Queen Elizabeth II has conferred a very
special and extremely rare honour on 12 people to mark the occasion
of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. Receiving the title of
Regius Professor is a rare honour, designed to reflect an
exceptionally high standard of teaching and research at an
institution. Only two Regius Professorships have been created in
the last century. These Regius Professorships are…
Zara Phillips, daughter of HRH Princess
Anne and granddaughter to Her Majesty The Queen, and her husband
Mike Tindall have begun their move back into Princess Anne’s
residence, Gatcombe Park. The move was announced a few months
ago and Mike and Zara sold their Cheltenham…
The Prince Of Wales has decided to offer
out the Scottish home he saved for the nation, Dumfries House, in
2007 just before it went on sale at around £25 million. He is
offering 40 guests the chance to enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day
night in Dumfries House. Prince…
Royal sources have reported today that
the Prince Of Wales has been following the abdication story after
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced on Monday that she would
abdicate on 30th April (The Netherlands’ Queen’s Day) to make way
for her son, who’ll be King. The Prince has expressed on multiple
occasions how he feels he is running out of time and will have no
chance to make an…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news about
Her Majesty The Queen Of The Netherlands’s plan to abdicate from
the throne. In the Netherlands, this is more-or-less common
practise for the Sovereign to abdicate from the throne in old age.
In light of this announcement from…
Buckingham Palace has announced a short
series of events that will mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 60th
anniversary of her coronation, back on 2nd June 1953. It will be
nothing like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, in terms of
magnitude and number of engagements and plans do…
Recent letters that have been published,
written by the late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother have detailed
how she pleaded for Prince Charles not to be sent to Gordonstoun
School as Prince Philip had detailed and arranged. Prince Philip
himself had gone to Gordonstoun School in Scotland and decided that
his son should also go there. However, Prince Charles’s personality
did not fit with the…
Queen's Coronation Robes To Take Centre Stage At Summer Opening Of Buckingham Palace
24th January 2013
Every summer, Buckingham Palace opens its
doors to the general public, primarily whilst Her Majesty is at
Balmoral Castle, to get a taste of the opulence and splendour of
the Palace through a tour of the state rooms and gardens. In 2012,
the special exhibition, alongside the…
The Duchess Of Cornwall recently paid a
visit to St Mary’s School in South London. During a
conversation with one pupil she was reportedly asked: “Are you
going to be the Queen?” To which the Duchess reportedly replied,
“you never know”! From the time of the…
Prince Harry’s second tour of duty to the
frontlines of Afghanistan has ended on a much more successful note
than his first. After heading to Camp Bastion at the
beginning of September 2012, Harry left on January 21,2013 for a
few days of relaxation in Cyprus before heading back to England.
The 20 week deployment saw Captain Wales take a much more direct
role in combat than his previous tour.
