The Queen has cancelled a planned meeting
of the Privy Council on medical advice. Her Majesty had been due to
hold a meeting on the evening of September 7th 2022 but, just
before it was set to start, Buckingham Palace confirmed doctors had
advised rest. Royal officials said ”After a full day yesterday, Her
Majesty has this afternoon accepted doctors’ advice to rest. This
means that…
The Queen has sent a heartfelt message to
the people of Canada following the attacks in Saskatchewan which
have left eleven dead. In a personal message, Her Majesty said ”I
would like to extend my condolences to those who have lost loved
ones in the attacks that…
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal
wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth wife was
Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who had risen
from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty years. The
woman who became a…
The final countdown is on for the biggest
royal wedding in Europe this year and when the big day arrives, the
bride and groom will marry not once, but twice. Princess Maria
Laura of Belgium and William Isvy wed on September 10th 2022,
firstly in a civil ceremony then in a religious wedding, both in
the heart of Brussels. And while most of the attention will be on
the Catholic ceremony that…
A kilt and a cardigan for The Queen as she makes history by appointing a new Prime Minister at Balmoral
6th September 2022
It was such a misty day that the woman
about to take the top job in Britain found herself delayed by the
weather. As Liz Truss was driven through the autumnal weather
towards Balmoral, the fire was lit in the drawing room where The
Queen was waiting. Her Majesty was also…
The Queen has appointed a new UK Prime
Minister and, for the first time in her historic reign, the event
took place outside London. Liz Truss was asked to form a government
during an audience with Her Majesty at Balmoral. And the meeting
took place in a room at the heart of…
Balmoral's royal history - from holiday home to political setting
6th September 2022
Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, is
getting a global close up as The Queen appoints the fifteenth Prime
Minister of her reign at the Scottish residence. Liz Truss accepted
Her Majesty’s invitation to form a government in a short meeting at
Balmoral, on September 6th 2022, the first time that the
appointment of a Prime Minister has taken place at this royal home.
And it’s put…
A Balmoral visit means an early start for Boris Johnson who bids farewell to Downing Street at breakfast time
6th September 2022
The decision to hold the handover of
power from one Prime Minister to another at Balmoral for the first
time in The Queen’s reign meant an early start for the politicians
involved. Boris Johnson, who formally tenders his resignation to
Her Majesty at her Scottish…
The Queen will appoint the fifteenth
Prime Minister of her reign at Balmoral later today. Her Majesty
will receive Liz Truss, newly elected leader of the Conservative
Party, and ask her to form a government. Just moments before, The
Queen will receive the outgoing…
Was a common illness used as an excuse to cover up the murders of outspoken royal women?
5th September 2022
It was an illness that claimed millions
of lives before the advent of modern medicine and among its victims
are several queens and high ranking women in English royal history.
Puerperal fever, sometimes called childbed fever, was a bacterial
infection that led to death in the majority of cases and it was
only eradicated by the advancement of hygiene techniques and the
introduction of…
