The Queen is unable to attend Divine
Service at Sandringham on New Year’s Day due to illness, Buckingham
Palace has confirmed. The Queen was scheduled to make her first
public appearance for over two weeks this morning for a traditional
church service on her Norfolk estate. The 90-year-old monarch
traditionally attends the Sunday morning Church services at
Sandringham. This is the second…
Uncertainty as to whether The Queen will be well enough to attend Church tomorrow morning
31st December 2016
Uncertainty surrounds whether The Queen
will be well enough to make her first public appearance for two
weeks tomorrow morning, as she is due to attend Divine Service at
Sandringham. The 90-year-old monarch traditionally attends the
Sunday morning Church services at…
Arise Sir Andy Murray, Sir Mo Farah & Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill! New Year Honours in full
30th December 2016
Team GB Olympians Andy Murray, Mo Farah
and Jessica Ennis-Hill are among those being honoured in the 2017
New Year Honours list, which also recognises the achievements of
other well-known faces, including Ken Dodd and Patricia Routledge.
Andy Murray and Mo Farah will each be…
1. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s 70th
wedding anniversary Of all the events to happen in 2017, this is
probably the most anticipated. On November 20th 2017, The
91-year-old Queen and 96-year-old Duke of Edinburgh will celebrate
a milestone 70 years of marriage. There will likely be big
celebrations in the Royal Family, with thousands of well-wishers
sending the couple cards and presents…
BBC presenter Lynn Faulds Wood turns down MBE saying honours need to be dragged "into 21st Century"
30th December 2016
Lynn Faulds Wood, the former presenter of
consumer affairs programme BBC Watchdog, has turned down an MBE in
the Queen’s New Year Honours, saying the system has to be dragged
“into the 21st Century”. The Scottish television presenter said
that she would be…
The Queen has fallen victim to an
internet death hoax – the second time this year. A fake Twitter
account, set up in the style of BBC News, posted the
message: “BREAKING: Buckingham Palace announces the death of
Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 90. Circumstances…
Many friends and relatives of the Royal
Family have died this year, as well as royals from across Europe
and the world. Here we remember some of those who passed away in
2016. The Duke of Westminster In August, Major-General Gerald
Cavendish Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster, died at the age of 64
after suffering a heart attack. Embed from Getty Images The
billionaire landowner died…
The annual survey of the Royal Family’s
public engagements has been released in the customary letter to the
Times from the paper’s ‘unofficial royal archivist’, Tim
O’Donovan, now on his 38th year of conducting the survey. A total
of 3,725 engagements were…
Prince Harry travelled approximately
61,800 miles in 2016 whilst undertaking official overseas
engagements, according to analysis conducted by the Press
Association. The Prince, who undertook a two-week tour of the
Caribbean this year, finished the year travelling 400 more…
The royal year in review - Royal Central's most read articles in 2016
27th December 2016
2016 has been a busy year for the Royal
Family, with lots of unexpected events and long anticipated
milestones occurring. From Her Majesty’s 90th birthday, to the
everyday engagements of the Royal Family, it has been a year full
of excitement and celebration. As of December 27, Royal
Central has published 1737 articles in 2016. Here are ten of our
most read articles: 10. Queen cancels…
