Whenever The Queen visits the Palace of
Westminster, she holds a British Member of Parliament hostage at
Buckingham Palace awaiting her safe return. An MP is always held
captive during the State Opening of Parliament. In the May 2021,
that duty falls to Marcus Jones, MP for Nuneaton. But what are the
origins of this rather archaic tradition, and indeed what happens
to the hostage should…
The Queen is under pressure to impose a
form of sanction against her cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, after
he was recorded apparently misusing his royal status to seek
favours from Russia’s President Putin. Prince Michael denies the
allegations, however, there is…
The Queen has spoken of her surprise at
finding out she was the first person in the Commonwealth to achieve
a prestigious lifesaving award. And Her Majesty shared her ongoing
pride in her achievement, eighty years after being presented with
the prize. The memories of her…
Prince Michael (b. 4 July 1942) is the
younger brother of the Duke of Kent and paternal first cousin of
Queen Elizabeth II. As a five-year-old, he was a pageboy at the
wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. He was
educated at Sunningdale School and Eton, before entering the Royal
Military Academy at Sandhurst, during his life he has always been
active in learning languages and…
Prince Michael of Kent accused of misusing his royal status to seek favours from Russian President Putin
8th May 2021
Prince Michael of Kent has been accused
of misusing his royal status to seek favours from Russian President
Vladimir Putin. In a joint investigation by The Sunday Times and
Channel 4’s Dispatches, Prince Michael was covertly filmed at a
business meeting telling…
The House of Windsor is returning to some
kind of normality after the sadness of the death of the Duke of
Edinburgh and the mourning period that followed his passing on
April 9th 2021. The past week has seen several high profile
engagements as well as a string of other…
The Duchess of Cornwall has paid her
first official visit as Colonel-in-Chief to 5th Battalion The
Rifles. Camilla took over the role of Colonel of The Rifles from
Prince Philip in a special double ceremony last year which turned
out to be the Duke of Edinburgh’s final official engagement. [getty
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The Earl of Wessex carried out a number
of engagements over the past week, ranging from thanking COVID-19
vaccination centre volunteers to meeting young people taking part
in The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Perhaps the most poignant
engagement was Edward’s visit to…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a
new photo of their son, Archie, to mark his second birthday. The
photo was posted on their website, Archewell, alongside an article
asking their supporters to celebrate Archie’s birthday by
advocating for vaccine equity.
The Duchess of Cambridge promises four-year-old girl she will wear a 'pink princess costume' when they meet
6th May 2021
The Duchess of Cambridge released a phone
call she held with a young girl at the centre of a Hold Still
portrait chosen for exhibition last summer, and featuring in a new
book of still released this week. Kate shared a video snippet of
her telephone call with Mila Sneddon, a four-year-old girl living
with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who had to shield away from her
father and older sister…
