Actor David Suchet, known to millions for
his legendary performance as Hercule Poirot, has been knighted. He
received the accolade for services to entertainment and charity in
the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Born David Courtney Suchet in
London in 1946, he started his career with the National Youth
Theatre at the age of sixteen and joined the Royal Shakespeare
Company in 1973 by which time…
Mary Berry 'absolutely overwhelmed' to be awarded with a damehood in The Queen's Birthday Honours
9th October 2020
One of Britain’s best loved cooks, Mary
Berry, has been rewarded with a damehood in The Queen’s 2020
Birthday Honours. Dame Mary has been named as a recipient of the
prestigious honour for her services to broadcasting, the culinary
arts and charity. The…
England footballer Marcus Rashford 'incredibly honoured and humbled' after receiving an MBE for his efforts to end child food poverty
9th October 2020
England footballer Marcus Rashford has
been awarded with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
following his efforts to reduce child food poverty. The 22-year-old
receives the accolade for his services to vulnerable children in
the UK during the Covid-19…
Lorraine Kelly 'grateful and humbled' as she receives a CBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours
9th October 2020
Scottish television presenter Lorraine
Kelly has received a CBE in The Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours List.
The 60-year-old journalist is receiving the prestigious accolade
for services to broadcasting, journalism and charity. Lorraine has
been a broadcast journalist for over 35 years, having started her
career as a reporter on TV-AM. In 1993, she helped launched ITV’s…
The Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours List is revealed as ordinary people are honoured for doing extraordinary things
9th October 2020
Mary Berry, Maureen Lipman and David
Suchet are among the famous names who are being recognised in The
Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020. However, this year’s list is
dominated by the work of ordinary people doing extraordinary things
in their communities…
It’s become one of the most popular
history shows on British TV, helping its young viewers to learn all
about the past while enjoying themselves. And one of the ways that
‘Horrible Histories’ manages that is by its clever use of music.
Here, Royal Central…
Buckingham Palace has announced that all
investitures and receptions due to be held in the coming months
have been cancelled. These events, which would normally attract
heavy footfall, are now unable to go ahead at Buckingham Palace or
Windsor Castle until 2021 at the earliest. Despite there being
hopes of investitures being able to go ahead in a socially
distanced manner, palace aides have…
Leopold III was the fourth King of the
Belgians (the Belgian King is known as the King of the Belgians
rather than King of Belgium). In the early years of his reign, he
was a popular figure; however, he became a divisive figure after he
surrendered the Belgian army to the…
Princess Beatrice's wedding gown takes pride of place at Windsor Castle
23rd September 2020
The vintage gown worn by Princess
Beatrice for her surprise marriage to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi this
summer will go on show in the State Dining Room at Windsor Castle.
The dress, designed by Norman Hartnell, sits at the heart of a
display about the couple’s wedding at…
Unlike the christenings of Queen
Victoria’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the
christening of the future Queen is an event about which far less is
known. It was not the subject of a painting, nor was much written
about it as the ceremony itself was a strictly private one, by
order of the Prince Regent. Much later, the many baptismal services
which were performed within The…
