Queen Elizabeth II has conferred a very
special and extremely rare honour on 12 people to mark the occasion
of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. Receiving the title of
Regius Professor is a rare honour, designed to reflect an
exceptionally high standard of teaching and research at an
institution. Only two Regius Professorships have been created in
the last century. These Regius…
Royal sources have reported today that
the Prince Of Wales has been following the abdication story after
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced on Monday that she would
abdicate on 30th April (The Netherlands’ Queen’s Day) to make way
for her son…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news about
Her Majesty The Queen Of The Netherlands’s plan to abdicate from
the throne. In the Netherlands, this is more-or-less common
practise for the Sovereign to abdicate from the throne in old age.
In light of this…
Buckingham Palace has announced a short
series of events that will mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 60th
anniversary of her coronation, back on 2nd June 1953. It will be
nothing like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, in terms of
magnitude and number of engagements and plans do not extend much
further than a simple service. The Buckingham Palace press
announcement says that the 60th anniversary…
Recent letters that have been published,
written by the late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother have detailed
how she pleaded for Prince Charles not to be sent to Gordonstoun
School as Prince Philip had detailed and arranged. Prince Philip
himself had gone to Gordonstoun…
The Duchess Of Cornwall recently paid a
visit to St Mary’s School in South London. During a
conversation with one pupil she was reportedly asked: “Are you
going to be the Queen?” To which the Duchess reportedly replied,
“you never know”! From the time of the…
Prince Harry’s second tour of duty to the
frontlines of Afghanistan has ended on a much more successful note
than his first. After heading to Camp Bastion at the
beginning of September 2012, Harry left on January 21,2013 for a
few days of relaxation in Cyprus before heading back to England.
The 20 week deployment saw Captain Wales take a much more direct
role in combat than his previous tour.
Dame Helen Mirren To Reveal Secrets Of Queen's Appointments With Prime Ministers In New Play
20th January 2013
It’s now been almost 7 years since the
controversial film The Queen his our screens and now, Dame
Helen Mirren and more well-known faces are to take to the stage to
perform The Queen’s meetings with her Prime Ministers in front of
thousands in a paying…
Telegraph Newspaper Slams Beatrice & Eugenie: "They Make A Laughing Stock Of Us All"
19th January 2013
Telegraph newspaper writer Judith Woods
has today, slammed Princess Beatrice and Eugenie’s use as business
representatives for the United Kingdom, saying: “Flagging up
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie as ambassadors for British brands
makes a laughing stock of us…
A portrait banned by Buckingham Palace
for 60 years for looking nothing like The Queen has now gone on
display at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. The portrait, by John
Napper features a likeness of someone who even he conceded doesn’t
look like The Queen! The portrait has spent the last 6 decades
locked away in council vaults until now. This work comes to light
shortly after Paul…
