The Queen could be forced to miss Royal Ascot for the first time in her 68-year-reign as the coronavirus pandemic spreads.
Her Majesty, who turns 94-years-old next month, has never missed the five-day meeting in the entirety of her reign.
However, due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the monarch may decide to stay away from the event as a precautionary measure.
Her Majesty has already…
The Queen has cancelled her future engagements in what Buckingham Palace describes as a “sensible precaution”.
A palace spokesperson said: “As a sensible precaution and for practical reasons in the current circumstances, changes are being made to The Queen’s diary…
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall’s Spring tour has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Their Royal Highnesses were due to visit Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus and Jordan, however, Clarence House now says the visit is postponed.
A…
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have tested negative for Covid-19. The Royal House confirmed the results in a short statement.
The couple were tested after Letizia met government minister, Irene Montero, who has since been diagnosed with coronavirus. Several other leading politicians are also in quarantine as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. Queen Letizia will continue to undergo…
Coronavirus is impacting lives across the world, and royal families are no different. As stringent protection measures are put in place globally to try and stop the spread of Covid-19, several of Europe’s ruling houses are facing challenges shared with thousands around…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have been placed into quarantine due to the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus in Norway. The news came only hours it was revealed that the royal family is cancelling all its events until Easter. The news is confirmed by NRK the Norwegian…
While the coronavirus continues to spread, we can rewind a little over a hundred years in time. In 1918 and 1919, another virus as ravaged countries across the globe. It caused widespread devastation but, despite its origins, it became known as Spanish flu because of a much maligned king.
The Spanish flu came not from Spain, but from France at the very end of the First World War. The…
The diary of the Danish Royal Family has been altered with all planned engagements between now and the start of April listed as ‘cancelled’. The agenda changed on Thursday, soon after the country’s government announced that all schools and universities…
The Danish Royal Court reports that the Crown Prince Family is returning to Denmark months ahead of time due to the coronavirus situation. The family are currently living in Switzerland and were due to stay until the summer.
The Danish Royal House has just released the…
The Royal Court on Thursday morning issued a statement announcing that the Norwegian Royal Family will cancel all public events until Easter. This is due to the ongoing corona-virus outbreak.
The statement is as follows: “Based on the authorities’ advice and measures, the Royal Family will cancel or postpone all official events. In the first place, this applies until Easter. Ministers…
