As we look into the role The Queen plays
in appointing a new prime minister, we’re looking at Royal
Prerogative and how it is exercised. Simply put, Royal Prerogative
is the authority and powers vested in the sovereign to govern.
However, in modern times, it is exercised only upon the advice of
the prime minister, and it is exercised through Her Majesty’s
government ministers. According…
Legoland Windsor celebrates Cambridge family move with new royal display
1st September 2022
The Cambridge family has packed up and
moved to Windsor, and their new chapter has inspired an exhibit at
the Legoland Windsor Resort. The ‘Royal Removal Company’ is a
4,100-piece Lego creation that shows the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, their children Prince…
The Queen will receive her new Prime
Minister at Balmoral for the first time in her 70 year reign.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Her Majesty will remain at her
Scottish retreat for the transition of power from Boris Johnson to
his successor. Earlier this summer…
Diana, Princess of Wales, was born Diana
Frances Spencer on 1 July 1961, in Park House on the Sandringham
Estate in Norfolk, the fourth of five children of John Spencer,
later the 8th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, Frances. She was
initially home-schooled by her mother’s governess, Gertrude Allen,
known in the family as ‘Ally’. She began her formal education in
1968 at Silfield Private…
"I'll never forget" - Royal Central's editorial team and readers share the moment they learned about the death of Diana
31st August 2022
It was a defining moment of its
generation – a time when the world stopped to collectively grieve
the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, following the tragic car
crash in Paris that claimed her life in the early hours of 31
August 1997. Twenty-five years later, the…
All The Queen's Prime Ministers - who has held the top office in Elizabeth II's historic reign?
31st August 2022
The Queen is about to see the fifteenth
Prime Minister of her reign. Boris Johnson announced his plans to
step down and the Conservative Party has spent the summer picking
his replacement. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will head to
Buckingham Palace to be appointment Prime…
Flag flies at half mast at Diana's ancestral home on the 25th anniversary of her death
31st August 2022
The flag at the ancestral home of Diana,
Princess of Wales was lowered to half mast on August 31st 2022, the
25th anniversary of her death. Exactly a quarter of a century after
Diana died, following a car crash in Paris, the flag at Althorp
House, Northamptonshire was lowered. Diana is buried on an island
in the Oval Lake at Althorp. The estate has been the ancestral home
of the Spencer…
The Queen has broken many records in her
lifetime but one less known is that she and her sister, Princess
Margaret, were the last to be educated by private tutors from home.
Up to the age of seven, Princess Elizabeth was educated by her
mother in reading and…
It lost out in the contest to be named a
city for the Platinum Jubilee but now Gibraltar has been told it
had civic status already – thanks to another Jubilee queen. The UK
government has confirmed that Gibraltar was given city status by
Queen Victoria but had…
A vehicle which was used by Diana,
Princess of Wales in the 1980s has sold for an extraordinary
£650,000 at auction. The late princess drove the black Ford Escort
RS Turbo from August 1985 for a period of around three years. When
performing official duties, Diana was chauffeured in luxury
vehicles, but she preferred to drive this car in London when going
about her daily life. She was…
