President Higgins is the first Irish
president in history to visit the UK in an official capacity. On
Tuesday morning, he will be met by The Prince of Wales and Duchess
of Cornwall at the Irish Embassy, before travelling together to
Windsor Castle. His visit comes three years after Her Majesty paid
a visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011, making her the first
British monarch to do so. The last…
Historic meeting between the Queen & Pope
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3, 2014 The Queen and the Pope spoke together in private for
17 minutes, and the meeting was just under…
The Queen will host the President of
Ireland, Mr Michael D Higgins and his wife at Windsor castle during
from April 8 to April 11. This will be the first State Visit to the
UK by any President of Ireland and follows The Queen’s historic
State Visit to Ireland in…
The first engagement during Easter Court
this year is the unveiling of a Windsor Greys statue in Windsor
during which Prince William and Prince Philip will accompany her.
During her stay this year, The Queen is set to receive the
President of Ireland on a 4-day state visit at the Castle from
8th-11th April – one of two state visits Her Majesty will receive
throughout the course of this year. She…
Led by Rosemary Ussher, a group of
Windsor residents raised £200,000 to fund the construction and
installation a statue of a pair of Her Majesty’s Windsor Grey
horses on the roundabout. “The Jubilee fountain in the Goswells
looks fantastic and when the Windsor Greys is…
In a recent interview, the accomplished
78-year-old visionary with the signature white ponytail admitted to
being awestruck by the 87-year-old Monarch’s classic sense of
style… “Nobody does the job better than [The Queen] does. She is
never ridiculous; she is…
The 33-year-old received the OBE in The
New Year’s Honours list for 2014 for her services to music and
charitable services. However, this is not the first award for the
popular singer. Two of the ten studio albums released since her
debut in 2004 have won a Classic Brit Award for Album of the Year.
She has also sung at a number of television and sporting events
and, in 2012, she competed on the…
This week, a young girl with compassion
for a stranger’s tragedy received a priceless response to her
efforts from Her Majesty The Queen. In May of 2013, Fusilier Lee
Rigby was brutally murdered after being chased down by two men in a
car and was then stabbed and beaten to…
The State Opening of Parliament is an
extremely important event that marks the formal beginning of the
Parliamentary year. It is the only occasion that brings together
the three components of the legislature – The Sovereign, the House
of Commons and the House of Lords. The…
The new state coach for the
Royal Family, which was completed in 2010 by
coachbuilder W.J. Frecklington, was originally a birthday
present for The Queen’s 80th birthday. However, various delays have
meant it has not yet been used. Frecklington decided to create a
coach which emulates British history and The Royal Family by using
a variety of different images and materials relating to…
