The Queen’s Speech has been
delayed because the government are having trouble transcribing
the text onto goatskin. Every year, the speech is read out on
goatskin parchment, however, it takes around a week for
the ink to dry meaning amendments cannot be made. As the
Conservative Party are currently undertaking negotiations with
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, the whole…
It has been confirmed that this year’s
Queen’s Speech has been delayed by a few days due to the
Conservative Party failing to reach an agreement with Northern
Ireland’s DUP. If an agreement cannot be made, then it is
likely that The Queen’s Speech…
Charlie Proctor: The Queen will be livid with the government if she is forced to miss Royal Ascot
12th June 2017
It never ceases to amaze me how things
can go from relatively calm to scenes of chaos within a matter of
minutes. I should imagine that the same situation unfolded in
Buckingham Palace this morning when Her Majesty found out that she
might have to miss Royal Ascot due to the…
If you have purchased a train ticket from
Slough to Paddington for 13 June, there is an additional reason why
you don’t want to miss your trip; because the Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh will board the Great Western Railway train to mark the
anniversary of a similar trip that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
embarked on 175 years ago. What makes the trip more special is that
descendants of the…
Theresa May will travel to Buckingham
Palace this afternoon to ask The Queen for permission to form a
government alongside the Democratic Unionist Party. Mrs May will
inform Her Majesty that alongside the Northern Irish party led by
Arlene Foster, the Conservative Party can…
The Queen has congratulated a couple on
their 75th wedding anniversary. Reg and Joan Elliot received a
letter from Her Majesty who will celebrate her 70th anniversary
with Prince Philip in November. Reg and Joan, both 94, married in
1942 after Reg completed his training in…
It was all smiles for The Queen on
Saturday as she attended one of her favourite engagements of the
year – the Epsom Derby. Embed from Getty Images Dressed in a bright
yellow floral dress and hat, the 91-year-old was seen smiling from
the Royal Box with her Racing Manager John Warren. The race is
regarded as the most prestigious in the British racing calendar,
and is held annually at…
Following her surprise visit to Royal
Manchester Children’s Hospital to speak with survivors of the
Manchester bombing, The Queen has voiced concerns about the
psychological repercussions of the attack on survivors. At
yesterday’s Royal Garden Party – the last at…
Did someone "grease the brakes" in Diana, Princess of Wales's fatal crash?
31st May 2017
‘Diana: 7 Days That Shook The Windsors’
looks back at the delicate situation that followed after Diana,
Princess of Wales was killed 20 years ago. The Channel 5 programme
reports that Her Majesty’s response to finding out Diana was in the
Paris accident…
The Queen made an unannounced visit to
Manchester on Thursday where she met with doctors and patients who
were injured in Monday’s terror attack. Whilst at the hospital, Her
Majesty met families of victims and the staff who were on duty at
the hospital on the night. 22 people were killed in the bomb
blast at Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
Many more were seriously…
