From small and simple to over-the-top, the right hat completes any royal outfit. This autumn, our team is taking a look at their favourite royal hats from over the years.
When it comes to hats, Her Majesty certainly has a long reign of fabulous headgear to consider. From ladylike 1950s hats with netting to trendy turbans in the 1970s and even floral-covered shower cap-style hats, we’ve…
500 horses to put on a special performance for The Queen to mark her 70 years on the throne
21st September 2021
The Queen’s milestone Platinum Jubilee will now incorporate ‘A Gallop Through History’ courtesy of the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Over 1,000 performers and 500 horses will band together to tell a cohesive story of Britain’s history from Elizabeth I (who reigned…
The Queen’s Green Canopy is one of several big projects for The Platinum Jubilee in 2021. Originally announced in May 2021, the Queen’s Green Canopy Garden was officially launched on Monday, 20 September, at the RHS Chelsea.
Dame Judi Dench, a Queen’s…
The Queen is set to be asked to pardon a sixteenth-century abbot posthumously after he was hanged, drawn, and quartered on 15 November 1539.
Blessed Richard Whiting, Abbot of Glastonbury, was executed for treason in the aftermath of Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries. Along with Blessed John Wichter (Abbot of Colchester) and Blessed Hugh Faringdon (Abbot of Reading), they were…
One of The Queen’s royal pipers has revealed how the monarch stepped in to support him and his family following his wife’s cancer diagnosis.
Speaking to BBC Scotland, Pipe Major Scott Methven, who served as The Queen’s piper at Balmoral Castle while she was in…
The Queen’s Green Canopy will be a star attraction at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week, with its ambassador Dame Judi Dench encouraging patrons to ‘plant a tree for the jubilee.’
The planting season begins on 1 October, so the initiative’s plans to promote…
Opinion: Should The Queen be sending a national day message to the North Korean ruler?
15th September 2021
Buckingham Palace confirmed yesterday that The Queen had sent a message to North Korea as they celebrated their national holiday. This came after North Korean state television, KCNA, revealed that Her Majesty had sent a telegram to the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un on 7 September.
They claimed: “Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
Celebrations at Balmoral for The Queen as she records her most successful racing season in many decades
13th September 2021
The Queen is celebrating at Balmoral this evening after her horse, Fresh Fancy, won his race at Kempton Park, making 2021 Her Majesty’s most successful racing season in many decades.
Fresh Fancy’s success on the all weather on Monday means that The Queen has…
The Queen hails the “remarkable" Emma Raducanu as she makes history winning the US Open
11th September 2021
The Queen has sent a message of congratulations to British teenager Emma Raducanu after the made history, becoming the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles tournament in 44 years.
Never dropping a set in any of her ten matches, 18-year-old Raducanu dominated…
Reach For The Moon - a horse bred by The Queen and destined for for the stars?
11th September 2021
“Reach for the moon. Evenif you miss, you will land among the stars!” – Norman Vincent Peale
If the stars align next year, then The Queen could have a live contender in The Derby – the world’s most prestigious flat race.
Reach For The Moon – a two-year-old colt owned by the monarch – has already won the Group 3 Solario Stakes, and has finished…
