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 Platinum…
Charles, Camilla, William and Kate mark International Women's Day with fulsome praise for The Queen
9th March 2022
Each year, 8 March is International
Women’s Day. This year, for International Women’s Day 2022, The
Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge have taken to social media to highlight the
work that The Queen has done. In a joint…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
has been the first person to have an in-person meeting with The
Queen since her Covid-19 diagnosis in February. Trudeau flew
to London early on Monday, 7 March to meet with UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and the Prime Minister of…
While Buckingham Palace is the official
London residence of the sovereign and serves as the administrative
headquarters for The Crown, The Queen will not be returning from
Windsor Castle. The Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh
moved to Windsor Castle permanently at the start of the global
health crisis in March 2020 in order to better isolate and stay
separate. Prior to 2020, they would go…
The Queen has made a ‘generous donation’
to a Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal as the invasion of Ukraine by
Russia continues. The Disasters Emergency Committee revealed the
donation on March 3rd 2022, tweeting: “Many thanks to Her Majesty
The Queen for continuing to…
The Queen’s Commonwealth Baton Relay has
completed 147 days out of its 294-day journey, marking the halfway
point of the Relay. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a tradition that
celebrates, connects, and excites communities throughout the
Commonwealth in the build-up to…
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 will add to…
Windsor schools are preparing Platinum
Jubilee celebrations for their pupils, according to planners in the
area. The Windsor Platinum Jubilee Committee, a local organisation
set up to celebrate The Queen this year, helped launch Platinum
Jubilee Schools’ Week at The…
Residents of Warwickshire with stories of
their brushes with The Queen or royalty are being encouraged to
share their memories and memorabilia with the Warwickshire Library
Service ahead of the Platinum Jubilee this summer. Locals can fill
out forms with their stories and…
The Queen cancels diplomatic reception on advice of Foreign Office
28th February 2022
While The Queen was set to have a
reasonably busy March with several in-person events on her
calendar, she will have a quieter start to the month now. A
diplomatic reception planned for Wednesday, 2 March has now been
postponed. On the advice of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Her Majesty has cancelled the diplomatic reception scheduled to be
held at Windsor Castle. The Queen tested…
