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…
Australia's Governor-General swears in monarchist Prime Minister
21st September 2013
At a ceremony at Government House in
Australia’s Capital City Canberra, on the 18th of september, the
Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC
CVO made Anthony ‘Tony’ Abbott the 28th Prime Minister of the
Commonwealth of…
Dame Judi Dench is asking for public
support for Richard III’s remains to be returned from the
University of Leicester in order to be buried in York. Dench, who
was born in York and has also portrayed Queen Victoria and
Elizabeth I in film, shares somewhat of a…
We have seen so far how Shakespeare has
collated various rumours and fabrications to construct a villain in
his King Richard III who is a murderer, cold blooded and willing to
admit his vicious deeds. We have seen how the foundations were laid
for a man capable of killing a young prince in Edward of
Westminster. Add to this the killing of a king, Henry VI and there
remains only one piece of the…
