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 spas in the neighbouring town of
Moulay Yaacoub. The visit itself was largely for business, as the
King was personally…
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…
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 individuals, who become
Companions of Honour (who can then use the post-nominal letters CH)
who have made significant…
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…
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 child, Edward Antony Richard
Louis, later to be known as Prince Edward. Sent five months after
Her Majesty had given birth, the…
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…
A long battle to keep one of Queen
Victoria’s most magnificent jewels in the UK seems to have been
won. The Queen’s sapphire and diamond coronet is now heading to the
Victoria & Albert Museum in London after it was bought and donated
by an Irish-American hedge fund owner, identified by the Sunday
Times as William Bollinger. The iconic jewel, designed by the
Queen’s dear husband Prince…
