The Earl of Wessex has described the
prospect of becoming Duke of Edinburgh one day as ”bittersweet”. In
his first ever joint interview with the Countess of Wessex, given
to Camilla Tominey at the Daily Telegraph, Prince Edward underlined
that he isn’t in line to inherit the title yet, saying ”it’s a very
bittersweet role to take on because the only way the title…
The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to
a daughter. Prince Harry and Meghan have named the child Lilibet
Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. The baby girl will be known as ‘Lili’
for short. Both mother and child are healthy and well. The Duchess
gave birth on…
The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to
the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives on D-Day in a
special message, describing the new official memorial to them as
”long overdue”. On the 77th anniversary of the D-Day Landings,
Prince Charles spoke by video…
Disappointment for The Queen as she is set to miss the Epsom Derby for only the fourth time in 75 years
4th June 2021
The Queen is set to miss the Epsom Derby
on Saturday due to government restrictions on raceways which are
likely to reduce the monarch’s enjoyment of the day. According to
royal sources who have spoken to The Daily Telegraph, The Queen has
decided to watch the Derby on television instead because it will
not be a “traditional Derby day”. Although the Derby Festival is
open…
On Saturday, the eyes of the sporting
world will be on Epsom Downs for the 242nd annual running of the
Epsom Derby – the world’s most famous flat race. However, before
all of that, the fillies get their time to shine on Friday for
their biggest race of the…
The Queen needs you - writers and choirs from across the world needed for special song to be performed at Platinum Jubilee celebrations
4th June 2021
With a year to go until The Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee celebrations, The Commonwealth Resounds is calling
on all Commonwealth writers, composers, and choirs to be involved
in a special and unique tribute to The Queen. A brand new
Commonwealth song will be commissioned to…
Buckingham Palace barred ethnic minorities from jobs in the 1960s, papers show
3rd June 2021
Buckingham Palace barred ethnic
minorities from jobs in the 1960s according to information
discovered in royal household archive documents. In the documents
unearthed by The Guardian newspaper, Lord Tryon, the keeper of the
privy purse at the time spoke of minorities in the royal workforce.
In 1968, The Queen’s financial manager informed civil servants that
“it was not, in fact, the…
The Queen has made a historic designation
to a village in Northern Ireland, making it the first in the
country to receive Royal Status. The village of Hillsborough, where
Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Her Majesty’s official Northern
Ireland residence is located…
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that The
Queen will meet President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at
Windsor Castle later this month. When President Biden visits the
United Kingdom to take part in the G7 summit, he and Dr Biden will
visit the monarch on Sunday, 13th…
It was the wedding that changed the Royal
Family forever. The marriage of Edward, Duke of Windsor to Wallis
Simpson on 3 June 1937 was the final act of a dramatic series of
events that had reverberated around the world. For, of course, the
groom had given up his throne to marry his bride and the crisis his
Abdication had produced, less than six months earlier, had shaken
the House of Windsor to…
