The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and
other members of the Royal Family, will attend a Service of
Thanksgiving to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in
Europe Day on 10th May at Westminster Abbey. Prior reports claimed
The Queen could miss the commemorations in order to distance
herself from any coalition talks following this year’s General
Election. With the polls predicting a hung…
"You don't get gifts like that any more": The Queen is amazed by centuries old inventories of royal gifts
2nd April 2015
In 1520, Henry VIII and Francis I of
France exchanged gifts at the Field of Cloth of Gold. Since then,
the exchange of gifts between rulers has become a tradition, one
which has continued for centuries and is prevalent even today.
Having been on the throne for more than 60…
Prince Harry will begin his secondment to
the Australian Defence Force on 6th April, Kensington Palace
announced today, as they confirmed new details about the Prince’s
attachment to the Australian forces ahead of his leaving the
British Armed Forces in June after ten…
A fantastic new project is being launched
at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. With the enormous popularity of
Queen Victoria’s Journals available online, the extensive
collection of King George III’s papers will soon be available for
the world to view on the web as well. The Queen will
attend the event announcing the project to digitise King George
III’s private papers. In…
The Duchess of Cornwall will soon have a
pub in Poundbury named after her. The collaborative development of
the Duchy of Cornwall and Hall and Woodhouse will see a public
house located on Queen Mother Square in Poundbury. Located in
Dorchester in the county of Dorset…
The Duke of Cambridge started his first
day at Bond Air Services as he begins his training to be a pilot
for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Prince William previously
piloted Sea King helicopters for the RAF in Anglesey. During the
next months, he will undergo specific…
The Queen made a sudden return
to Buckingham Palace on Monday morning to receive the Prime
Minister David Cameron after the dissolution of Parliament. The
Queen, who is residing at Windsor Castle for the next month for
Easter Court, received Mr Cameron shortly after 11 o’clock as he
travelled the short journey to the Palace from Downing Street
by car. Thanks to the Fixed Term Parliaments…
Prince Charles paid a visit to his local
small community hospital in Tetbury Friday in his capacity as
Patron of Friends of Tetbury Hospital, which raises funds to
maintain it. The Prince opened the recently upgraded X-Ray unit.
The £108,600 needed for the upgrade took…
"An event of great national and international significance": The Queen’s message opens the order of service at Richard III’s reburial
26th March 2015
The Queen has issued a message on the
occasion of the reinterment of her predecessor, King Richard III,
who was buried at Leicester Cathedral today. Her Majesty mentions
The King’s death in the Battle of Bosworth, and her memories of
Leicester Cathedral. She also…
The Supreme Court has today ruled that
letters sent by The Prince of Wales to government ministers can be
published. The hand-down of the judgement, which was delivered just
after 09:45 GMT, ends a nine-year legal battle between The
Guardian and the government. The Court was asked to decide
whether Dominic Grieve acted unlawfully when he prevented
their publication in 2012 as Attorney…
