Palaces & Buildings

Royal property manager guilty of taking bribes

Ronald Harper, a former deputy property manager for the British Royal household has been found guilty of corruption. Harper was convicted of conspiracy to make corrupt payments over building work contracts at Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace. In his duties, he had an annual budget of 2.3 million pounds of which he could authorise orders up to £30,000. The Southwark Crown Court came to the…
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Buckingham Palace Has Gone to the Ducks

After a fashion, in any event. We’ve been seeing people marking Her Majesty’s Official Birthday up and down the country and across the Commonwealth, from parades, to speeches, to garden parties held even in typically rainy weather. However one local resident of Bristol has decided to mark the occasion in his own fashion, and has thus dedicated the past six months to crafting a new…
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Coldplay to headline concert at Kensington Palace

Coming up on June 28, Prince Harry will host a musical concert open to the public to raise money for his African charity, Sentabale, which helps children and young people with HIV/AIDS. Chris Martin, frontman of the popular band, Coldplay, wrote the theme song for Prince Harry’s Invictus Games. The Prince has enlisted Coldplay to headline the concert. Her Majesty The Queen gave her…
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Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse to undergo £37m revamp

The tourist areas at both Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse are to undergo a £37m revamp, the Royal Collection has announced. The revamp will include a new cafe to be built in the medieval undercroft at Windsor Castle and the outside space at the Palace of Holyroodhouse will be redeveloped. It will also include two purpose-built learning centres and is aimed at improving the visitor…
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