As preparations get underway for the
celebration of The Queen’s 90th birthday next year, it has been
announced that ITV will be the host broadcaster for the historical
event, providing live coverage of the spectacular show to be held
at Windsor Castle. The event’s producer and director Simon
Books-Ward said that he was “looking forward” to working with ITV.
“This will…
An American tourist caused quite a scare
by flying a drone close to Windsor Castle, where The Queen was in
residence. The unmanned aircraft was spotted flying within 50
metres of the castle, and was being controlled by a remote. The
drone was reportedly being used to film a…
In addition to bringing great joy to her
family and the rest of the nation, Princess Charlotte’s birth on
Saturday gave an impressive boost to London tourism, exceeding the
impact made by big brother George’s birth in 2013. When Prince
George was born, London had…
Prince Charles and Princess Anne appointed Commodores-in-Chief of Royal Canadian Navy
5th May 2015
The Canadian Minister of National
Defence, The Honourable Jason Kenney, has announced that The Prince
of Wales and The Princess Royal have both been appointed as
Commodores-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Navy by their mother, Her
Majesty The Queen. Commodore-in-Chief is one of the honorary
appointments intended to maintain a direct link between the Royal
Family and the Canadian Armed Forces, and…
She was born on Saturday morning to much
excitement and fanfare and made her first public appearance
just ten hours later. Now the new Princess is set to meet her
great-grandmother The Queen for the very first time. After leaving
hospital the little Princess spent the…
The Prince of Wales paid a touching
tribute to Hayley Okines, a teenage girl who passed away in
April. 17 year-old Hayley, who was sometimes known as the
“100 year-old teenager”, suffered from progeria. Progeria is a rare
ageing condition which causes…
The birth of the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge’s second child is one of the most awaited events of the
year. And although William and Kate are members of the British
Royal Family, they aren’t exempt from paying their bills – and a
discount from the hospital is certainly welcome! The Duchess has
been offered a ten percent loyalty discount by St Mary’s Hospital
in Paddington…
What really happened to the Princes in the Tower? The Richard III Society seeks answers
13th April 2015
There have been many great mysteries in
history. Perhaps though none greater than that of the Princes in
the Tower – the two young sons of King Edward IV, who disappeared
into the Tower of London and never seen again. According to
Shakespeare, the boys were killed by…
Repair work will soon get underway aboard
a Victorian battleship, the HMS Warrior, which was once a part of
the high-tech marine fleet of Queen Victoria. Anchored at the
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the vessel has deteriorated over the
past century and requires urgent…
The Richard effect: Seven-fold increase in visitors to Bosworth during Richard III's reinterment week
3rd April 2015
Move over Kate! A new phenomenon – the
Richard effect – has begun to take the world by storm, following
the reinterment of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral last
week. More than 2,500 people attended the service held in honour of
the Plantagenet King, and an additional 7,000 visited Bosworth to
see Fenn Lane Farm – the site of the battle in which Richard was
killed –…
