Following his recent hospitalisation, a
number of new engagements have been announced for His Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, including a Garden Party at the
Palace of Holyroodhouse on 4 July in Edinburgh and a joint
engagement with Her Majesty The Queen at Falkirk and Stirling on 5
July. The Queen and Prince Philip will board the Seagull Trust boat
‘The Wooden Spoon’ at the Sea Lock of…
As Patron of the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight, the Duke of Cambridge will mark the Flight’s 60th
anniversary by attending a reception and air display at Royal Air
Force Coningsby on Tuesday 11 July. Formerly of the Royal Air Force
Search and Rescue Force at RAF…
Ahead of the start of the 201 Wimbledon
Championships next Monday, the Duchess of Cambridge has spoken of
her love for the sport of tennis in a new BBC documentary. Sue
Barker: Our Wimbledon celebrates 90 years of Wimbledon coverage on
the BBC and sees Sue Barker travel…
As of April 2018 The Queen’s
taxpayer-funded income will rise to £82.2 million, an 8.1 per cent
increase from 2017. The Queen’s income, which is known as the
Sovereign Grant, supports the head of state but also covers the
costs of the occupied royal palaces. First established at £31
million for the 2012-2013 tax year, the Sovereign Grant replaced
the Civil list and payments from various…
Prince Harry was in central London
yesterday to open the new extension to the Royal Institute of
International Affairs at Chatham House. The extension provides a
permanent home for a leadership training centre named after his
grandmother, the Royal institute’s patron since…
Increase in crimes around the royal palaces since the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
13th June 2017
In a new report released by the
Metropolitan Police in response to a freedom of information
request, statistics reveal that crimes around Buckingham and
Kensington Palaces have more than tripled since the royal wedding
in 2011. In 2011 just 13 crimes took place within palace…
Prince Harry arrives in Australia and pays tribute to Australian victims of London attack
8th June 2017
During an appearance at Admiralty House
in Sydney as part of his whirlwind two-day visit to Australia,
Prince Harry spoke about Saturday night’s attack in London. Before
beginning his speech to launch the 500-day countdown to Sydney’s
hosting of the October 2018 Invictus Games, Prince Harry paid
tribute to those who lost their lives in London’s terror attack
earlier in the week. “I would…
Following her surprise visit to Royal
Manchester Children’s Hospital to speak with survivors of the
Manchester bombing, The Queen has voiced concerns about the
psychological repercussions of the attack on survivors. At
yesterday’s Royal Garden Party – the last at…
Queen and Duke of Edinburgh lead Garden Party guests in moment of silence for Manchester victims
24th May 2017
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh led
the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Eugenie and
their 8,000 assembled guests in a moment of silence and respect for
the victims of the Manchester bombing at the start of yesterday’s
Garden Party at Buckingham…
In a diary entry on 12 May 1937,
from the then 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York, the future
Queen recorded the experience of watching her father’s coronation
at Westminster Abbey. The diary entry opened with the fact that the
day saw the young princess awakened at the early hour of 05:00 by
the music of the Royal Marines band outside her window. Following
an early breakfast, Elizabeth got…
