Having just recently moved into their
newly renovated quarters at Kensington Palace, the future King and
Queen of England, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are bringing
back the splendor of the glory days as they prepare to open court
in a series of grandiose gala dinners to benefit their
philanthropic pursuits. photo credit: usembassylondon via photopin
cc The Palace’s Georgian state…
On the evening of 18 March 978 Edward,
the teenaged king of England, set out on horseback for Corfe in
Dorset, intending to visit his half-brother, Ethelred, and
stepmother, Elfrida. He never made it inside the building. The
murder of Edward, who would later come to be known…
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani
schoolgirl who survived being shot by the Taliban, has been invited
to Buckingham Palace by the Queen. Malala Yousafzai was shot by the
Taliban for campaigning for girls education. The Queen is
reportedly impressed by Malala’s bravery…
After being called a “galloping colonial
clot” by the British tabloid The Daily Mail, New Zealand’s Prime
Minister John Key is defending himself at the suggestion that the
52 year old breached royal protocol by revealing details of his
weekend with the Queen. John Key said he wouldn’t wrap his fish and
chips in the Daily Mail. Mr Key stayed with the Queen and her
family at…
Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe,
wants The Queen to help get sanctions against his country lifted
and has threatened that if she refuses, he will strip British
businesses of their assets in Zimbabwe. The 89 year old dictator
has threatened to sell British owned firms…
Buckingham Palace closes to visitors in preparation for The Queen's return to London
29th September 2013
Buckingham Palace closes to visitors
today in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen’s return to London
next week. The Queen, who has spent the last two months at Balmoral
Castle, will return to Buckingham Palace after her engagements on
1st October in Aberdeen. For…
The Windsor Castle semi-state apartments
of King George IV will once again be open to the public beginning
28 September until March 2014. “Considered to be among the greatest
royal commissions and the finest late Georgian interiors in the
country these rooms (known as the Semi-State Rooms) are now used by
the Queen for official entertaining,” according to the Royal
Collection website. George…
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge receive new 'conjugal coat of arms'
27th September 2013
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
received a new coat of arms, with the approval of Her Majesty,
which represent the Duke and Duchess as a married couple. The arms,
which were approved earlier in the year by The Queen, will not
replace the couple’s individual…
Terrorists force David Cameron to cut short his stay at Balmoral
25th September 2013
It may be David Cameron’s time to stay at
Balmoral, but he wasn’t there long enough to enjoy The Queen’s full
hospitality always extended to the Prime Minister of the day and
their family in September. The Queen is currently at Balmoral where
the Prime Minister and…
Preparing for football fever in the grounds of Buckingham Palace
21st September 2013
The garden at Buckingham Palace is being
prepared for another milestone celebration. It is not a famous
garden party hosted by Her Majesty, but a football match complete
with a replica of the Wembley pitch. Buckingham Palace’s garden
will be converted into a one-day-only football pitch. Next month
the two oldest English amateur clubs, Polytechnic FC and Civil
Service FC will square off in a…
