The Queen and Prince Philip have been
married for more than 70 long and loving years. With The Queen
having recently celebrated 65 years on the throne, many people want
to know about the man who has long been by her side and their love
story. In the 71 years they have been married they have
conquered triumph and tragedy by each other’s sides. The first time
Princess Elizabeth met Prince Philip…
Fancy a trip to the spa? If you were in
Morocco over the weekend, you could have courtesy of the King.
During a recent visit to Fez, a city within the northern regions of
the Kingdom and formerly its capital, His Majesty King Mohammed VI
of Morocco undertook a tour of the…
Queen Victoria and those closest to her
viewed her Uncle Cumberland with deep suspicion. Not just because
he openly coveted the British throne, but because the Duke’s
reputation was very black; his adult life was marked by a series of
scandals and misdemeanours. Born in…
It has been confirmed that His Imperial
Highness, Prince Akishino of Japan and his wife Princess Kiko will
be attending the funerary ceremonies of the late King of Thailand,
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, due to be held from the 26 October.
There they will represent Japan as Thailand and the extended global
community pay their last respects to Thailand’s longest reigning
monarch, and the…
One of the lesser known orders awarded by
Her Majesty The Queen to deserving subjects and foreign nationals
is the Order of the Companions of Honour. The Order of the
Companions of Honour is an order, awarded by The Queen as Sovereign
of the Order. It is given to deserving…
The Sunday Times has claimed that The
Queen was angered by Theresa May’s behavior following the
recent General Election in which the Conservative leader lost her
majority in the House of Commons and was forced into a deal with
the Democratic Unionist Party. Her…
Remembering Princess Charlotte of Wales, 200 years after her death
30th September 2017
The 6th November 2017 marks 200 years
since the death of Princess Charlotte of Wales. She was the queen
that Britain never had, and easily the most popular member of the
Royal Family during her lifetime. When she died in childbirth aged
just 21, she was deeply mourned by the British public, yet her
story is so often consigned to a footnote in history. Princess
Charlotte was the only child of the…
The affectionate thoughts of the Queen as
a mother have been revealed in a rare letter she wrote to her
midwife Helen Rowe. The letter, handwritten in Eastbourne, Sussex
and dated 5 August 1964, provides a late update on the well-being
of the Queen’s fourth and youngest…
The Queen has always surprised people
with exceptional insight and profound knowledge, and Mo Farah was
the latest to admit being in awe of such knowledge. The British
Olympic legend has revealed details of a conversation with the
monarch and Prince Harry during his…
In a royal decree yesterday, King Tupou
IV of Tonga has dissolved the national parliament and called for a
new snap election to be held a year early on 16 November. The
sudden decision will be one of the first major tests of the island
nation’s young democratic system. The Kingdom of Tonga held its
first major democratic elections in 2010, which for the first time
saw the majority of seats…
