The Crown returned for a second season on Netflix earlier last month, and dramatised The Queen’s reign from 1955 to roughly 1964, shortly after the birth of Prince Edward.
Today we’re going to separate the fact from fiction in The Crown’s second season.
Please do not read any further if you have not caught up and do not wish to be spoiled.
Did Prince Philip cheat on The Queen?
If he did…
The Queen’s Christmas Message, broadcast on television, radio, and the internet on Christmas Day, is a staple of the royal calendar. It is a tradition started by her grandfather, King George V and continued by her father, King George VI via radio broadcast. It wasn’t…
Queen Elizabeth has undertaken 94 official State Visits during her reign, plus two State Visits in her capacity as Queen of Canada (she visited the United States twice in the ‘50s).
A State Visit is when a foreign head of state is invited to visit a country by that…
Ivanka Trump congratulates Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and Twitter is not happy
20th December 2017
Ivanka Trump probably wasn’t anticipating the backlash she received after congratulating Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement, but Twitter was not having it.
Trump, who congratulated the couple nearly three weeks after their 27 November engagement – instead waiting for the wedding date to be announced on 15 December – found herself criticised.
Over two tweets, Trump wrote…
Prince Harry takes over from Prince Philip as Captain General of the Royal Marines
20th December 2017
Prince Harry has taken over as Captain General of the Royal Marines as his grandfather Prince Philip relinquishes his post.
In his last official duty before retirement, Prince Philip took the salute from a group of fundraising Royal Marines outside Buckingham Palace in…
Prince Harry will interview former US President Barack Obama when he guest edits Today for BBC Radio 4 on 27 December, and a sneak preview of their warm up was released yesterday.
“Do I have to put on a British accent?” Obama asks him.
Prince Harry replies in the…
So what do Meghan Markle and fidget spinners have in common? If you guessed that they are both two of the most searched terms on Google UK in 2017, you are correct.
In fact, Meghan Markle, who will wed Prince Harry on 19 May 2018 at Windsor Castle, was the top search in the United Kingdom, and the fifth globally. The next person on the top ten searches list for the UK was Tara Palmer-Tomkinson…
Meghan Markle is set to join the Royal Family for their traditional pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace, according to reports. This will be her first official visit to the Queen’s official residence.
A source told the Express that “If Meghan is in the country…
Kensington Palace was, in its original form, a Jacobean mansion built in 1605, and bought by William and Mary in 1689. They directed Sir Christopher Wren to renovate and expand the building, and Wren added a three-storey pavilion at each corner to create more space for the…
Add security training to the laundry list of things Meghan Markle will do in the run-up to her wedding day.
Meghan Markle is reportedly set to train with the SAS – Special Air Service – a special forces unit of the British Army that deals in “covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, direct action, and hostage rescue,” per its Wikipedia page.
“If you can imagine her being put into a…
