Buckingham Palace has announced a short series of events that will mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 60th anniversary of her coronation, back on 2nd June 1953. It will be nothing like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, in terms of magnitude and number of engagements and plans do not extend much further than a simple service.
The Buckingham Palace press announcement says that the 60th anniversary…
Dame Helen Mirren To Reveal Secrets Of Queen's Appointments With Prime Ministers In New Play
20th January 2013
It’s now been almost 7 years since the controversial film The Queen his our screens and now, Dame Helen Mirren and more well-known faces are to take to the stage to perform The Queen’s meetings with her Prime Ministers in front of thousands in a paying…
A portrait banned by Buckingham Palace for 60 years for looking nothing like The Queen has now gone on display at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. The portrait, by John Napper features a likeness of someone who even he conceded doesn’t look like The Queen!
The…
It has emerged that Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales are using their legal power to veto (halt) bills in Parliament more than was originally thought, according to a new Whitehall document released recently.
At least 39 bills have been subject to Royal approval, with the senior royals using their power to consent or block new laws in areas such as higher education…
The Queen was left apparently laughing earlier today when her 2002 state Bentley wouldn’t start as she was at the traditional Sunday church service near her current residence, Sandringham House.
Standing nearby, she was seen laughing and pointing as her chauffeur tried…
Her Majesty The Queen offered her condolences to the United States Of America on Friday in response to the mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut in a special message to The President.
To President Obama I have been deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the…
No Christmas day would be complete without the Queen’s Message, broadcasted to the whole Commonwealth of Nations and which has become as traditional as the decorated fir and the filled stocking.
Many times and from disparate soureces it has been underlined how the British Monarchy represents and assures a fundamental sense of continuity: the Royal Christmas Broadcast is probably the epitome…
