As The Queen continues her traditional
summer break at Balmoral, we’re taking a look at another Scottish
castle with ties to the Royal Family. Glamis Castle was the
childhood home of the Queen Mother and the birthplace of Princess
Margaret, and it also served as inspiration for Shakespeare’s
Macbeth. Chief Reporter Kristin Contino visited the castle this
summer in her quest to uncover more…
This week, the Brazilian national press
announced that the Brazilian royal, Prince Luiz Philippe of
Orléans-Braganza will become the new Chairman of the House of
Foreign Relations Committee. The change of office will happen when
the current post holder, the son of President…
”There may be dark days ahead…but we can
only do the right as we see the right” The words of King George VI,
spoken on this day in 1939, still hold a resonance. They were part
of his historic broadcast made as Britain went to war with Nazi
Germany. His calm and…
It was an epic battle for power involving
parliament and it came to its conclusion on September 3rd. But this
fight for the future of a country took place not at Westminster but
at Worcester. Today, almost 370 years later, experts have announced
they have finally found physical evidence of the battle that
secured the rout of a royal dynasty and the supremacy of
parliamentary power. The scene…
The remains of Queen Mother Helen of
Romania, born Helen of Greece and Denmark, will be repatriated to
Romania in October. Helen was a first cousin of Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh. Helen will be laid to rest with her son King
Michael I of Romania – who died in 2017…
Kristin Contino, Chief Reporter: Both of
Kristin’s top looks this month come from Spain’s Queen Letizia. For
the Spanish royal family’s annual summer photocall, Queen Letizia
wore a gorgeous pink-and-white floral dress with a full skirt. The
dress is from the…
The unique drawings of the highly
accomplished amateur artist Ella Taylor (1827-1914) represent a
rich portfolio of royalty in an informal pose. Carefully preserved
in the Royal Collection, they are little known but of quite
remarkable value. Ella Taylor sketched herself as well as her
subjects. She also made drawings of occasions which otherwise are
contained within journal entries or menu cards…
Friday morning at 9 am, the Norwegian
Royal Court published parts of the guest list to the upcoming
confirmation of Princess Ingrid Alexandra on Saturday. The Royal
Court can confirm that the following royal guests are coming to
Oslo tomorrow: HM. King Felipe of…
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major to take Boris Johnson to court over Queen's Speech
30th August 2019
A former Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom is taking a current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to
court in an unprecedented move. Sir John Major, Conservative PM
from 1990 – 1997, has announced that he is taking Boris Johnson and
the government to court over…
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John
Bercow, has called the planned suspension of Parliament a
“constitutional outrage” in an extraordinary intervention. In an
angry statement, the Speaker said: “I have had no contact from the
Government, but if the reports that it is seeking to prorogue
Parliament are confirmed, this move represents a constitutional
outrage. “However it is…
