Students across the United Kingdom are invited to make their mark on the Platinum Jubilee with the launch of two new initiatives.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant, in conjunction with the IdeasFoundation andthe Engineering Development Trust, announced its “Commonwealth of Kindness” workshops and sustainable street party initiative to celebrate Her Majesty’s…
The Queen’s historic reign has been filled with milestones that tell the story of her rule. Many are linked to state and constitution but even the most personal of celebrations has an importance of its own for Britain’s longest ruling Monarch.
On November 15th…
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many important moments and some have become milestones, forever associated with Elizabeth II. Among them is a four minute address that has become one of her most famous speeches.
On April 5th 2020, The Queen recorded a special…
New details have been revealed about this year’s Commonwealth Day celebrations. Set to take place on Monday 14 March, the service will be the first in-person gathering of the Commonwealth since the global health crisis began in 2020.
Members of the Royal Family are set to attend the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey. The service will reflect on Her Majesty’s…
The Windsor Castle fire that came to symbolise the ''annus horribilis'' of the Royal Family
10th March 2022
The Queen’s seventy years as Monarch have seen many milestones which have become part of the story of her historic reign. Among them was the huge fire at Windsor Castle which became symbolic of a year when the Royal Family found its fortunes fading fast.
On the…
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many moments and meetings that have made history. During her seventy year rule, she has seen fourteen Presidents of the United States and the day she entertained one of them at Buckingham Palace has become a milestone in the story of…
The historic reign of Elizabeth II, which has now lasted seventy years, has seen many significant times. Among the most poignant were those in 2002 when The Queen said goodbye to her sister and her mother within a matter of weeks and saw the very fabric of her Royal Family alter forever.
As 2002 began, The Queen was looking ahead to her Golden Jubilee. On February 6th, she marked the 50th…
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many milestones that dominate the story of Elizabeth II. Among them is one of the most important of her rule and of modern British history, the moment of her accession.
On February 6th 1952, in the early hours, King George VI died in…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution will reward 4,500 volunteers and frontline staff with a special Platinum Jubilee medal in recognition of the 69,212 lives that have been saved throughout The Queen’s reign.
“I am delighted to see so many RNLI volunteers and…
Queen's Green Canopy and Woodland Trust announce first Jubilee Woodland
2nd March 2022
Woodland Trust, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity, has announced the first of their 70-acre Platinum Jubilee Woods at Burghley House.
The 16th-century Elizabethan mansion is located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in the northeast part of the country. It was built between 1555 and 1587 by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. Burghley’s latest woodland…
