Throughout history, many royals have
died in brutal and bizarre ways. Royals have been killed in
attacks, by illness and by accident. However, only one European
royal has ever been murdered by a monkey. That is the Greek
King Alexander, who died at 27-years-old in 1920. Prince Alexander
was born in 1893 as the second son of Greece’s King Constantine I
and his wife, Queen Sophia, born as…
Crisis averted for The Queen as Royal Ascot & the State Opening of Parliament fail to overlap
27th April 2017
A near-crisis has been averted for The
Queen after it was revealed that the State Opening of
Parliament and Royal Ascot meeting would fall on different days. It
was feared that Her Majesty would be forced to miss one of her
favourite days of the year at the Berkshire…
La Reyne le veult - why are Acts of Parliament confirmed in Norman French rather than English?
27th April 2017
As part of the prorogation of Parliament,
the giving of Royal Assent takes place for bills that have been
passed by both houses. This is because prorogation signals the end
of all parliamentary business, meaning if a bill isn’t passed into
law by this point, it may not be…
Emotional scenes as the 2015-2017 Parliamentary session is officially brought to a close
27th April 2017
The 2015-2017 Parliamentary session has
officially been brought to a close on Thursday after
the prorogation was made in the House of Lords. This means
Parliament will now not meet until after the June 8th General
Election so all legislature and government business have been
put on hold while Members of Parliament campaign to retain their
seats. There were emotional scenes in the House of…
There will be major changes to this
year’s State Opening of Parliament due to the snap general election
due to be held in the UK in June. In a heavily dressed down affair,
Her Majesty will not wear her Imperial Crown or Robes of State this
year, and will also arrive in car…
The future King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. Prince
Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen
Mary, while Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and…
Following her birth on April 21 1926 at
the home of her maternal grandparents at 17 Bruton St Mayfair, the
baby Princess Elizabeth moved to the house that her parents, the
Duke and Duchess of York, had taken at 145 Piccadilly W1. This
would be the house in which she would spend the first years of her
childhood, as well as White Lodge in Richmond Park. These were
the residences where the young…
Former Spice Girl and popstar Victoria
Beckham has been presented with an OBE by Prince William today at
Buckingham Palace. Mrs Beckham received an OBE for services to the
fashion industry. After the ceremony, the 43-year-old
said: “It was an absolute pleasure to be at…
Former gold medal winning Olympian,
Jessica Ennis-Hill, collected her Damehood from the Duke of
Cambridge today in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. Dame
Jessica was named in the 2017 New Year Honours list for her
services to athletics. The 31-year-old retired from the…
The Prime Minister Theresa May has called
a snap General Election for the United Kingdom. Embed from Getty
Images This means the British people will go to the polls in June
to elect a Prime Minister. Mrs May said that Britain needed
certainty, stability and strong leadership following the triggering
of Article 50 to leave the European Union. The Labour Leader Jeremy
Corbyn has said that he…
