The Queen is set to invite US
President-Elect, Donald Trump, on an official State Visit to the UK
in mid-2017 according to reports. According to The Daily Telegraph,
senior government officials are already writing up plans for the
State Visit which promises to be a historic occasion. Mr Trump will
not receive an invitation to visit the UK in an official capacity
until he is sworn in as President…
Buckingham Palace to undergo a 10-year £369 million refurbishment
18th November 2016
It has just been announced by the
Treasury that Buckingham Place will undergo a 10-year refurbishment
costing the UK taxpayer £369m. The work, which will begin next
April, will be the largest refurbishment Buckingham Palace has been
subject to in recent time. The Queen will…
The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC),
was launched last year in Malta at the Commonwealth Heads of
Government meeting. It was conceived by the charity, Cool Earth and
led by the Royal Commonwealth Society who worked in partnership
with the Commonwealth Forestry…
The Queen has sent a message to the
people of New Zealand after a series of powerful earthquakes shook
the country over the weekend. In the message, Her Majesty writes
that she and Prince Philip were shocked to hear about the
earthquakes that struck the country. In full, the Queen writes:
“Prince Philip and I were shocked to hear news of the severe
earthquakes that struck on Monday. I send…
The Hon. Margaret Rhodes is The Queen’s
first cousin, and longtime friend. Born just a few months apart
from Her Majesty, Mrs Rhodes probably knows the monarch better than
anybody else, and they still remain best of friends to this day.
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Theresa May set to go to war with The Queen after the Prime Minister scraps seven royal charters
13th November 2016
Theresa May is set to have her first
major dispute with Her Majesty The Queen as the British Prime
Minister plans to scrap seven royal charters. Embed from Getty
Images Mrs May is planning to axe royal charters from the UK’s
research councils which generates £3billion…
The Queen has led tributes to the British
and Commonwealth war dead this weekend at the Remembrance Sunday
service in central London. Thousands of people gathered at the
Cenotaph for a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock to honour those
killed in wars and conflicts past and present. Her Majesty and her
husband, The Duke of Edinburgh alongside other members of the royal
family all laid wreaths at…
Queen Elizabeth II was joined by a large
portion of the Senior Members of the Royal Family at Royal Albert
Hall for the Festival of Remembrance. Embed from Getty Images Among
those included the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and
Duchess of Cornwall who just…
A new portrait of the Queen by
internationally acclaimed Northern Irish artist Colin Davidson has
been revealed by the Queen. Embed from Getty Images The large
canvas which is 4ft by 5ft, shows the Queen wearing a turquoise
Karl Ludwig dress, smiling. The painting was produced from a 90
minute sitting at Buckingham Palace in May and marks the work of a
charity promoting the reconciliation in…
