The Queen is continuing to carry out her
duties indoors at Sandringham, despite suffering from illness.
Embed from Getty Images According to a source, the Queen is “up and
about” and is receiving her daily red boxes with ministerial
correspondence enclosed. Contained within the red boxes
are policy papers, cabinet documents, telegrams and other
important documents that have been sent to…
The annual ballot for tickets to
attend The Queen’s Birthday Parade has officially opened.
Trooping the Colour will this year take place on Saturday 17th
June 2017. If you would like to attend this year’s event, you will
need to write to the Brigade Major before the…
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…
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 Sandringham. This year, a service
will fall on New Years Day. Although is is standard for Her Majesty
to attend Church services…
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…
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 a “hypocrite” to accept the honour for her work
on consumer safety. The New year Honours list, which is due to be
released late on…
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 are…
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…
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 performed by the 15 members of the Royal
Family classed as working royals within the Court Circular. The
total number of engagements…
