There will be major changes to this
year’s State Opening of Parliament due to the snap general election
due to be held in the UK in June. In a heavily dressed down affair,
Her Majesty will not wear her Imperial Crown or Robes of State this
year, and will also arrive in car instead of a carriage. Also
absent from the annual ceremony this year will be the Prince of
Wales and Duchess of…
Former Spice Girl and popstar Victoria
Beckham has been presented with an OBE by Prince William today at
Buckingham Palace. Mrs Beckham received an OBE for services to the
fashion industry. After the ceremony, the 43-year-old
said: “It was an absolute pleasure to be…
Former gold medal winning Olympian,
Jessica Ennis-Hill, collected her Damehood from the Duke of
Cambridge today in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. Dame
Jessica was named in the 2017 New Year Honours list for her
services to athletics. The 31-year-old retired from the…
The Prime Minister Theresa May has called
a snap General Election for the United Kingdom. Embed from Getty
Images This means the British people will go to the polls in June
to elect a Prime Minister. Mrs May said that Britain needed
certainty, stability and strong leadership following the triggering
of Article 50 to leave the European Union. The Labour Leader Jeremy
Corbyn has said that he…
Downing Street has insisted that the King
and Queen of Spain will still visit the United Kingdom for a State
Visit from June 6th-8th despite a snap general election taking
place at the same time. According to the Daily Express Royal
Correspondent Richard Palmer, Downing…
The annual State Opening of Parliament
will likely be delayed until June this year due to the surprise
snap general election that will take place in a couple of months
time. The ceremonial event usually takes place in May, however, as
Parliament will be dissolved it is not…
Theresa May has announced that she will
call a snap General Election for June 8th in which the British
public will go the polls and vote for a new government. The current
Prime Minister will stand in the election as leader of the
Conservative Party – but there are also many other candidates.
Theresa May – Conservatives Theresa May, who has been Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom for…
Will Gibraltar turn into the next Falklands? All you need to know about the territorial dispute
2nd April 2017
Gibraltar – a large piece of rock over
1,000 miles away from Britain is currently in the midst of conflict
over what country has legal sovereignty: the UK or Spain? But
Gibraltar is not just a large piece of rock; it is British overseas
territory with 30,000…
On Thursday 30th March, The Prince of
Wales met with members of Romania’s Royal Family at
the Elisabeta Palace. His Royal Highness has previously
visited the Elisabeta Palace in 2011 and 2016. Romania is now
governed as a republic after the forced abdication of HM…
Major security changes are being
implemented for the Changing of the Guard ceremony; to protect The
Queen’s Guards and members of the public from danger. Barriers are
being erected around Windsor Castle for when the ceremony takes
place. A police spokesperson has stressed that there is “no
intelligence to indicate a specific threat to Windsor”. Chief
Inspector Sarah Grahame, of…
