The architect who designed
The Queen’s £1m royal jubilee barge has been found dead at his
home in South Devon. Ed Burnett was behind the plans for Gloriana,
the barge which was originally designed to carry The Queen and
other members of the royal family up the River Thames three years
ago, as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The royal barge
‘Gloriana’ rowing down the…
Royal Mail have released a special set of
commemorative stamps to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
The six stamps that have been issued feature text from Magna Carta
as well as text from other charters, bills and declarations that
have developed the rule of law…
The Succession to Peerages bill,
introduced in the last session of Parliament, will make a return in
this first of the new Parliament, with renewed hopes that the
long-contested changes to the rules governing succession to
hereditary titles in the UK are changed to allow…
Gun salutes across the United Kingdom
today marked the 62nd anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation, as Her
Majesty spent the day privately at Buckingham Palace. Salutes were
fired from Hyde Park by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery at
midday to mark the occasion. The gun salute amounted to
41-guns from Hyde Park, formed from the conventional 21 for a
salute and 20 more for Hyde…
On 2 June 1953, Queen Elizabeth II took
the oath to God and country and crowned at a coronation ceremony at
Westminster Abbey in London. Peers of the realm look on during the
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
took the Coronation Oath in front…
Take a step back in time and imagine
Georgian London. The year is 1762 and a building unlike no other
becomes the talk of the town. Many marvelled at its beauty; others
thought it would not last. Artist’s impressions of what the Pagoda
will look like once restoration is…
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their
wedding day in 1937 It was a love story that changed the course of
British history and rocked the monarchy. This is perhaps why a car,
said to have been used to sneak Wallis Simpson in and out of
Balmoral during her relationship with Edward VIII, is expected to
fetch a whopping six figure sum when it goes up for auction in just
a few weeks time. The…
Two law professors in Canada are
challenging the change to royal succession rules which now mean
that a girl can succeed ahead of a younger born brother. They are
arguing that the alterations this made to Canadian law are
‘unconstitutional’ and ‘colonialist’. The…
Anne Boleyn is probably best remembered
as the most controversial Queen in British history, which is
perhaps not entirely deserved. Even though much is said about her,
there are a lot things we don’t know, such as her birthday.
Unfortunately for women of that time…
The Queen has opened the first session of
the new Parliament today as she led proceedings for the annual
State Opening of Parliament. Travelling with the Duke of Edinburgh
in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach, Her Majesty was also joined at
Westminster by the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and
also the Princess Royal. Her Majesty arrived a short while
after 11 o’clock and was preceded…
