The Queen is just 19 days away from
becoming the longest-reigning monarch in British history,
overtaking great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. According to
Royal Central‘s calculations, The Queen will overtake Queen
Victoria on 9th September at 4.18pm. Reliable records show Queen
Victoria’s reign spanning from 2.12am on 20th June 1837 to 6.30pm
on 22nd January 1901, a total…
On the 9th of September this year, Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will make history as she becomes the
longest reigning monarch in British history. To mark the occasion,
BBC One will be airing a documentary, ‘The Queen’s Longest Reign:
Elizabeth &…
As 9th September draws ever
closer, when Her Majesty will overtake Queen Victoria as
the country’s longest-reigning monarch, there’s no end to the
amount of retrospective coverage; looking back over her 63-year
reign and its highs and lows. Now, US-based…
To mark the occasion of Her Majesty The
Queen becoming Britain’s longest reigning Monarch on September 9th,
special photographic displays will open at various royal residences
across the country. The Queen becomes Britain’s longest reigning
monarch on 9th September. Entitled ‘Long To Reign Over Us’, the
displays will open from Wednesday 9th September at Windsor Castle,
the…
New details released of where Queen will be when she becomes longest-reigning Monarch
10th August 2015
It’s just under a month to go until The
Queen writes her name in the history books as the longest reigning
monarch this country has known and now we know more about the
backdrop to this very special day. The Queen will mark her
milestone opening a new railway in…
The Royal Family is well-known for their
love of animals. But the royal’s interest in pigeons and racing?
Yes, there is royal love for all creatures great and small, and the
sport of pigeon racing is part of it. King George VI and family
with Mr J Walter Jones at the…
New photo exhibition shows Queen, Camilla and William in remarkable mirrored portraits
1st August 2015
A new exhibition which begins this
month at Eleven in London titled The Queen’s People
is set to show some of Britain’s high office holders in their
traditional outfits, using a photographic technique inspired by
17th century portrait painting. The collection of photographs,
which will go on display from 19th August – 19th September this
year, are all produced in the same…
The Queen’s annual income from her
private Duchy of Lancaster estate has risen to £16m, an increase of
18%, or £2.4m, on 2014, accounts reveal. Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II is the current Duke of Lancaster. The title Duke of
Lancaster continues to be used, even for a…
British comedian Russell Brand has this
week attracted significant criticism for a post on social media
site Facebook in which he equated The Queen’s German heritage to
Nazism. The post garnered significant attention from Brand’s 3.4m
Facebook followers, many of…
Buckingham Palace reacts to images showing The Queen as a child appearing to give Nazi salute
18th July 2015
Buckingham Palace has said it is
disappointed by the decision of The Sun newspaper to publish an
image taken in 1933 of The Queen performing a Nazi salute under the
gaze of her uncle, the man who later became Edward VIII. The image
that appears on their front page this morning is taken from a 17
second video that the newspaper has also published. That footage
shows the then Princess Elizabeth of…
