It is unusual that Queen Elizabeth celebrates her birthday on the actual day she was born. Typically, the monarch waits until Trooping the Colour celebrations in June.
However, it isn’t every year that the leaders of the Commonwealth Nations will be in London wrapping up the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM) and so the BBC is throwing Her Majesty a 92nd birthday concert.Â
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake designer revealed
20th March 2018
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have chosen pastry chef Claire Ptak to make their wedding cake, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
They have asked Claire Ptak to create a lemon elderflower cake that will incorporate the bright colours of spring. It will be covered with…
Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice stun in floral dresses at Prince Christian of Hanover's wedding
19th March 2018
The royal sisters attended the wedding of Prince Christian of Hanover and Alessandra de Osma on Friday looking beautiful in their floral attire.
Their outfit choices may not have reflected the weather in England, however, that did not matter as the wedding was held in…
The Duchess of Cambridge hands out shamrocks on St Patrick's Day
18th March 2018
The Duchess of Cambridge, alongside Prince William, kicked off the St Patrick’s Day celebrations with Irish Guards at the annual parade in London. The event took place at the base of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.
The Duchess, who is expecting her third child next month, wore a dark green Catherine Walker coat and a Gina Foster headpiece, which she first wore in 2014. Her Catherine Walker…
Royal Wedding Flowers: Autumn Phillips
18th March 2018
It was a royal wedding that mixed traditional and modern and the bride’s bouquet fitted right in. Autumn Patricia Kelly was the debut bride of a new generation when she married the Queen’s eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor on May 17th…
The second big royal wedding of the 1980s was, at the time, seen as a something of a turning point for the Windsors. When Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson in the summer of 1986, the bride was billed as a more relaxed royal who would bring a new outlook to the dynasty…
Prince Harry's near death experience in Afghanistan
18th March 2018
A new book recalls what Prince Harry’s life was like while deployed in Afghanistan.
First examined in Robert Jobson’s ‘Harry’s War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince’. Katie Nicholl’s new book heads back to Prince Harry’s near-death experience in Afghanistan.
Prince Harry toured with the Household Cavalry in 2007 in the Helmand province near the…
The Archbishop of Canterbury is worried he will drop the rings during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding
17th March 2018
Speaking to ITV News about the upcoming wedding of the year, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury admitted he is even nervous about the nuptials.
The 62-year-old had a good humour about the stress of the day, teasing about a recent mistake he made at another…
Prince Harry is "inspired" by the outcomes of Veterans who have dealt with mental health issues
16th March 2018
During a keynote speech at a veterans’ mental health conference, Prince Harry revealed that he and Meghan Markle were “shocked to the core” by stories from military veterans while on a private visit to Colchester Garrison.
Having served for ten years in the…
The Queen officially gives her consent for the marriage of her "most dearly beloved grandson"
15th March 2018
In a privy council meeting held at Buckingham Palace on 14 March, Her Majesty The Queen officially gave her consent for the marriage of her grandson Prince Harry to Meghan Markle.
The declaration reads, “MY LORDS, I declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle, which Consent I am…