<![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen will be joined by members of the Royal Family next week as she leads the traditional Order of the Garter procession and service in Windsor Castle. The Queen will invest new knights and ladies of the Garter in the Garter Throne Rooms inside the Castle, this year there are two new members to be invested.
The event, which will take place in mid-afternoon on Monday…
<![CDATA[After her three day state visit to France, which included commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Her Majesty The Queen made the ‘Derby Dash’ back to the Epsom Downs Racecourse to see Australia win the Investec Derby.
Her Majesty was…
Queen and royals commemorate D-Day on Sword Beach
6th June 2014
<![CDATA[Her Majesty along with The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings at Sword Beach.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were greeted on arrival by…
<![CDATA[The Queen accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, will attended the Service of Remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Bayeux and meet veterans of the Second World War.
Bayeux Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and includes the burials brought in from the surrounding districts and…
The Queen honours war dead at Arc de Triomphe
5th June 2014
<![CDATA[On Thursday, The Queen honoured France's war dead by placing a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The Queen and the President lay a single wreath together at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier #QueeninFrance…
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrive in France
5th June 2014
<![CDATA[Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have arrived in France for the start of their three-day state visit, which also takes in the D-Day anniversary.
The first engagement of today didn't begin in France though, before boarding the Eurostar at St…
<![CDATA[The Queen is to have her very own flower market named after her in Paris; a very rare gesture by the French. The honour, bestowed to Her Majesty from the people of the French capital, will see a market very close to the Notre Dame Cathedral renamed Marche aux Fleurs- Reine Elizabeth II.
A spokesperson from the French Embassy commented: “This is a special honour from the people…
The Queen delivers her speech to Parliament
4th June 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen has delivered her yearly legislative speech at the State Opening of Parliament. The speech is the way in which the government sets out their legislative agenda for the coming year.
Pictures today of the State Opening of Parliament via @BritishMonarchy…
<![CDATA[A page boy, who was standing just 8 feet away from the Queen, fainted as she read out her speech to the House of Lords.
The page boys stand just a few feet away from the Queen
Just under nine minutes in from the start of the speech, a loud thud was heard as the…
<![CDATA[On Monday, the Queen celebrated 61 years since her coronation but she didn't throw a party or make a fuss of the occasion. Instead, she modestly enjoyed a horse ride around Great Windsor Park on her pony, Carltonlima Emma.
The 88-year-old monarch was seen wearing jodhpurs, an overcoat and a headscarf as she rode on her black pony alongside her head groom, Terry Prendry.
The Queen…