Lord Snowdon, the former husband of Princess Margaret, has died peacefully at the age of 86 a family spokesperson has announced.
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The world-renowned photographer and film maker married The Queen’s sister in 1960, but divorced a few years later in 1978.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that The Queen is aware of Lord Snowdon’s death.
Lord Snowdon and Princess…
Queen Margrethe receives award for her historical work
8th January 2017
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark has received the North Jutland media anniversary award. The award was handed out to the Queen in connection with the 250 years anniversary of “the North Jutland Media” in a large-scale ceremony in the House of Music in the Danish…
Last heir to the Ottoman Empire dies at age 92
7th January 2017
The last heir to the former Ottoman Empire, Prince Bayezid Osman, has died at the age of 92. Osman Bayezid Osmanoğlu was the 44th head of the Ottoman family.
On Friday he died at his home in New York, USA. If the Ottoman monarchy were restored, he would be Grand Sultan…
Australian monarchists told to brace for the death of the Queen
5th January 2017
The Australian Monarchist League has told its members to prepare for the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. This was circulated in a note sent out to the members of the monarchist organization entitled “how our lives will change.” It was the leader of The Australian Monarchist League, Philip Benwell, who stood behind the message that was sent out to the members this week.
In the…
The Queen and Princess Anne were the hardest working royals in 2016, according to Royal Central readers
2nd January 2017
A poll conducted by Royal Central shows that almost a quarter of people believe The Queen was the hardest working royal in 2016, with another 20% saying her daughter was the hardest working.
From a total of 1,376 responses, 325 voted to say that the 90-year-old monarch is…
Senior members of The Royal Family attended the traditional New Year Day church service this morning at Sandringham, with one notable absence.
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The Queen was unable to attend the service due to an ongoing “heavy cold” that she has been…
Remembering those who died in 2016
28th December 2016
Many friends and relatives of the Royal Family have died this year, as well as royals from across Europe and the world. Here we remember some of those who passed away in 2016.
The Duke of Westminster
In August, Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, The Duke of Westminster, died at the age of 64 after suffering a heart attack.
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The billionaire landowner died…
Prince Charles was 2016's hardest working royal, followed by Princess Anne
28th December 2016
The annual survey of the Royal Family’s public engagements has been released in the customary letter to the Times from the paper’s ‘unofficial royal archivist’, Tim O’Donovan, now on his 38th year of conducting the survey.
A total of 3,725 engagements were…
BREAKING NEWS: Queen to miss Christmas Day church service due to illness
25th December 2016
Buckingham Palace has announced that The Queen will miss today’s Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene Church on Christmas Day due to illness.
This is the first time in living memory that Her Majesty hasn’t attended the traditional Christmas Day…
Zara and Mike Tindall lose their baby
24th December 2016
A spokeswoman for Zara and Mike Tindall have announced that the couple have lost their baby during pregnancy.
Today’s announcement comes just four weeks after the couple revealed how excited they were to be expecting another child.
The Queen’s granddaughter was expecting to give birth to her second child next Spring.
The spokeswoman said: “Very sadly, Zara and Mike Tindall have…