Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

The Queen set to approve government's Brexit bill first thing in the morning

The Queen is set to approve the government’s Brexit bill first thing tomorrow morning it has been revealed, giving the green light for Article 50 to be triggered. Embed from Getty Images Her Majesty will receive her ministerial red box with the bill ready to be granted royal assent at breakfast time. It is possible there could be a slight delay to this timetable if the House of Lords reject…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

EXCLUSIVE: 9 out of 10 people believe there should be a public holiday for Sapphire Jubilee

An exclusive Royal Central poll shows that more than nine out of ten people believe there should be a public holiday to commemorate The Queen’s Sapphire Jubilee at some point in 2017. More than 1,000 people were polled online and close to 93% said that they support the idea of having a bank holiday to celebrate Her Majesty’s life and service to the country and Commonwealth. Just 7% of people…
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Palaces & BuildingsThe Yorks

Former royal residence demolished

When Prince Andrew, Duke of York, married Sarah Ferguson in 1986, The Queen gifted them with a £15 million 12-bedroom mansion she had built for them. Their marriage only lasted ten years; now after two years of demolition, their love nest and former home has been torn down…
British RoyalsPalaces & Buildings

Squatters Pose Risk to Buckingham Palace Security

Across the street from Buckingham Palace, a rather unusual embassy has been established through less than official and legal means. Dubbed by its occupants as ‘the Rogue Embassy’, the seven-storey property on the very fashionable Grosvenor Gardens. has been taken over by a band of squatters as an act of political activism. Hanging numerous banners from the windows of their new “embassy”…
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FeaturesHistory

A Royal Execution: George, the Duke of Clarence

The War of the Roses was a period marked by the deep-set and bitter hatred that burned between the Houses of Lancaster and York. After the overthrow of Richard II by his cousin King Henry IV, the House of Plantagenet gave way to the House of Lancaster and the Kingdom of England began to stutter and fall. After the premature death of Henry V, who briefly brought England back to a zenith during his…
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