Queen Elizabeth II

New footage of a young Queen Elizabeth aired on Countryfile

By
11th June 2018
British television programme Countryfile aired a special royal edition last night which focused on The Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, exploring how it is run and letting slip secrets about the monarch’s time there as a child. It is one of three special episodes going behind the scenes of three different estates of the monarch – Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral – and showcasing her…
Read more
InsightPrince Philip

Prince Philip has had 97-years of collecting the wonderful and unusual

By
10th June 2018
Somewhere behind the closed doors of the Royal Residences lays the Duke of Edingburgh’s vast and unusual collections. Prince Philip has had 97-years to build his collections, and without a doubt, he has some of the best. As a child, the Duke recalled first collecting penknives. That collection has now graduated to art and cartoons. A frequent topic of royal cartoons, the Duke of Edinburgh is…
Read more
Prince Philip

97 facts about the Duke of Edinburgh on his birthday

By
10th June 2018
1. The Duke of Edinburgh was born as Prince Philip of Greece at his parents’ house ‘Mon Repos’ on the island of Corfu, on 10 June 1921. The house had been the country residence of the British High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands. The family was forced to leave Corfu when the Greek Royal Family was exiled on 3 December 1922, when he was just 18 months old. 2. The Duke is the youngest…
Read more
The Kents

The Duchess of Kent makes a welcome appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

By
9th June 2018
The Duchess of Kent made a rare but welcome appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace this afternoon for The Queen’s Birthday Parade. Trooping the Colour is usually the only time we see the Duchess in public since she retired from public life a few years ago. Each year, she usually appears on the balcony to watch the RAF flypast, but often remains at the back behind the other members of…
Read more