The last letter written by Mary, Queen of
Scots before her execution is being put for public display by the
National Library of Scotland. She wrote the letter just six hours
before her execution on 8 February 1587. The letter has not been on
display since 2009, and for preservation reasons, it will only be
shown for six hours between 10 am and 4 pm. The entry is free. The
letter is written in…
In a speech yesterday to hundreds of
supporters at the annual dinner of the World Jewish Relief charity,
The Prince of Wales warned that the lessons of World War II are in
‘increasing danger’ of being forgotten. Speaking to the 800
attendees, Charles said: ‘The…
Buckingham Palace express concern that The Queen is being dragged into the Trump State Visit row
30th January 2017
Buckingham Palace has privately expressed
concern with Downing Street that The Queen is inadvertently being
dragged into the Donald Trump State Visit controversy. According to
The Times, the Palace are unhappy that Her Majesty has been put
into a politically explosive…
Recreating the extraordinary world of The
Queen and the royal family was a daunting prospect for the team
behind Netflix’s opulent royal drama The Crown, and it quickly
became apparent that building it from the ground up was near
impossible. The original plan to build most of the sets in a studio
was scrapped, and the cast and crew instead travelled to England’s
most opulent stately homes and…
Prince Charles is a germophobe: carries his own hand towel with him
30th January 2017
A recent visit from the Prince of Wales
to the Leicestershire Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage
Centre has the conservationist in hot air rather than hot water. It
has emerged that Prince Charles took a selection of hand towels to
his official engagement so that he…
One million people sign petition to cancel Trump’s State Visit, to avoid embarrassing The Queen
29th January 2017
Over one million Britons have signed
a petition demanding that the government cancels a planned State
Visit to the UK by President Donald Trump. The petition, which is
the most signed petition to ever feature on the government’s
website, says that the State Visit should…
This is an opinion piece by Royal
Central’s Benjamin Knights, and why he thinks it would be a grave
error to withdraw a State Visit invitation to Donald Trump. Nobody
can claim that Donald Trump’s first week as President of the United
States was not controversial. The billionaire property tycoon put
many of his unorthodox campaign pledges in action and signalled
that there would be no…
300,000 people sign petition to cancel Trump's State Visit to the UK, to avoid embarrassing The Queen
29th January 2017
Over 300,000 Britons have signed a
petition demanding that the government cancels a planned State
Visit to the UK by President Donald Trump. The petition, which is
one of the most signed petitions on the government’s website, says
that the State Visit should be…
It will be The Queen's Sapphire Jubilee in a few days time! How will the monarch be celebrating?
29th January 2017
February 6th will mark yet another
historic milestone for our 90-year-old Monarch. In just a few days
time she will celebrate the occasion of her Sapphire Jubilee
marking an incredible 65 years on the throne. But how will
Britain’s longest serving Monarchy be…
A significant number of British MPs,
including two party leaders, have called for Donald Trump’s State
Visit to the United Kingdom to be cancelled following travel
restrictions he has put in place to some immigrants. The Leader of
the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, has said that he is not happy for
President Trump’s State Visit to go ahead while the
controversial bans preventing people…
