During every State Visit, a lavish
banquet is held and the visiting dignitaries or royalty are the
guests of honour. Senior members of the Royal Family usually are in
attendance as well. At tonight’s state banquet, The Queen, Duke of
Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Anne, the
Princess Royal, the Countess of Wessex, The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and for his first ever…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
have arrived in the United Kingdom. Their official State Visit is
set to begin tomorrow and will last three days. In the late
afternoon, King Felipe and Queen Letizia departed from the Adolfo
Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in Madrid.
Care for a car with a royal history? The
Queen and Prince Philip’s custom Daimler is going up for auction!
Expected to bring in £55,000, the five-speed automatic was Her
Majesty’s from June 2001 to January 2007 and was often seen taking
Queen Elizabeth and…
On this day in 1982, an intruder managed
to evade security and break into Buckingham Palace making his way
into The Queen’s bedroom whilst she was in residence. This incident
is to this day one of the worst royal security breaches in modern
history, with The Queen only managing to get help when
she offered the intruder a cigarette. The intruder was an
unemployed decorator, Michael Fagan…
Seventy years ago today Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth & Philip Mountbatten
9th July 2017
Seventy years ago today, Buckingham
Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth and
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The couple were married in
Westminster Abbey on 20th November 1947 – meaning in just four
months time The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will…
The Queen has hired her first ever
black equerry – Ghanaian-born Major Nana Kofi
Twumasi-Ankrah. The 38-year-old will be tasked with supporting the
monarch at her official engagements, which include public
engagements and private audiences at Buckingham Palace. He…
A Shetland Pony got a mouthful of The
Queen’s flowers today in Scotland as Her Majesty visited Stirling
Castle in Scotland. The pesky pony nibbled her posy as the
91-year-old Monarch leant in to pet the animal. But known for her
love of horses, The Queen took the incident in good humour and
continued to observe the friendly animal, a three-year-old dark
brown Shetland Pony named Cruachan…
Date set for The Queen and Prince Philip's visit to Scotland Yard following terror postponement
5th July 2017
Buckingham Palace have announced that The
Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit New Scotland Yard next
Thursday after their schedulued visit in March was cancelled due to
a terror attack. The Queen and Prince Philip were originally
scheduled to officially open the new…
The State Visit that was cancelled last
year due to the corruption scandal will now take place from 12-14
July. King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain will visit Her Majesty
at Buckingham Palace later this month. The last State Visit from
Spain to the UK was quite some time…
Queen Elizabeth will take private audience with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
4th July 2017
Tomorrow, Queen Elizabeth will hold a
private audience with Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau. Since
becoming Prime Minster in 2015, The Queen and the Prime Minister
have met once. The meeting was held at Buckingham Palace just after
Trudeau and the Liberal Party won the Canadian elections. This time
around their meeting will take place at Holyrood Palace in
Edinburgh, Scotland as Her Majesty…
