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 –…
