State & Ceremonial

Arise Dame Twiggy, Gareth Southgate OBE & Harry Kane MBE - New Year Honours 2019 revealed

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28th December 2018
Twiggy, Gareth Southgate and Harry Kane are amongst the 1,148 people named in the 2019 New Year’s Honours List. The model, actress and singer, Twiggy, has been awarded a Damehood in the New Year’s Honours for services to Fashion, Arts & Charity. Dame Twiggy, also known as Lesley Lawson, was an icon of the 1960s and has enjoyed a career spanning for over 50 years. Speaking of her…
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Queen Elizabeth II

WATCH: The Queen's Speech 2018

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25th December 2018
The Queen’s Speech 2018 in full: For many, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge, is when Christmas begins. Listened to by millions of people around the world, it starts with a chorister singing the first verse of Once In Royal David’s City. The priest who introduced this service to King’s College Chapel exactly 100 years ago was Eric…
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Prince Philip

Prince Philip misses Sandringham Church Service

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25th December 2018
The Duke of Edinburgh has missed the traditional Christmas Day Church Service at Sandringham this morning. Buckingham Palace says there is no cause for any concern and that the Duke is not ill. Prince Philip retired from public life in 2017. He now only makes the occasional appearance. He will spend the rest of the day celebrating Christmas in private with his family. Royal expert Phil Dampier…
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The Yorks

Princess Eugenie & Jack Brooksbank were "too unwell" to attend The Queen's Christmas Lunch

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20th December 2018
Newlyweds Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank missed The Queen’s annual Christmas Lunch at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday because they were “too unwell”. According to MailOnline, the royal couple fell ill during the night and were unable to join the rest of the family for the festivities. The night before, Princess Eugenie attended a late-night charity film premiere of…
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