Royal News

King Charles remembers Queen Elizabeth II on her 100th birthday with powerful words and poignancy

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21st April 2026
Recalling Queen Elizabeth II’s youthful promise of a lifetime of duty and service, and that of making “the world of tomorrow a better and happier place” was the central focus of King Charles’s remembrances of his late mother on the eve of what would have been her 100th birthday. In a video message filmed at the library of Balmoral Castle, the late Queen’s beloved Scottish bolthole…
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British Royals

The Royal Mint to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday

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2nd January 2026
Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrated by the Royal Mint this year, with a new £5 coin released to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth. The Royal Mint announced the news on Friday, revealing that coins will also be struck to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The King’s Trust, the 100th anniversary of the Grand Prix in Britain, the 200th anniversary of the Zoological Society of London…
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Royal News

President of Germany lays flowers on tomb of Queen Elizabeth II at start of day two of State Visit

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4th December 2025
The President of Germany has paid a private visit to the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II as the second day of his State Visit got under way. Frank-Walter Steinmeier left flowers on the grave in the King George VI Chapel inside St. George’s Chapel during a time of reflection there with his wife, Elke Budenbender. The tomb is rarely photographed and is usually only seen up close by visitors…
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Royal Weddings

The secret details behind the Royal Wedding that shaped modern Britain

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20th November 2025
Thursday marks 78 years since the royal wedding that would shape the modern House of Windsor. On November 20th 1947, Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony that would lead to one of the most enduring royal unions in history. Long before the vows were exchanged, newspapers were filled with meticulous details of the…
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