The Duchess of Cambridge stepped out in
style as she presented The Queen Elizabeth II Award for British
Design at London’s Design Museum. The award which was set up five
years ago recognises the cultural and trade role British design and
the fashion industry have played throughout The Queen’s 70-year
reign. This year’s recipient is Saul Nash, a British designer, and…
A few weeks before the Platinum Jubilee
weekend, the capital will open its new Crossrail service, the
Elizabeth line. But can we expect to see the sovereign it’s named
after at the opening of the line? The railway is set to run from
Reading in Berkshire to Shenfield…
In honour of the Platinum Jubilee, the
Government has announced a special one-off addition to the annual
Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS), The Queen’s Platinum
Jubilee Volunteering Award. The new award will highlight 20
national charities working to…
The Prince of Wales made social inclusion
the main focus of his visit to Brixton where he inspected a new
adventure playground being built for Brixton’s young residents. The
future king examined designs for Dexters Adventure Playground which
is an upcoming project of the local charity, the BIGKID Foundation.
The youth centre and play area are in the heart of Brixton and were
given to the…
The five puddings vying to be 'fit for The Queen' revealed in final stage of Platinum Jubilee contest
4th May 2022
The five finalists in the Platinum
Pudding competition for the Jubilee have been revealed. The last
five will bake off against one another for the cooking crown and
the ultimate accolade, having their recipe shared around the
country for millions to make to mark the…
The Duchess of Cornwall is the latest
member of the Royal Family to be a cover girl as she will be
gracing the cover of the July issue of Vogue. Her appearance on the
cover comes as Camilla celebrates her 75th birthday the same month.
It was not an overnight decision…
The Duchess of Cornwall met with
volunteers and organisers for a pre-Platinum Jubilee Big Lunch at
Emmaus Mossley in Manchester on Tuesday, with a month to go before
the official Jubilee Big Lunch. Camilla, who has been Patron of
Emmaus since 2006, toured the Manchester facilities and joined its
staff, volunteers and companions for a celebratory pre-Jubilee Big
Lunch to mark the occasion.
The Queen personally intervened to ensure
the safety of her cousin, the Duke of Kent, after information came
to light that the IRA was planning to kidnap him. The Duke had been
posted to Northern Ireland with the Royal Scots Greys in 1971.
However, the former Northern…
Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen's dynasty enters a new chapter with the marriage of a princess
3rd May 2022
She was the first of The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh’s children to marry and her big day set the
template for the royal celebrations that would follow in its wake.
Princess Anne’s wedding to Mark Phillips, on 14 November 1973, was
a huge state occasion with a massive…
An inquiry is under way after a man
claiming to be a priest reportedly talked his way into barracks
close to Windsor Castle and ended up spending a night there. The
Sun reports that investigations are ongoing after the man was
allowed into the barracks of the Coldstream Guards in Sheet Street,
near Windsor Castle. The paper reports he told them he was a priest
called Father Cruise and was a…

