The Queen will receive her new Prime Minister at Balmoral for the first time in her 70 year reign.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Her Majesty will remain at her Scottish retreat for the transition of power from Boris Johnson to his successor.
Earlier this summer, as Mr Johnson confirmed he would be resigning as Prime Minister, it had been indicated that The Queen would make a 1,000…
All The Queen's Prime Ministers - who has held the top office in Elizabeth II's historic reign?
31st August 2022
The Queen is about to see the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign. Boris Johnson announced his plans to step down and the Conservative Party has spent the summer picking his replacement. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will head to Buckingham Palace to be appointment Prime…
The Queen could receive her new Prime Minister for the first time at Balmoral.
Her Majesty is currently in residence at her Scottish home with her planned stay there traditionally lasting until early autumn.
However, the Conservative Party will choose its new leader on…
Contents of the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester’s Northamptonshire manor up for auction
27th August 2022
A stately manor house once belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester is the centre of an auction that will see its contents—in some cases with royal provenance—up for sale.
Prince Richard and Birgitte lived at Barnwell Manor in Northamptonshire until the mid-‘90s, when they moved to Kensington Palace because they could not afford to pay for the 436-year-old home any…
The Queen has thanked a Canadian marsh and wetland preservation group for naming a swan in her honour.
The Friends of Wye Marsh sent The Queen a letter back in June during the Platinum Jubilee weekend to alert her to their newest adopted trumpeter swan, C70, named…
A young girl received a reply from The Queen when she wrote about speed limits in her neighbourhood.
After a little boy was hit by a car in her Swindon neighbourhood, Ruby Steadman sent a letter to The Queen asking her to act and make the street safer. Steadman wrote…
A is for Anne but why did the Queen’s only daughter end up with a name that, at the time, wasn’t a usual one for members of the Royal Family?
The answer can perhaps best be found in the summer of 1930 and the arrival of a princess. In August that year, the future George VI and his Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) welcomed their second daughter. The baby girl was born at…
The Queen has worn countless hats throughout her 70-year reign, but her newest one has a special meaning behind it.
On 24 August, as Ukraine celebrated its independence day, The Queen received a new hat from Ukraine as a symbol of the relationship shared between the…
The Queen sent a message of support to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine on the country’s independence day, joining other world leaders in praising the country’s resilience in the face of invasion and war.
The Queen’s message was shared by the British Embassy in…
The exotic precedent set by a Monarch for appointing a Prime Minister away from Buckingham Palace
16th August 2022
As the Queen prepares to appoint the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign, the question of where she will welcome them is much discussed. Her Majesty is now in Balmoral for her annual summer break but is understood to be planning to return to London to accept Boris Johnson’s resignation and then ask his successor, chosen by the Conservative party, to form a new government. However, there is…
