The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were
joined by members of their family today in London at a service to
remember the late Lord Snowdon. Joining his grandparents at the
memorial service was the Duke of Cambridge who was among 600
mourners who had gathered at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster
Abbey on Friday morning. Embed from Getty Images Princess
Margaret’s former husband died peacefully…
Will Gibraltar turn into the next Falklands? All you need to know about the territorial dispute
2nd April 2017
Gibraltar – a large piece of rock over
1,000 miles away from Britain is currently in the midst of conflict
over what country has legal sovereignty: the UK or Spain? But
Gibraltar is not just a large piece of rock; it is British overseas
territory with 30,000 inhabitants…
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Buckingham Palace turned into movie set for Mary Poppins
1st April 2017
The Mall leading up to Buckingham Palace
was closed off on Saturday as Disney filmed scenes for the new Mary
Poppins film in Central London. People flooded to social media to
express their concern after they spotted camera crews, expensive
lighting and cranes outside of The…
The Prince of Wales was embraced by
Romanian children as he walked the streets of Bucharest on
Friday. [getty src=”661271954″ width=”594″ height=”436″] Prince
Charles, who is a frequent visitor to Romania, was being given a
guided tour of the city – viewing restoration work on the old
buildings. On a walkabout, 11-year-old Valentin Blacker ran up
to the heir to the throne and…
Duke of Cambridge lays wreath in memory of PC Keith Palmer, who was killed in terror attack
29th March 2017
The Duke of Cambridge laid a wreath in
the Police Memorial Garden at the National Memorial Arboretum on
Wednesday in memory of the police officer killed in the London
terror attack. PC Keith Palmer was stabbed by a terrorist last week
as he was guarding the Palace of…
The new British one pound coin will enter
circulation on Tuesday – the first new £1 coin to be released
in 30 years. The 12-sided coin is now legal tender in the United
Kingdom and is hoped to combat the problem of counterfeit coins. Up
to four million new pound coins…
Major security changes are being
implemented for the Changing of the Guard ceremony; to protect The
Queen’s Guards and members of the public from danger. Barriers are
being erected around Windsor Castle for when the ceremony takes
place. A police spokesperson has stressed that there is “no
intelligence to indicate a specific threat to Windsor”. Chief
Inspector Sarah Grahame, of Thames…
A police investigation is underway after
a coin which bears The Queen’s image was stolen from a museum in
Germany. Embed from Getty Images However, weighing 100kg and with a
value of £3.2m – this is no ordinary coin. The giant coin,
nicknamed ‘the big maple’, is…
A series of giant yellow bollards have
been erected outside of Buckingham Palace following the Westminster
terror attack in which four people lost their lives. Embed from
Getty Images The Metropolitan Police installed the bollards
overnight on the land which links…
BREAKING: The Queen appoints "hero" MP Tobias Ellwood to Privy Council following London terror attack
24th March 2017
The Queen has appointed Tobias
Ellwood MP to the Privy Council following his response to the
Westminster Terror attack, in which he tried to save the life of PC
Keith Palmer. Embed from Getty Images Mr Ellwood’s actions were
described as “heroic” as he rushed into danger in an attempt to
save the life of PC Keith Palmer, who lost his life in Wednesday’s
attack. The Conservative MP…
