Twenty contemporary art pieces gifted to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in honour of the Platinum Jubilee will be displayed at The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace.
Gifted by the Royal Academy of Arts to the late monarch, the works of art on paper are by Royal Academicians elected in the past decade. This includes Wolfgang Tillmans, Lubaina Himid, Yinka Shonibare CBE, and the…
The time The Queen accidentally stepped on The King of Norway's foot
9th January 2023
Queen Elizabeth II was at Westminster Abbey for Princess Alexandra’s 1963 wedding to Alexander Ogilvy and had a bit of a run-in with another monarch.
Footage from Princess Alexandra’s wedding on 24 April 1963 shows The Queen accidentally standing on King Olav V…
Despite their advancing age, the royal cousins continue to be stalwarts for The Royal Family
8th January 2023
When we think of the British Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth II immediately springs to mind. She was the leader for an incredible 70 years. But as remarkable as she was, even she could not do everything alone. For the entirety of her reign, four, supportive, hard-working and…
The Royal Collection Trust has released a new line of commemorative china to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s life.
The Queen’s personal history has been memorialised on a new RCT line. The design features the late Queen’s personal cypher as Princess Elizabeth. The cypher was included on The Queen’s State Hearse used in September.
In addition, the decorative border that…
YEAR IN REVIEW: Queen Elizabeth II's final time at Buckingham Palace
30th December 2022
On 8 September, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96. Like many moments of her life, her funeral and remembrance events were covered and watched all over the globe. As thousands of mourners lined the streets of London, many stood by to pay their final…
Queen Elizabeth, Queen of Scots and Edinburgh's Final Farewell
30th December 2022
The public had known for decades that there was a very elaborate and specific plan in place dictating what would happen following Queen Elizabeth II’s death. However, because she passed while in Scotland, Operation Unicorn was put into place.
Operation Unicorn was…
YEAR IN REVIEW: The Platinum Jubilee, a celebration of an historic reign
30th December 2022
It was a royal first and it may never come again but it happened, and given the events of a few months later, many are very glad that it did. In 2022, Queen Elizabeth II became the only British monarch ever to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. And as she made history, millions took it as an opportunity to celebrate and to say thank you.
Plans for the celebratory Jubilee weekend had been announced…
YEAR IN REVIEW: Prince Louis (nearly) steals the show at the Platinum Jubilee
29th December 2022
Many remember the pageantry of the historic milestone as Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. Whether you watched most of the events or a little bit, there’s one royal who sticks out (besides Her Late Majesty, of course,). Welcome to the…
ROYAL YEAR IN REVIEW: How The Queen's Green Canopy became a tribute to an historic reign
28th December 2022
It started out as a loving gift to Her Majesty in honour of her 70 years of service and it became a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II and her historic reign.
The Queen’s Green Canopy has resulted in the planting of more than one million trees throughout the Commonwealth.
YEAR IN REVIEW: Royalty and world leaders who paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
28th December 2022
The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was one of the largest gatherings of world leaders in modern times—certainly the largest since the coronavirus pandemic.
As we close the books on 2022 and a truly historic year for the British Royal Family, in this post, we’re looking into the world leaders who attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and how they paid tribute to a revolutionary…
