Queen Elizabeth II

Plans for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee are being kept a closely guarded secret - but there probably won't be another pageant on the River Thames

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12th November 2020
Plans for The Queen’s milestone Platinum Jubilee in 2022 are being kept a closely guarded secret, however, fans of river pageants may be disappointed as it seems unlikely there will be a repeat of the scenes we saw on the River Thames in 2012. Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, Oliver Dowden, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Culture, appeared to rule out another…
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King Charles III

BREAKING: Charles and Camilla to become the first members of The Royal Family to attend Remembrance commemorations in Germany

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10th November 2020
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Germany on Sunday 15th November to commemorate the country’s National Day of Mourning. Their Royal Highnesses will will attend the Central Remembrance Ceremony in Berlin to commemorate the occasion 75 years on from the end of the Second World War. This visit will mark an important moment in the Anglo-German relationship as…
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British Royals

Locked-down and socially distanced - The Royal Family attend a Remembrance Sunday service like no other

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8th November 2020
The Queen and Members of The Royal Family attended a Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph like no other this weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result of the ongoing public health emergency, for the first time ever, the Cenotaph was not open for the public to pay their respects. In normal years, tens of thousands of veterans would march past the Cenotaph with thousands more…
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King Charles III

Prince Charles leads the nation in remembrance at an eerily quiet Cenotaph

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8th November 2020
The Prince of Wales led the nation in remembrance on Sunday as the country remembers those who died in war and conflict. Prince Charles placed a wreath at the base of the Cenotaph as his mother, The Queen, watched on from the balcony of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Due to the ongoing public health emergency, commemorations have been heavily scaled back this year with just 26…
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