The Duchess of Cornwall is helping launch
The Commonwealth Poetry podcast, where in each episode, a different
Commonwealth country will be highlighted. Each episode is set to
help listeners explore and celebrate the poetry, heritage, and
people of the Commonwealth. The podcast is a chance for people from
Commonwealth countries to talk about poetry. This could be a person
who just simply cares…
The Duchess of Cornwall will make a royal
debut as she is installed as a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order
of the Garter. Her appointment was announced at the end of 2021.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was established in 1348 by
Edward III. Appointments to it are…
Fresh from her Platinum Jubilee
celebrations, Her Majesty The Queen has made two new appointments
to the Order of the Thistle, the highest honour in Scotland. One of
the appointments is The Right Honorable Dame Elish Angiolini QC.
Born in 1960, Elish is a Scottish lawyer…
The outside of Buckingham Palace is
getting ready for a concert to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. But
if you walk past, you’ll notice a new addition to palace grounds,
the “Tree of Trees.” The 21-meter-tall tree was put in place days
before it will be illuminated as the principal Platinum Jubilee
beacon. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, Heatherwick paid special
attention to…
In November 1992, Her Majesty The Queen
would once again make history (as she has done many times
throughout her reign) as she became the first British monarch to
pay income tax for the first time since the 1930s. Earlier in 1992,
Prime Minister John Major informed the…
When you hear the term “Granny’s Chips,”
you might be thinking of your grandma and her homemade chip recipe.
When it comes to the Royal Family, Granny’s Chips is the furthest
thing from a plate of fried potatoes; it’s one of the most…
A new and historic rose has been planted
in the Buckingham Palace Gardens in honour of one of Britain’s
first black gardeners. The rose, bred as a mark of community and
friendship, is named the John Ystumllyn rose after a celebrated
horticulturalist who lived in the eighteenth century. In a
statement, The Queen said she hopes garden visitors will have a
chance to reflect on what the…
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee emblem is
taking centre stage in a new, limited exhibition at the Victoria
and Albert Museum in South Kensington. The display will celebrate
the creativity of the young aspiring designers and the number of
submissions for emblems to mark…
We are just weeks away from the Platinum
Jubilee and while shops are selling mugs, shirts, and bunting,
those commemorative items do not equate to the size of the souvenir
that the Princess Royal recently unveiled. The Princess visited Ely
Cathedral in Cambridgeshire to…
Before there was reality TV, back in the
1960s, it was documentaries that provided the chance to show
another side of life. The Royal Family starred in one of the best
known fly no the wall documentaries of the era, which came to
screens in 1969. Called Royal Family and watched by millions, the
film takes viewers on a journey through the year of The Queen.
Viewers can see what some might…
