The Duke of York mounted a horse for the
first time at this year’s Trooping the Colour parade. Prince Andrew
has been undergoing riding lessons ahead of the event where he rode
on horseback behind The Queen’s carriage alongside Prince Charles,
Prince William and Princess Anne. Prince Andrew, who appears to be
the only one of Her Majesty’s children who has not inherited a
passion for horses…
In The Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List
that has just announced, Tom Hardy has been awarded a CBE or
Commander of the British Empire for services to drama. He is one of
two famous actors being awarded for drama. The other being Emma
Thompson who is being awarded a Damehood…
The Queen’s Birthday Honours
has been announced and the list includes a few
recognisable names, Actress Emma Thompson being one of those.
The 59-year-old, born in Paddington, London has been a stationary
figure in films, not only in the United Kingdom but across
the…
Dame Emma Thompson, Sir Kenny Dalglish and Tom Hardy CBE - The Queen's Birthday Honours revealed
8th June 2018
Actress Emma Thompson, former
footballer Kenny Dalglish and actor Tom Hardy are among
the high-profile names who have been recognised in this year’s
Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Emma Thompson is being
bestowed a Damehood for services to drama, and former
footballer and manager Kenny Dalglish receives
a Knighthood for services to football, charity and the City of
Liverpool. Also…
Have you ever wanted to work for the
Queen at Buckingham Palace? Well, now might be your chance. The
Queen is hiring maids to join her existing team of housekeeping
assistants at the Palace in London. Those hired will be responsible
for cleaning the Palace, chauffeuring the…
A few weeks ago a memorial plaque which
was dedicated to the Welsh Princess Gwenllian went missing from its
usual location at the top of Snowdon. It has since been returned to
the Princess Gwenllian society by a local man named Rhys Jones, but
the plaque was found to be…
In addition to the handful of tombs of
England’s medieval kings and their queens consort clustered close
to or around the great shrine of Edward the Confessor at
Westminster Abbey, one royal vault is quite unlike the rest. Some
tombs are harder to find in the first instance. The first Stuart
King of England James I, for example, shares mortal eternity in the
resplendent Torrigiano tomb designed…
In addition to the private gifts
exchanged at royal weddings were also those public gifts given on
behalf of a nation. Either to accompany its native bride on her
marriage, or increasingly, to take the form of diplomatic presents,
such as the Sevres porcelain dinner service…
The Coronation of Elizabeth II on June
2nd 1953 is often spoken of as the moment that a new era began. It
was a moment of history and just the sixth time a queen regnant had
been crowned in England’s history. As Royal Central marks 65 years
since the Queen’s Coronation…
Today is the 65th anniversary of the
coronation of The Queen. On 2 June 1953, Queen Elizabeth who
succeded her father on 6 February 1952, held her coronation in
which she was sworn in as Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. As we
mark another milestone Her Majesty The Queen has reached, we take a
look back at the day in numbers. It…
