The Duke of York has returned to royal
duties after his summer break, the majority of which he spent in
Spain and Balmoral. Prince Andrew was in Devon on Friday as he
attended the Dartmouth Royal Regatta, of which he is Patron. This
was the first public engagement he has undertaken since the death
of his former friend Jeffrey Epstein earlier this month. Since the
disgraced financier’s…
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major to take Boris Johnson to court over Queen's Speech
30th August 2019
A former Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom is taking a current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to
court in an unprecedented move. Sir John Major, Conservative PM
from 1990 – 1997, has announced that he is taking Boris Johnson and
the government to court over…
A newly unearthed photograph looks
destined to cause a further headache for the Duke of York and Royal
Family as it is splashed across the front page of a major British
newspaper. The Daily Mirror has published the image which depicts
Prince Andrew alongside Jeffrey…
The Queen and her advisors are
‘resentful’ over how the government has handled the prorogation of
Parliament according to the BBC. Speaking on the BBC News at
Five, Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell said that Her Majesty
would have felt “boxed in”, feeling as though she would have had no
choice but to act upon the advice of her ministers. Mr Witchell
said: “The Queen has…
The leaders of political parties in
Westminster have written to The Queen demanding a meeting over the
decision to prorogue Parliament. In a letter to the monarch, Labour
leader Jeremy Corbyn said: “There is a danger that the royal
prerogative is being set directly…
The Queen has approved a controversial
order to prorogue Parliament. The court of Bamoral Castle has
announced that Parliament cannot be suspended any earlier than
September 9 and no later than September 12, until October 14. The
order reads: “It is this day…
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…
