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 all” and recollects on her recent
visit to Manchester where she met the injured in hospital. The
90-year-old monarch also…
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…
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 his son, King George VI who himself wrote it
turn: “I have always been happy here, and I love the place.” Both…
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…
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 Lipman. The front cover of the magazine
features Ashley Judd, one of Harvey Weinstein’s first accusers,
Taylor Swift who took a…
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…
The Queen's first Christmas 1926: As Meghan looks ahead to her first royal Christmas, we look back at Princess Elizabeth's
5th December 2017
As Meghan Markle prepares to spend her
first Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham, her fiancé’s
grandmother may recall fondly her own early Christmases at the
much-loved Norfolk estate. One such occasion the Queen would be
unable to remember, however, is her…
The British Monarchy has acquired
residences across Great Britain through the centuries and moulded
them to their own preferences. We look at the top five royal
residences, how they were acquired, how they have changed over the
centuries and the use that Queen Elizabeth II and her family use
them now. Buckingham Palace Gadgetdube/Flickr You might be mistaken
in thinking that Buckingham Palace…
