The Speaker of the House of Commons, John
Bercow, has called the planned suspension of Parliament a
“constitutional outrage” in an extraordinary intervention. In an
angry statement, the Speaker said: “I have had no contact from the
Government, but if the reports that it is seeking to prorogue
Parliament are confirmed, this move represents a constitutional
outrage. “However it is…
The Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition,
Jeremy Corbyn, has written to The Queen expressing his concern over
the planned prorogation of Parliament. Mr Corbyn, who is leader of
the Labour Party, has also requested a meeting with the monarch. In
his letter to The Queen…
Lord Adonis says Boris Johnson has committed an ‘extreme dereliction of duty’ as he puts The Queen into an ‘unconstitutional position’
28th August 2019
A member of the House of Lords has
accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of commuting an ‘extreme
dereliction of duty’ over the situation he has placed The Queen.
Taking to Twitter Lord Adonis said: “For the prime minister to put
the Queen in this unconstitutional…
Date of the next Queen’s Speech revealed as the Privy Council are due to meet at Balmoral
28th August 2019
Boris Johnson’s first Queen’s Speech will
take place in mid-October it can be revealed. The date will be
formally confirmed during a meeting of the Privy Council at
Balmoral Castle later today. The move to hold a Queen’s Speech in
October, thus suspending Parliament, is thought to part of a
complicated manoeuvre by the government to exit the European Union.
The decision to suspend…
In yet another significant twist in the
Jeffrey Epstein case, one accuser has urged the Duke of York to
‘come clean’. Virginia Giuffre made the comments after a court
hearing on Tuesday after previously accusing Epstein of sex abuse
and alleged that as a…
'When the King is the cameraman' - The King & Queen of Malaysia charm Twitter users in a royal first
27th August 2019
The King and Queen of Malaysia have
charmed Twitter users as they participated in a royal social media
first. Tweeting from Her MajestyThe Queen’s personal account, the
royal couple have been filming their daily activities and uploading
the videos to…
VIDEO: Newly unearthed footage shows how the BBC broke the news of Lord Mountbatten's assasination
27th August 2019
Newly unearthed archive footage shows how
the BBC interrupted normal broadcasting to break the news of Lord
Mountbatten’s death 40 years ago. As it was a Bank Holiday Monday,
the BBC was airing a special comedy double-bill featuring Bob Hope
at the time the announcement was made. The decision was made to
interrupt the programming to announce Lord Mountbatten’s death at
around…
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been
transferred out of the intensive care unit after his condition
improved following major cardiac surgery over the weekend. The
former King of Spain had a triple heart bypass – an operation which
has been described as…
Spain’s leading newspaper,El País,
published the obituary of King Juan Carlos online albeit incredibly
prematurely. In actual fact, the former King of Spain is alive and
well and is recovering in hospital from major cardiac surgery. El
País announced the…
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been
visited in the Intensive Care Unit by his youngest daughter,
Infanta Cristina. Cristina arrived at the Quirónsalud University
Hospital in Pozuelo de Alarcón on Monday afternoon to visit her
father, alongside her children, Juan Valentín, Irene and Miguel.
Infanta Christina stayed at the hospital for around half an hour,
and left without making any comment…
