New BBC2 drama King Charles III portrays
a British Royal Family descending into chaos following the
ascension of Prince Charles to the throne. Adapted from Mike
Bartlett’s West End and Broadway hit of the same name, the show
features a full-blown constitutional crisis and an appearance by
the ghost of Diana, Princess of Wales. The show – which the BBC has
stressed is complete fiction – opens…
Earlier this week it was announced that a
State Council would be held at the Royal Norwegian Palace in Oslo.
This is highly unusual as usually all the State Council meetings
are held on Fridays. Whenever the King does not have the
opportunity to attend the State Council on…
The new British one pound coin will enter
circulation on Tuesday – the first new £1 coin to be released
in 30 years. The 12-sided coin is now legal tender in the United
Kingdom and is hoped to combat the problem of counterfeit coins. Up
to four million new pound…
A police investigation is underway after
a coin which bears The Queen’s image was stolen from a museum in
Germany. Embed from Getty Images However, weighing 100kg and with a
value of £3.2m – this is no ordinary coin. The giant coin,
nicknamed ‘the big maple’, is made of pure 24-carat gold, and is
worth 4 million dollars on today’s market – four times more…
Rebecca Deacon, the Duchess of
Cambridge’s private secretary and right-hand woman, got married to
fiancé Adam Priestley on Saturday 25th March in the Chapel Royal at
St James’s Palace, an exclusive venue only available to those with
a personal connection to the…
A series of giant yellow bollards have
been erected outside of Buckingham Palace following the Westminster
terror attack in which four people lost their lives. Embed from
Getty Images The Metropolitan Police installed the bollards
overnight on the land which links…
The UK Parliament is on lockdown
following a shooting in Westminster which is being treated as a
terrorist incident At least one person is dead following two
separate incidents in the vicinity of the House of Westminster. The
House of Commons and House of Lords has been suspended for the day
– the first time since 2005. Witnesses have spoken of hearing four
separate gunshots. The Leader of…
Everything the Royals do or don’t do is
closely scrutinized by both the media and the public. The
Cambridges haven’t been without controversy. They’ve been dubbed
workshy and lazy. Even Prince Harry couldn’t escape that label when
his grandparents and…
James Hewitt emotionally denies he is Prince Harry's father in documentary marking Diana's death
12th March 2017
After two decades of silence, James
Hewitt has denied unfounded conspiracy theories that he is the
father to Prince Harry. Speaking to Australia’s Channel Seven to
mark 20 years since Diana’s death, Mr Hewitt firmly denied the
rumours and paid tribute to the late…
Royal Family honour UK Armed Forces as Queen unveils Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial
9th March 2017
The Queen unveiled a memorial in London
today, recognising the Armed Forces contribution in the Iraq and
Afghanistan conflicts. The stone sculpture, in Victoria Embankment
Gardens, features a large, two-sided bronze medallion depicting the
memorial’s theme of “duty and service”. Its creator, sculptor Paul
Day, said it gave “equal prominence to the civilian and military…
