He has been in office for seven years,
but Her Majesty’s representative in Canada will most likely be
remembered for a spontaneous reaction he made very late in his
tenure. Embed from Getty Images Canada’s Governor General David
Johnston has come out to defend himself after appearing to breach a
royal protocol by touching the Queen. As she departed the Canada
House in London on…
Archaeology is a lot of fun. You never
know what you might dig up, left over years ago by absentminded
ancestors. Coins, old rubbish, bits of pottery, scraps of letters,
an unexploded ordinance that could take out half the street if it’s
so much as looked at funny. The…
The Duchess of Cornwall’s popularity is
on the up, but when it comes to choosing a Queen, more people would
still want to see Princess Diana take the title. A new poll by the
Mirror newspaper has shown that 61% would have preferred the late
Princess of Wales to be Queen…
Prince Charles had a taste of how
state-of-the-art aircraft operate as he took the cockpit seat of a
Hawk T2 jet trainer, although he didn’t actually fly. The Prince of
Wales looked excited as he was shown the controls by a squadron
leader from IV(R) Squadron and Ascent Flight Training at the RAF
Valley in North Wales, where His Royal Highness met some of
the servicemen and women who work…
Prince William and Prince Harry looked
full of nostalgia as they flipped through a photo album that Diana,
Princess of Wales, collated more than 20 years ago. In a promo
released by ITV for the new documentary, Diana, Our Mother: Her
Life and Legacy, the two brothers chat as…
Those following Japanese politics would
be familiar with the impending abdication of the current ruling
Emperor, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito. At first only being
suggested through an indirect comment in a TV address earlier last
year, the gears of Japanese…
If you are one of those who spend a large
chunk of their day on the grid switching over from one social feed
to another without taking their eyes off their phone, then Prince
Harry has a warning for you. Speaking at a panel event entitled
“Encouraging Happy Young Minds” in Leeds, The fifth in line to the
throne suggested that young people need to take a moment to think
things over before…
Prince George and Princess Charlotte may
have had curious questions as they visited the grave of their late
grandmother, Diana, Princess of Wales, on what would have been her
56th birthday. The young royals joined their parents and uncle
Harry in a private service on…
It is Canada’s 150th birthday, and the
Queen of Canada is celebrating the special occasion with a new
Canada-themed portrait. Sitting on an ornate gold-coloured chair
and wearing a pale gold dress, Her Majesty sported a platinum
Canadian maple-leaf brooch on her left…
Royal Ascot’s very history is tied in
with royalty. The event was first opened by Queen Anne in 1711, and
is now attended every year by Queen Elizabeth II and other members
of the Royal Family. It’s one of the most important dates on the
calendar for any fan of horseracing, fashion and royalty.
Spectators enjoy the style and theatre of the show as much as the
racing, and the rich…
