Many young brides dream of looking like a
princess on their wedding day, but it is also possible to get
married at a palace. Kensington Palace is licenced for weddings and
some can form some of the eighty public functions it can hold
during the year. The suggested place for the nuptials is the
Orangery, built for Queen Anne to protect her orange trees during
the winter, it was also used for many…
Only hours after the Russian ambassador
to Turkey, Andrey Karlov was shot dead on live television, a
lorry crashed into crowds at a Berlin Christmas market killing 12
and injuring another 48. In light of the attack, which Islamic
State has claimed…
During these health-conscious times,
smoking has been permitted in designated areas within Buckingham
Palace. Now, however, a no-smoking policy has been implemented at
all royal palaces. It will take effect next year. These include
Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, St…
It is said that what you do in the first
hour of the New Year will be what you do for most of the year. Next
year could finally see your royal dreams coming true, as the Royal
Palace in Stockholm is giving you the chance to ring in 2017 like
royalty, with a big New Year’s Eve Concert in the Royal Chapel. “On
the last day of the year, we welcome you to the Royal Chapel at the
Royal…
More than 100,000 people sign petition demanding the Royal Family pay for Buckingham Palace repairs
20th November 2016
Over 100,000 people have now signed an
online petition demanding that the Royal Family pay for the
Buckingham Palace restoration work, not the British taxpayer.
The petition was created a couple of days ago after it was
announced that Buckingham Palace was to undergo a…
Buckingham Palace to undergo a 10-year £369 million refurbishment
18th November 2016
It has just been announced by the
Treasury that Buckingham Place will undergo a 10-year refurbishment
costing the UK taxpayer £369m. The work, which will begin next
April, will be the largest refurbishment Buckingham Palace has been
subject to in recent time. The Queen will…
If you have given up your hopes of
spending a night or two at Buckingham Palace, there is no reason to
despair. You can now own something not too dissimilar. Hinwick
House; the 300-year-old house that is modeled on the
Queen’s official residence is now up for sale at £14,500,000 only.
It is a snatch considering that the owners’ justification for
selling is because the house is too far…
The Queen stands to lose a million pounds
per year after European Union farming subsidies to Britain end
because of Brexit, The Sunday Telegraph reports. Sandringham
Estate, the Queen’s retreat in Norfolk, will
lose around £700,000 and the lands around Windsor…
Conservators working on one of Prince
Charles’ pictures at Highgrove have come across a truly remarkable
self-portrait. One of the still-life pictures, which has been at
Highgrove for around a quarter of a century is called “A Vanitas”
by the seventeenth century Dutch…
Accused teen who planned terror attack on Buckingham Palace appears in court
15th September 2016
On Tuesday, 13 September, Westminster
Magistrates’ Court saw the appearance of 19-year-old Haroon
Ali-Syed, who was arrested on 8 September on suspicion of planning
to carry out a terror attack on key London landmarks ‘on the scale
of 7/7’. Prosecutor Thomas Halpin spoke at the hearing and
announced to the court that ‘The allegation is that [Haroon
Ali-Syed] was planning a terrorist attack…
