King Charles III

Prince Charles: "I'll help police" with investigation into donor's honour

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7th December 2021
The Prince of Wales said he is prepared to speak to Scotland Yard detectives about evidence his aide fixed an honour for a Saudi billionaire.The Prince insists he has no knowledge of a deal where Michael Fawcett, his right-hand man, worked with fixers to secure a CBE for Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz who had donated more than £1.5 million to the Prince’s flagship charity. The…
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Prince PhilipQueen Elizabeth II

The Queen thanks artist for 'pretty awful' and 'creepy' portrait of Prince Philip

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30th July 2021
A woman who painted a ‘pretty awful’ portrait of the late Duke of Edinburgh and sent it to The Queen received a personalised letter back from Buckingham Palace. 23-year-old Honor Morrison sent the art because she found it ‘creepy’ and felt as if Prince Philip was watching her. But, she didn’t want to bin her work.Honor spent four hours painting the Duke after…
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British RoyalsPalaces & Buildings

Picnic at Buckingham Palace for the first time ever this summer

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8th April 2021
With lockdown lifted, Brits are looking forward to meeting their friends and family in parks and gardens again, and this year a rather unique picnicking venue has presented itself for your socially distant gatherings.The Royal Collection Trust announced Wednesday that in addition to offering a select number of palace tours this year, they’ll be welcoming guests to Buckingham…
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British RoyalsPalaces & Buildings

Buckingham Palace video shows Palace restoration project

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18th February 2020
A new video from Buckingham Palace shows work being done to restore the iconic building. More specifically, the video shows how officials are working to preserve its historic nineteenth-century wallpaper in the Yellow Drawing Room.The vital work will protect the wallpaper from getting damaged as nearby construction work continues as part of the Reservicing programme. Once the work is…
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