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Today marks 65 years since The Queen took up the throne

Today marks yet another historic milestone for our 90-year-old Monarch as she celebrates the occasion of her Sapphire Jubilee marking an incredible 65 years on the throne. The Queen is marking her Sapphire quietly and privately as Her Majesty commemorates the 65th anniversary of her father’s untimely death in 1952. Unlike Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee in 2002 and her Diamond Jubilee in 2012…
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Another Royal executed, this time in Kuwait

On Wednesday, Kuwait held a mass execution. Seven people were hanged including a Royal Prince. This is the first execution to include a Royal since October of last year when Saudi Arabia executed a member of the Saudi Royal Family convicted of murder. This is the first execution in the oil emirate in several years. Kuwait’s ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, authorised the executions of the…
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David Armstrong-Jones attends church with The Queen two days after the death of his father, Lord Snowdon

The Queen’s nephew, David Armstrong-Jones, joined Her Majesty at Church this morning in Flitcham, just two days after the death of his father. Lord Snowdon, the former husband of Princess Margaret, died on Friday at the age of 86. Embed from Getty Images Viscount Linley, who will styled as the 2nd Earl of Snowdon following his father’s funeral, attended church with his wife, Serena, by…
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Last heir to the Ottoman Empire dies at age 92

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 Bayezid III. Ahmed Tevfik Pasha, the last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Photo: Bain News Service via Wikimedia Commons. He…
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