Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness
The Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family have
formally welcomed Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, President of
the Republic of Korea to the United Kingdom on a state visit, at
Horse Guards Parade this morning. The ceremonial welcome began when
The Duke of York accompanied Her Excellency to Horse Guards Parade
where she inspected a Guard of…
Equality in the peerage took a big step
forward last Friday when a bill which seeks to remove the gender
bias of titles in the United Kingdom and also to afford husbands of
peers and civil partners of peers courtesy titles got its second
reading in the House of Lords. The…
Buckingham Palace appeared to have
suffered minor damage during the UK storm, named “St Jude”, that
caused nationwide chaos and brought parts ofthe United Kingdom’s
travel networkto a standstill. The storm, which battered Britain on
Sunday…
As superstition would have it, “if the
Tower of London ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall
and Britain with it.” So as news came that two of the ravens at the
Tower of London were killed, some people were worrying that Britain
could collapse and sink into the ground. Jubilee and Gripp were
both released just last year as part of the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee…
Ghosts of wives and lovers, hauntings
from scorned staff, frightful sounds, creaks and coughs. No, this
is not a new film at the cinema or a book: These are the haunted
Royal Residences. Buckingham Palace It is said that on the rear
terrace of Buckingham Palace, a monk…
Prince George of Cambridge will follow in
a long line of royal babies when he is christened on Wednesday. As
a deliberate nod to this tradition, he will be baptised wearing a
replica of the christening robe made for Queen Victoria’s eldest
daughter, which was then worn by…
The office of Lord Lyon King of Arms in
Scotland is to fall vacant in December when the present office
holder, Mr David Sellar steps down after 5 years of service.
The Lord Lyon King of Arms is Scotland’s ‘chief of heraldry’ and
also in charge of state ceremonial events in Scotland.
Applications, which are being accepted publicly for the office,
close on 31st October. Under the…
Prince William to hold first investiture on behalf of The Queen
14th October 2013
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge
is to hold his first investiture on Thursday at Buckingham Palace
on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, it has been reported. The Duke,
who recently quit the RAF to pursue causes of his own, was
confirmed in September to be taking on…
Old portrait of an aging Queen Elizabeth
I gets a second look. A rare portrait from 1593 of Queen Elizabeth
I is on display at The Museum of the Albemarle in North Carolina.
This overlooked gem hung without notice for over 50 years in the
Elizabethan Gardens Gatehouse on…
Kensington Palace set to host Dr. Zhivago-style winter wonderland charity extravaganza
11th October 2013
After months of renovations on Kensington
Palace’s Apartment 1A, its new residents are set to transform the
centuries old Palace into an enchanted winter wonderland for a
spectacular dinner-and-a-show charity gala. photo credit: Dan
Mumford via photopin cc “This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event
that cannot be missed. Kensington Palace will be decorated as never
before, in the style…
