Thursday, 5 June 2014 On Tuesday, 5 June,
after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversarty of
the Eurotunnel, Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh will embark
on a State Visit to the French Republic. They will arrive at Paris
Gare du Nord. They will be received by President François Hollande
at the Arc de Triomphe and afterwards for meetings at The Elysée
Palace. Garden Party…
The remains of the last Plantagenet King,
Richard III, will be reburied in Leicester cathedral, it has been
revealed. Distant relatives of the King, who formed the Plantagenet
Alliance, have lost their battle in the High Court over where the
remains should be…
Robert Anthony Eden was born on 12th June
1897 at Windlestone Hall in County Durham into a Conservative
landed gentry family. His father was Sir William Eden and his
mother Sybil Frances Grey. Eden was educated at two independent
schools, Sandroyd School and Eton…
Renovation work supposedly began on
the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West
Norfolk Borough Council agreed on the plans for the
refurbishment. William, Catherine and Prince George currently
reside at their apartment in Kensington Palace, which also went
through a great deal of renovations recently in order for the
family to move in and have a city residence in the…
1953: The Queen in Timaru, a major port
in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand. Crowds gathered
on the banks of the River Thames to catch a glimpse of the Royal
Yacht Britannia bringing Her Majesty and the Royal family home.
Numerous sirens from ships and even…
Lords Commissioners, chosen by Her
Majesty to act on her behalf at the prorogation, suspended
parliament’s business by reading out The Queen’s proclamation in
the House of Lords at the close of business today in Parliament.
The date for prorogation was decided in the…
Beginning on August 5th and ending on
Remembrance Day (11th November), the dry moat will be turned into a
sea of red as each poppy will mark the British or Colonial soldier
killed during the conflict. There will be 888,246 poppies will be
laid in the moat to represent the lives lost. The poppies are
currently in production by 50 potters at the Derby studio of Paul
Cummins. Cummins was asked to…
Ratan Tata is the Chairman emeritus
of the Tata Group, an Indian multi-national company. In the past,
the UK has benefited from inward investment from the Tata Group,
which took over Jaguar Land Rover in 2008, and is currently the
largest manufacturing employer in the…
On 4 May 1953, The Duke of Edinburgh
received his wings. The Duke was awarded his pilot’s wings in a
private ceremony that was held at Buckingham Palace. Air Chief
Marshall Sir William Dickson, Chief of Air Staff, present The
Prince with the award. Flight-Lieutenant Caryl…
Her Majesty, who will be joined by
the Prince of Wales as Great Master of the order, will invest new
senior knights during the occasion as well as attending the
religious service during the occasion. The chapel of the order
is Henry VII Lady Chapel inside Westminster Abbey, where the
actual investiture of the knights will take place on Friday
morning. The origins of the Order of the Bath are…
