Much has been made of the Queen’s and
Prince Charles’ apparent veto power over proposed legislation in
the House of Commons (see, for example, The Independent and the BBC
News). These ‘veto’ powers have been around for centuries and
are part of parliamentary procedure. All the same, there
seems to be a misconception that the Queen and her heir personally
decide which…
This is the first in what we hope will be
a series of fascinating and candid interviews with some very
interesting (and in some cases, lesser known) people who are
involved in working with the Royal Family. Andrew Stewart
Jamieson is Her Majesty The Queen’s Official…
As Prince Harry re-introduces the world
to his girlfriend, Cressida Bonas, we take a look at just who
Cressida is, (how to pronounce her name), whether she’s likely to
be a long-term girlfriend for Harry (or more) and more. Cressida
Bonas (name pronounced as…
It has come to our attention recently
that there is some confusion about Prince William and the Duchess
Of Cambridge’s placement in terms of entitlement to titles, in
order to try and redress this, here’s our short, yet we hope
informative guide, to what Prince William is in line for when his
father succeeds to the throne. Apologies for the recent succession
of titles and future based…
I know it is naïve, but I am a
hopeless romantic. I don’t fall in love with everything that moves,
but I believe in real, deep, everlasting love. Perhaps because of
my parents’ great love story, when my 13-year-old mum met my
16-year-old daddy and to this day…
‘The Crown’ is said to be a term
synonymous with the monarch, a term used in legal situations and by
monarchists. But what does it actually mean, and why has something
inanimate and useful as a form of royal headdress been taken to
mean the sovereign of the…
On this day, 173 years ago, Queen
Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in a ceremony
performed at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace, a moment’s walk
from Buckingham Palace, the home of the Monarch since the beginning
of Queen Victoria’s reign. Queen Victoria was quite unusual by
social convention, she was Queen, yet not yet married. Prince
Albert was always set…
It is a little known fact that most of
the European, and even a lot of other international Monarchs are
related to The Queen of the United Kingdom. This goes back to the
days when Queen Victoria’s children married out of the family and
into overseas Royalty, thus…
As Sovereign, Her Majesty The Queen is
considered font of all honour in the United Kingdom. She has
ultimate authority over issuing honours and titles to citizens.
Several of the most notable orders of chivalry are now issued on
the advise of the government and with the…
In any Royal commentator’s books, the
announcement in 1999 that Prince Edward would be made an Earl and
not a Duke on his wedding day gave quite a shock. By tradition,
male children of the sovereign receive a Dukedom on their wedding
day, therefore making their new wife, the Duchess Of X rather than
the slightly more confusing ‘HRH Princess Michael of Kent’ as
happened for Prince…
