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 Friday morning in a hospital in Santa Barbara,
California. The inspiration behind the name is clear, with Lilibet
being a…
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 at the…
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…
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 year – the Epsom Oaks. Although The Queen
has never quite managed to win the Derby with any of her colts, she
has twice had success…
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 be…
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…
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, received the honour earlier this week
in an announcement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
Brandon Lewis. The…
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…
Beacons to be lit across the UK and around the Commonwealth to mark The Queen's 70-year reign
3rd June 2021
Buckingham Palace announced the first
major plans for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year, running
over an extra-long bank holiday weekend in June. On Thursday 2
June, one of the first major events of the Platinum Jubilee weekend
will be the lighting of Platinum Jubilee Beacons. These beacons
will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the
Isle of Man, other UK…
