On Saturday, during halftime at the Army
versus Navy rugby match at Twickenham, Prince Harry met and offered
comfort to two children who lost their mother last year. Emily, 11,
and Isaac, 13, were at the match with their father, Matt Briggs. A
friend of a friend reached out to the Prince who invited the
Briggs’s to watch the match with him and Invictus Games athletes.
It has been nearly two…
New interactive map shows the links between Scandinavian royal houses and the British Royal Family
30th April 2017
A new interactive family tree has been
launched by the travel company Expedia to explain just how the
British and Scandinavian royals are related to each other. “Royally
Connected” allows users to explore the family ties shared by
Europe’s most prominent…
The Press Club Awards were handed out on
Thursday at the Corinthia Hotel in White Hall, London. The most
prestigious award presented at the event was for Londoner of the
Year, which went to Her Majesty. Her son, Prince Andrew, the Duke
of York accepted on The Queen’s…
Her Majesty The Queen has appointed a new
personal chaplain; Rev George Cowie of South Holburn Church joins
her household as Chaplain-in-Ordinary. He is a minister of the
Church of Scotland. Cowie is 53 and has been a church minister for
26 years. He will hold this position until the age of 70. Cowie is
one of ten personal chaplains in Scotland. This position is today,
mostly ceremonial, but dates…
In a meeting with the House of Lords this
Monday, the Viscount Linley, now Earl of Snowdon following the
passing of his father in January, has requested for his right to be
registered as a Hereditary Peer within the House. This would make
him one of ninety-two hereditary…
Crisis averted for The Queen as Royal Ascot & the State Opening of Parliament fail to overlap
27th April 2017
A near-crisis has been averted for The
Queen after it was revealed that the State Opening of
Parliament and Royal Ascot meeting would fall on different days. It
was feared that Her Majesty would be forced to miss one of her
favourite days of the year at the Berkshire…
There will be major changes to this
year’s State Opening of Parliament due to the snap general election
due to be held in the UK in June. In a heavily dressed down affair,
Her Majesty will not wear her Imperial Crown or Robes of State this
year, and will also arrive in car instead of a carriage. Also
absent from the annual ceremony this year will be the Prince of
Wales and Duchess of…
Lady Amelia Windsor to star in fashion campaign for favourite designer of Duchess of Cambridge
27th April 2017
Lady Amelia Windsor is 36th in line to
the British throne and has been named by Tattler magazine as “the
most beautiful member of the Royal Family.” With the success of her
latest modelling appearance where she took to the runway at the
Dolce & Gabbana show in…
Last Friday, The Queen celebrated her
91st birthday. She kept things low-key this year unlike last year’s
three days of celebrations; Her Majesty received numerous messages
of congratulations and warm wishes on her birthday on social media.
Singer Rihanna also took to…
The future King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. Prince
Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen
Mary, while Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. They initially
met as children before a dance in 1920 brought them together again
as adults. Elizabeth was…
