“I don’t get to give this one out very
often. Well done.” And with those touching words The Queen pinned
the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour, onto the tunic of
Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey. He is the first living serviceman to
receive the medal for service in Afghanistan. View image |
gettyimages.com Paratrooper Joshua Leakey was presented with his
Victoria Cross…
World War II Burma Campaign veteran receives invitation to meet Prince Philip
15th April 2015
A veteran soldier and charity
fundraiser from Luton has received a personal invitation to meet
with The Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace next month. Ted
Read, 91, previously served in the 25th Dragoons under the
command of Prince Philip’s uncle…
She may be used to dining at
Downton as the “Dowager Countess of Grantham” but Dame Maggie
Smith will be in the company of Her Majesty The Queen and Prince
Philip on Monday evening as she dines with them at Windsor Castle.
Maggie Smith is among 20 other guests…
They may not be studying in this country
but a group of students from Australia have been researching the
family history of one of our most recognisable members of royalty.
Art historian, Michael Reed and his students from Hallam College in
Melbourne have uncovered evidence that shows The Duchess of
Cambridge’s family once had links to a forgotten stately home in
Leeds. Potternewton Hall…
A horse which is co-owned by Zara and
Mike Tindall finished in third place at yesterday’s Crabbie’s Grand
National at Aintree showing that the huge gamble in entering him
paid off. After finishing seventh in 2014, Monbeg Dude put extra
effort in this year to…
Prince Harry to mark 200th anniversary of Nepalese soldiers serving in British Army
11th April 2015
Prince Harry’s final months in active
service will wrap up this June, after his duty in Australia. Upon
his retirement, Prince Harry will help mark the 200th anniversary
of Nepalese soldiers serving in the British Army. Prince Harry in
March 2014, at an announcement…
Prince Harry ‘just rocked up’ in Wuggubun
this week and charmed the residents who want him to go back again
The last time we saw him he was charming crowds in Canberra, and
now Prince Harry has been winning fans in a place, so remote most
maps miss it out. The prince popped into Wuggubun, an Aboriginal
township around 500 miles from Darwin, as he began his four week
attachment with the…
Monbeg Dude at last years Grand National
where he finished in 7th place It’s Grand National day, the time of
year where the eyes of the horse racing world descend to Liverpool
where the world’s most famous horse race takes place. This year,
Monbeg Dude, the horse…
As royal baby fever sweeps the nation
once again, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have confirmed final
details ahead of the birth of their second child. Kate is due to
give birth towards the end of April and will once again return to
the Lindo Wing, the private maternity…
It has been announced that The Prince of
Wales and his son, Prince Harry, will both give a reading when they
attend services in Turkey commemorating the Gallipoli Campaign and
Anzac Day. Prince Charles will give his reading at the centenary
Anzac dawn service in Gallipoli whilst Prince Harry will speak at
the Australian service at Lone Pine later in the day. The Prince of
Wales and Prince Harry…
