Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen and her advisors 'resentful' over how prorogation has been handled

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…
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Features

John Bercow: Suspending Parliament is a ‘constitutional outrage’

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…
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State & Ceremonial

Date of the next Queen’s Speech revealed as the Privy Council are due to meet at Balmoral

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…
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The Yorks

Prince Andrew urged to 'come clean'

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…
History

VIDEO: Newly unearthed footage shows how the BBC broke the news of Lord Mountbatten's assasination​

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…
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