Designer Elena Sivoldaeva has donated a
vehicle to Be Safe Monaco, an organisation co-chaired by Camille
Gottlieb, the daughter of Princess Stéphanie. The vehicle that was
donated is electric, an important quality in a country that has
made the environmental challenge a pillar of its internal policy,
especially under the leadership of Prince Albert. Ms Sivoldaeva’s
donation follows…
The royals who will join The Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony at the Platinum Jubilee
6th May 2022
It’s one of the most highly anticipated
parts of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The moment that the
Royal Family walk out on to the balcony of Buckingham Palace after
Trooping the Colour is one that will be watched around the world.
And now we know who will stand…
The Gold State Coach, used by The Queen
at her Coronation, will take a starring role in this year’s
Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Her Majesty rode through the streets
of London in the coach for her Silver and Golden celebrations in
1977 and 2012 but as she marks 70…
On a bright spring day in 1935, King
George V became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Silver
Jubilee. The 25th anniversary of his reign followed plenty of royal
tradition but there was also innovation in the celebrations as well
as a rather historic moment on the Buckingham Palace balcony. No
other British king or queen had held festivities to mark a quarter
of a century of rule.
Jamaican campaigners are criticising the
£42,000 (JMD $8 million) cost of the visit by the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge earlier this year. The visit was made as part of Queen
Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebration. The campaigning group,
Advocates Network…
Maybe you have heard of Rhodesia, an
unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. It
dissolved on 1 June 1979 and is now in the territory equivalent to
modern Zimbabwe. Before all of that happened, Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II was Queen of the…
The Queen won’t attend the traditional
Buckingham Palace garden parties to be held in Platinum Jubilee
year. The dates of the parties have been revealed but it’s also
been confirmed that other members of the Royal Family will
represent The Queen at the celebrations. Thousands will be welcomed
to the Palace for the parties. They take place on May 11th, May
18th and May 25th 2022.
When Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the
throne, she had the support of the man she called her “strength and
stay” in Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In our special Jubilee
series, we look at the other consorts of Europe in 1952. Queen
Louise of Sweden An aunt of…
The Duchess of Cambridge steps out in style to honour The Queen at Design Museum
5th May 2022
The Duchess of Cambridge stepped out in
style as she presented The Queen Elizabeth II Award for British
Design at London’s Design Museum. The award which was set up five
years ago recognises the cultural and trade role British design and
the fashion industry have…
On Victoria’s birthday, will The Queen be involved in opening the Elizabeth Line?
5th May 2022
A few weeks before the Platinum Jubilee
weekend, the capital will open its new Crossrail service, the
Elizabeth line. But can we expect to see the sovereign it’s named
after at the opening of the line? The railway is set to run from
Reading in Berkshire to Shenfield in Essex and Abbey Wood in
southeast London. It was initially planned to open in full in
December 2018 but was hit by…
