It has been revealed that a specialist
police team are currently monitoring more than 400 stalkers who
form a threat to the royal family. Established in 2007 because
‘information was coming in, but there was no system to assess it.
And the attacks were potentially preventable,’ the Fixated Threat
Assessment Centre (FTAC) is led by a psychiatrist and a
psychologist. They believe the best way to…
On Thursday 15 December, Princess Anne
was in Lincolnshire to officially mark the reopening of a restored
Boston Stump church devastated by floods in 2013 when the banks of
the River Haven burst. The flood on 5 December 2013 affected 700
properties and businesses on 50…
The Goring Hotel remains a longstanding favourite of The Queen and the Royal Family
11th December 2016
Marked by a mix of eccentricity, humour,
‘Britishness’, tradition and a love of the monarchy, the Goring
Hotel in Belgravia has remained a favourite of The Queen and the
Royal Family since its opening in 1910. The only hotel to hold a
Royal Warrant for hospitality…
In autumn of 2016, the Swedish court made
public the sad news that Princess Christina, the youngest of King
Carl XVI Gustaf’s three older sisters, is suffering from chronic
leukaemia. Now, for the first time since the announcement, Queen
Silvia of Sweden has spoken publicly about the effect of the
devastating news of her sister-in-law’s diagnosis. In a
conversation with Swedish Women’s…
Stained-glass window of Her Majesty to be designed by David Hockney for Westminster Abbey
23rd November 2016
Westminster Abbey announced on Tuesday,
22 November that influential contemporary painter David Hockney has
accepted an invitation to design a stained-glass window at the
Abbey to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Though the Abbey
will provide input, Mr Hockney will…
#OnThisDay in 1515 Mary of Guise, Mother
of Mary, Queen of Scots, was born. Mary of Guise was born the
eldest daughter of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, and his wife
Antoinette de Bourbon at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine on 22 November
1515. A member of the prominent Guise…
At 11:30am on 20 November 1947 Princess
Elizabeth wed Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
The Queen and Prince Philip first met in 1939 when she was the
thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth and he was eighteen-year-old
naval Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Their connection was strong
from the start and so it wasn’t long before whispers of a possible
royal match were…
During his forthcoming Caribbean tour
Prince Harry will spend six nights sleeping on the Royal Fleet
Auxiliary Wave Knight tanker. The vessel will be the Prince’s mode
of transport between the many island nations he’s visiting and will
make voyages of up to 20 hours at a…
On 30 October 2016 Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark was on hand in Odense to present the 2016 Hans
Christian Andersen Literature Award. This year’s winner, Japanese
writer Haruki Murakami, has had his books translated into more than
50 languages. The ceremony took place at…
At Tuesday night’s Buckingham Palace
reception to celebrate the sporting success Team GB Olympic and
Paralympic athletes, the Duchess of Cambridge revealed that, at not
quite a year and a half, Princess Charlotte is already displaying a
passion for horses. Triple gold-medallist equestrian Natasha Baker
had the opportunity to speak with the Duchess at the event, saying
‘I asked Kate how the…
