One of the best parts of the holidays is reflecting on the past year and looking forward to what is to come. The Royal Family has had an exciting 2017, with 2018 bringing about a new baby and a Royal wedding! Before we say goodbye to the past, let’s look at everything they have been up to these past 12 months.
11 January
The Duchess of Cambridge visits the Early Years Parenting Unit (EYPU)…
Arise Sir Nick Clegg - former Deputy Prime Minister to receive knighthood from The Queen
25th December 2017
Nick Clegg will receive a knighthood from The Queen in the New Years Honours list for his services to politics.
Mr Clegg, who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for five years, will be named in the list when it is released later this week according to…
In her annual Christmas Broadcast to citizens of the UK and the Commonwealth, The Queen has paid tribute to the cities of London and Manchester following recent terrorist attacks.
She said that victims, their families and the emergency services “are examples to us…
On Thursday night, a suspicious vehicle was spotted behind Buckingham Palace around 9 pm.
Found on a routine patrol, the vehicle caused Hyde Park Corner to be shut as a “controlled explosion” took place.
A spokesperson for MET told the Express: “Shortly before 9 pm, officers on routine patrol reported a suspicious vehicle parked near Hyde Park Corner.
“Officers remain in…
Queen Elizabeth has undertaken 94 official State Visits during her reign, plus two State Visits in her capacity as Queen of Canada (she visited the United States twice in the ‘50s).
A State Visit is when a foreign head of state is invited to visit a country by that…
“Dear old Sandringham, the place I love better than anywhere else in the world…” were the words which King George V used to describe the Norfolk retreat, beloved by four generations of the British Royal Family since 1862; it was a sentimentechoed by…
Prince Henry to marry on the same date King Henry VIII executed his wife Anne Boleyn
15th December 2017
Prince Henry of Wales, better known as Prince Harry, will marry Meghan Markle on the same date as his namesake, King Henry VIII, executed his wife, Anne Boleyn.
The date is, of course, a purely incidental occurrence, but nonetheless, an amusing one to followers of history.
Queen Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. She met her fate in the Tower of…
On Monday, a 24-year-old man was arrested when he tried to climb over the wall at Buckingham Palace.
The Metropolitan Police arrested the man three minutes after he made it over the low outer perimeter fence on suspicion of trespassing. The incident was not related to…
Only eight women have been named TIME Magazine's 'Person of the Year'; Queen Elizabeth and Wallis Simpson are two of them
7th December 2017
Yesterday, TIME Magazine named their ‘Person of the Year’. The 2017 honour went to the Silence Breakers.
The issue covers the storeys of 33 women and two men who came forward to accuse their sexual abusers. The two men are Terry Crews and Blaise Godbe…
Prince Albert is generally credited with introducing the Christmas tree to Britain, but in fact, it was the work of his wife’s grandmother, Queen Charlotte. Like Prince Albert, Charlotte was born and raised in Germany, where the tradition of bringing a tree inside at Christmas time, decorated with lights and sweets, is believed to date back to the 16th century. As a child, Charlotte’s family…
