One of the world’s most famous horse
races, the Ascot Gold Cup, will be renamed in honour of Queen
Elizabeth II to celebrate her 90th birthday. Ascot announced that
the meeting, attended by members of the Royal Family, will pay
tribute to the Queen upon her turning 90 years old. The
two-and-a-half mile race, won by Her Majesty’s Estimate in 2013,
will now be renamed the Gold Cup in…
A group of friends in the town of
Sandwich have written to The Queen asking her to honour a 444 year
old debt, which is now thought to be in the region of £8 billion.
The debt comes after Queen Elizabeth I made a promise back in 1572;
where she agreed to pay for dredging…
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are
scheduled to meet the King and Queen of the Jungle later this month
as they visit London Zoo to open the new Land of the Lions exhibit.
The couple will visit the zoo on Thursday 17th March where Her
Majesty will officially open the hugely…
The FindMike campaign in 2014 captivated
the public when Jonny Benjamin reached out to find the stranger who
saved his life. Benjamin, who was 20-years-old at the time, was
diagnosed with schizophrenia and felt that he had hit “rock bottom”
when he was about to commit suicide by leaping to his death from
the Waterloo Bridge in central London in 2008. Fate intervened when
an unknown…
MPs are debating whether to create a
separate national anthem for England today which will replace ‘God
Save the Queen’ at sporting events. The idea, which has already
been debated earlier on in the year, was proposed by Chesterfield
MP Toby Perkins who believes England…
The historic Corn Exchange Road in
Stirling, Scotland, is under consideration to be renamed in honour
of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday in a few months time.
Conservatives on Stirling Council, Neil Benny and Martin Earl, have
called to rename the road that is home to…
After a long battle with cancer, The Earl
of Strathmore and Kinghorne, better known Lord Strathmore has
passed away. Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon died in hospital in
London at the age of 58 on Saturday, he was a first cousin once
removed of Queen Elizabeth. He was once an army captain and had
four sons and two step-daughters. He was the 18th earl of the
estate in Angus, a frequent spot the Queen…
Prince Charles had a busy day on Friday
as he toured South and West Wales. He visited Airborne Systems, a
parachute factory in Llangeino; met students from Stebonheath
Primary School in Carmarthenshire and workers at Prysmian Cables
and Systems in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Whilst…
After comments came down from the
Canadian province of Ontario’s highest court, a group of Canadians
both new and old, have been publicly disavowing their oath to Queen
Elizabeth that they took when becoming citizens. The pledge is
still required during the citizenship…
Earlier today, Kensington Palace released
further details about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s upcoming
tour to India and Bhutan. The tour is set to take place over seven
days, from April 10th to April 16th. Their Royal Highnesses will
arrive in India on Sunday, April 10th. The first stop on their
itinerary is Mumbai, the country’s financial capital. Mumbai is
also the creative…
