Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen rules against introducing new dogs to the Royal household

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1st February 2015
It’s a familiar sight to see The Queen with a Corgi or two at her side, though that could soon become a thing of the past as Her Majesty has ruled out introducing any new dogs to her household. The Queen no longer replaces her beloved pets when they die because she fears, as she gets older, she could trip over them causing herself a serious injury. The Corgis were first introduced to the…
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British Royals

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: A Life in Decades - 1930s

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30th January 2015
  While the 1920s would prove to be an eventful decade for Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (and later, The Duchess of York) the 1930s would transform her life in a way that no one would ever have expected. This decade would see Elizabeth crowned Queen and the outbreak of the Second World War – the second major conflict that Elizabeth would witness first-hand. However, the 1930s started off…
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Prince Philip

Prince Philip writes opinion piece for New Scientist

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28th January 2015
The Duke of Edinburgh has written an opinion piece, supporting engineering, for theNew Scientist magazine. The article, entitled ‘Make Things Better’, is approximately 500 words long and details The Duke’s passion for the engineering industry. The piece comes ahead of the announcement of the winner(s) of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on the 3 February at the Royal Academy…
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InsightThe Kents

The Duchess of Kent - living life in the shadows

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27th January 2015
Katharine Kent will be an unfamiliar name to many, but in Royal circles she became well-known, causing controversy with her conversion to Catholicism in 1994. Born Katharine Worsley on February 22nd 1933, her upbringing was that of a ‘commoner’ in the Yorkshire countryside, albeit growing up amidst the surroundings of a stately home, Hovingham Hall. Her parents, Sir William and Lady Joyce sent…
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