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…
Will Her Majesty be absent from The Queen's Speech?
12th June 2017
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…
Got a ticket to Paddington? The Queen will be on board
11th June 2017
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 congratulates couple on 75th anniversary
6th June 2017
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.
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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…
‘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…