Close confidant and cousin to Her
Majesty, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes has passed away at the age
of 91 after a short illness. The lifelong friend of The Queen died
on Friday night at her Windsor home. Margaret Rhodes was The
Queen’s first cousin and longtime friend. Born just a few months
apart from Her Majesty, Mrs Rhodes probably knew the monarch better
than anybody else. The Queen and Mrs…
Zara Tindall’s racehorse, Monbeg Dude,
has been retired from racing at the age of ten. 2013 Welsh National
winner and last year’s Grand National third, has been retired by
trainer Michael Scudamore The horse, which was trained by Michael
Scudamore, won many prestigious…
More than 100,000 people sign petition demanding the Royal Family pay for Buckingham Palace repairs
20th November 2016
Over 100,000 people have now signed an
online petition demanding that the Royal Family pay for the
Buckingham Palace restoration work, not the British taxpayer.
The petition was created a couple of days ago after it was
announced that Buckingham Palace was to undergo a…
Two members of the Imperial family of
Japan were involved in a minor car accident on Sunday after the van
they were travelling in crashed into another car. Princess Kiko and
her ten-year-old son, Prince Hisahito, were in the van at the time
of the accident. Fortunately, nobody sustained any injuries. Prince
Hishito is third-in-line to the Chrysanthemum Throne and
Princess Kiko is married to the…
Messages to The Queen and Prince Philip on their wedding anniversary from our readers
20th November 2016
Sunday 20th November marks The Queen and
Duke of Edinburgh’s 69th wedding anniversary. Here are a few well
wishes from our readers. “Not just an exemplary Royal Couple for
the United Kingdom, here is a couple to be admired and celebrated
across the world!!! Her Majesty…
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are today
celebrating 69 years of marriage, making it just one year to go
until their historic Platinum wedding anniversary. For the first
time in many years, the 90-year-old monarch and her 95-year-old
husband are having a rare day off from…
The Queen is set to invite US
President-Elect, Donald Trump, on an official State Visit to the UK
in mid-2017 according to reports. According to The Daily Telegraph,
senior government officials are already writing up plans for the
State Visit which promises to be a historic occasion. Mr Trump will
not receive an invitation to visit the UK in an official capacity
until he is sworn in as President…
Buckingham Palace to undergo a 10-year £369 million refurbishment
18th November 2016
It has just been announced by the
Treasury that Buckingham Place will undergo a 10-year refurbishment
costing the UK taxpayer £369m. The work, which will begin next
April, will be the largest refurbishment Buckingham Palace has been
subject to in recent time. The Queen will…
Princess Anne programmes a robot to play 'rock, paper, scissors'
17th November 2016
Princess Anne was part of a winning team
who programmed a robot this week at the WISE Awards dinner. The
Princess Royal is Royal Patron of WISE, a campaign which encourages
women and girls to get involved in science, technology, engineering
and maths. Princess Anne learning…
Thailand’s Royal Household has announced
that Queen Sirikit has been admitted to hospital to be treated for
an inflammation in the lungs. Her Majesty was admitted to hospital
on Wednesday after she was discovered to have a high fever. The
statement from the palace reads that doctors are treating The
Queen’s condition with antibiotics and that she has remained
conscious throughout her time in…
