Queen Elizabeth II

Queen filmed on camera calling Chinese officials "very rude"

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbdbFz0e6s&w=854&h=480] The Queen has been filmed on camera saying that Chinese officials were “very rude”. Her Majesty makes the reference in relation to last year’s Chinese state visit in which the Chinese President, Xi Jingping, visited the UK. The footage was taken at a garden party on Tuesday at Buckingham Palace, where the…
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Beacons lit for Queen's 90th birthday

From Stonehenge to the Shetland Islands, beacons have been lit far and wide in honour of The Queen’s 90th birthday. [getty src=”522899542″ width=”594″ height=”396″] Before Her Majesty lit the beacon, her eldest son, Prince Charles made a short speech in which he led three cheers for The Queen. He said: “I find it very hard to believe that…
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Stunning new photographs released to mark Queen's 90th birthday

Three brand new photographs of The Queen and Royal Family have been released today to mark the occasion of The Queen’s 90th birthday. The photographs were all taken by American photographer Annie Leibovitz, who has photographed Her Majesty before – most notably back in 2007 ahead of her visit to the United States (documented on the BBC show Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work). One of…
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