Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen's great sadness after three people die in a train crash close to Balmoral Castle

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12th August 2020
The Queen has expressed her sadness and condolences after three people died after a train derailed just a short distance from where she is in residence at Balmoral Castle. A major incident was declared on Wednesday the incident which occurred near Stonehaven, just an hour’s drive from Balmoral. Three people, including the driver, had died with six people being taken to hospital. In…
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Features

"Be Quiet!" - actress Miriam Margolyes reveals the time she was told off by The Queen for being too loud

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11th August 2020
The Queen once gave actress Miriam Margolyes a telling off after she interrupted one of her conversations. Recalling the story to ITV’s This Morning earlier this year, Miriam said that Her Majesty told the Harry Potter star to “be quiet” for being too loud during their meeting at Buckingham Palace. Speaking to Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, Miriam said: “I was…
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The Yorks

New witness casts doubt on Prince Andrew's Pizza Express alibi

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4th August 2020
A lawyer for the victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has said that a woman has come forward claiming she saw the Duke of York alongside Virginia Giuffre Roberts at a London nightclub. Prince Andrew has previously said that he was not in the Mayfair club Tramp with Ms Giuffre Roberts on March 10 2001, and was actually at a Pizza Express restaurant in Woking with his daughter, Princess…
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State & Ceremonial

Arise Sir Philip May - Theresa May's husband to be knighted

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31st July 2020
Philip May, husband to former Prime Minister Theresa May, is to be knighted for his political service. Upon a recommendation from Boris Johnson, The Queen has signified her intention of conferring a knighthood to Mr May who lived in 10 Downing Street from 2016 to 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also recommended that a number of individuals are awarded peerages, meaning they will sit…
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