louis Napoléon, only son of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie, travelled to Cape Town with British troops, as a “special observer”. The two months he spent there until his untimely death in an ambush by Zulu warriors on 1 June 1879, has been commemorated in South Africa by the creation of “La […]