The Queen was incredibly close to her
younger sister, Princess Margaret. However, the pair’s relationship
suffered in the late 1950s when Margaret had hoped to marry Group
Captain Peter Townsend. Townsend had served as an equerry to
King George VI, after serving in the RAF in the 1930s and 1940s. In
1950 he was made Master of the Household and in 1952 became the
Queen Mother’s…
Students across the United Kingdom are
invited to make their mark on the Platinum Jubilee with the launch
of two new initiatives. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant, in
conjunction with the IdeasFoundation andthe Engineering Development
Trust, announced…
Diplomats refer to it as “soft diplomacy”
– the art of saying things without actually uttering a single word.
Another definition is of it is “saying without saying”. On the 24th
of February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Media around the world
have…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
has been the first person to have an in-person meeting with The
Queen since her Covid-19 diagnosis in February. Trudeau flew to
London early on Monday, 7 March to meet with UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark
Rutte, to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine. All three
countries belong to the North Atlantic…
While Buckingham Palace is the official
London residence of the sovereign and serves as the administrative
headquarters for The Crown, The Queen will not be returning from
Windsor Castle. The Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh moved to
Windsor Castle permanently…
The Queen has made a ‘generous donation’
to a Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal as the invasion of Ukraine by
Russia continues. The Disasters Emergency Committee revealed the
donation on March 3rd 2022, tweeting: “Many thanks to Her Majesty
The Queen for continuing to…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution
will reward 4,500 volunteers and frontline staff with a special
Platinum Jubilee medal in recognition of the 69,212 lives that have
been saved throughout The Queen’s reign. “I am delighted to see so
many RNLI volunteers and staff being recognised by this prestigious
award alongside other frontline members of the emergency services,
prison services and…
The Queen recovers from Covid and enjoys some quality time with the Cambridge Family and Princess Beatrice
1st March 2022
The Queen appears to have recovered from
Covid-19, just over a week after the 95-year-old monarch was
diagnosed with the disease. According to the Daily Mail, once out
of isolation, Her Majesty travelled to Frogmore Cottage to enjoy
some precious time with members of her…
Windsor schools are preparing Platinum
Jubilee celebrations for their pupils, according to planners in the
area. The Windsor Platinum Jubilee Committee, a local organisation
set up to celebrate The Queen this year, helped launch Platinum
Jubilee Schools’ Week at The…
Residents of Warwickshire with stories of
their brushes with The Queen or royalty are being encouraged to
share their memories and memorabilia with the Warwickshire Library
Service ahead of the Platinum Jubilee this summer. Locals can fill
out forms with their stories and photographs to form the basis of
displays and artefacts to celebrate Warwickshire’s royal
connection. “The Queen’s…
