At 11:30am on 20 November 1947 Princess
Elizabeth wed Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
The Queen and Prince Philip first met in 1939 when she was the
thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth and he was eighteen-year-old
naval Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Their connection was strong
from the start and so it wasn’t long before whispers of a possible
royal match were…
Messages to The Queen and Prince Philip on their wedding anniversary from our readers
20th November 2016
Sunday 20th November marks The Queen and
Duke of Edinburgh’s 69th wedding anniversary. Here are a few well
wishes from our readers. “Not just an exemplary Royal Couple for
the United Kingdom, here is a couple to be admired and celebrated
across the world!!! Her…
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…
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 occasion. Mr Trump will
not receive an invitation to visit the UK in an official capacity
until he is sworn in as President…
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…
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 remain in residence
during the work – but will have to move bedrooms. The work id being
carried out because of aging…
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…
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 saying: “There have been
initial discussions about this matter. “HRH has made it clear that
he believes Miss Markle’s personal…
