The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are today
celebrating 69 years of marriage, making it just one year to go
until their historic Platinum wedding anniversary. For the first
time in many years, the 90-year-old monarch and her 95-year-old
husband are having a rare day off from work to celebrate the
occasion privately. The Queen first met her future husband Prince
Philip when she was just 13 years old…
The Queen is set to invite US
President-Elect, Donald Trump, on an official State Visit to the UK
in mid-2017 according to reports. According to The Daily Telegraph,
senior government officials are already writing up plans for the
State Visit which promises to be a historic…
As a parent of two young children not far
off the ages of Prince George (3) and Princess Charlotte (1.5), I
can fully understand what Prince William was refering to when he
spoke about parenthood on a Vietnamese talk show. The
second-in-line to the throne opened up more…
Zara Tindall, 35, Her Majesty and Prince
Philip’s oldest granddaughter, has spoken about Christmas with the
Royal Family to Country Living Magazine. Zara told Country Living,
“Having all the generations of my family together at Christmas is
my favourite part of the season.” She continued, “It’s a time of
year that is about being with people you love, great food and
loads…
Buckingham Palace to undergo a 10-year £369 million refurbishment
18th November 2016
It has just been announced by the
Treasury that Buckingham Place will undergo a 10-year refurbishment
costing the UK taxpayer £369m. The work, which will begin next
April, will be the largest refurbishment Buckingham Palace has been
subject to in recent time. The Queen will…
Princess Anne programmes a robot to play 'rock, paper, scissors'
17th November 2016
Princess Anne was part of a winning team
who programmed a robot this week at the WISE Awards dinner. The
Princess Royal is Royal Patron of WISE, a campaign which encourages
women and girls to get involved in science, technology, engineering
and maths. Princess Anne learning…
A Bahraini politician was arrested for
comments he made during an interview with the American press while
the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were on an official
visit to the country earlier this month. Politician Ebrahim Sharif,
the former leader of Bahrain’s secular National Democratic Action
Society who currently works in the Waad Party, was arrested and
charged with inciting…
According to the Evening Standard,
Prince Harry has offered to personally hire and pay for a retired
Scotland Yard Protection Officer to keep his girlfriend, Meghan
Markle safe while she visits Harry in the UK. A senior security
source spoke to the Standard…
During his forthcoming Caribbean tour
Prince Harry will spend six nights sleeping on the Royal Fleet
Auxiliary Wave Knight tanker. The vessel will be the Prince’s mode
of transport between the many island nations he’s visiting and will
make voyages of up to 20 hours at a…
The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC),
was launched last year in Malta at the Commonwealth Heads of
Government meeting. It was conceived by the charity, Cool Earth and
led by the Royal Commonwealth Society who worked in partnership
with the Commonwealth Forestry Society Association and Cool Earth.
Embed from Getty Images David Attenborough was just one guest
at the reception This…
