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, Mr Corbyn said: “There is a danger that
the royal prerogative is being set directly against the wishes of a
majority in…
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…
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 17-year-old, she was forced to have sex with
Prince Andrew. Speaking to reporters, Ms Giuffre said 59-year-old
Prince…
'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…
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 successful. The 81-year-old’s condition has
since ‘evolved favourably’ according to doctors, with the decision
being made to…
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…
The Dutch Royal Family has returned to
work, with the first official engagement taking place since the
death of Princess Christina earlier this month. Princess Beatrix
attended the opening of the 79th session of the Institut de Droit
International (IDI) in the Grand Courtroom of the Peace Palace.
Beatrix, formerly Queen of the Netherlands, was the elder sister to
Princess Christina who died…
