Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Pulls Out Of Westminster Abbey Service With Continuing Gastroenteritis

Her Majesty The Queen has been forced to cancel attending a Westminster Abbey church service today after symptoms of gastroenteritis have continued, despite hospital treatment last week and the assurance that Her Majesty would be fit enough to attend today’s commonwealth themed church service. Instead, the Duke of Edinburgh is attending the service on his own whilst the Queen recovers at…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Will The Queen's Visit To Rome Be Rearranged?

Today and tomorrow, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh were supposed to be on a two-day trip to Rome. With Her Majesty’s health problem last week, the trip was presumed cancelled upon Her Majesty’s non-attendance at St David’s Day in Wales and then cancelled officially after Her Majesty was admitted to hospital. It is highly unusual for the Queen…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Duchess Of Cambridge's Royal Visit To Grimsby

Today, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge is to visit the town of Grimsby for a series of engagements. Her Royal Highness will be making her first official visit to the town as a member of the Royal Family and for Grimsby. The last time a member of the Royal Family visited Grimsby according to ‘This is Grimsby’ was when Princess Anne visited in 2008. Grimsby has quite a distinguished history…
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State & Ceremonial

Succession To The Crown Bill - Summary Of The Proposed Amendments

On Thursday, the Succession To The Crown bill had its committee stage where amendments were considered and a more final (yet not fully final) bill was produced. Some very interesting amendments were added. This article summarises the contents of the bill so far and the amendments. Firstly, Amendment 1 proposed by the house was quite a peculiar one, proposed by Lord Trefgarne which suggested that…
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