In The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Barack Obama’s former national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, reveals that the then-President and First Lady of the United States were in awe when they met The Queen on an official visit to the UK in May 2011.
Rhodes writes that though President Obama felt “wonderstruck” by The Queen he also saw in her similarities to his beloved…
Windsor is "99.9%" ready for the Royal Wedding
12th May 2018
One week today in Windsor, and the wedding day will be here. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot in St George’s Chapel – part of the oldest inhabited castle in the world. We are told that Windsor is 99.9% ready for the event, as the world’s media begin to…
Many royal watchers and fans dream of coming face-to-face with a member of the British Royal Family but there is likely a lot of uncertainty about how to act and what to do when and if that dream finally comes true.
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering whether or not to…
Royal ladies top list of fashion influencers
5th May 2018
Global fashion search platform Lyst, has released a new interactive report exploring 100 years of the royal fashion effect. Some of the royal influencers included in the report are Queen Elizabeth II, Diana Princess of Wales, and the newest royal lady, Ms Meghan Markle.
The report combines historical insights with current global fashion search data, tracing the origins of the British royal fashion…
The Queen's Birth: what the papers said
21st April 2018
If you think royal baby fever is a new thing, think again. Back on April 21st 1926, when the Queen was born, there was plenty of excitement over the arrival of a new princess who – at the time – was several steps removed from the Crown and never expected to rule. No…
Shaq has no idea who The Queen is
16th April 2018
There was a royal interlude during an interview segment on The Late, Late Show with James Corden late last week, as guests Victoria Beckham and former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal talked about the royals.
“How is designing Meghan’s dress going? Is it going well?”…
In her 66 years on the throne, there aren’t many accolades or awards The Queen hasn’t received, but next week during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the topic of nominating her for a Nobel Peace Prize will be on the table.
“It is being discussed by different high commissioners,” a source told The Telegraph. “They want to nominate her for what she has done for the…
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne has granted a rare interview to reporter George Alagiah as part of the BBC’s programme The Queen: Her Commonwealth Story which aired this week in the UK.
The documentary charted the evolution of Her Majesty’s visits to the Commonwealth…
What The Queen thought of Princess Margaret's affair
28th February 2018
The late Princess Margaret’s affair with a man 17 years her junior has been revealed in the new eight-part series documenting the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, titled Elizabeth: Our Queen.
Lady Anne Glenconner, one of the late Countess of Snowden’s…
The Queen Mother's advice to her daughter is revealed
6th February 2018
On the 66th anniversary of The Queen’s accession to the throne, a former lady-in-waiting to The Queen Mother and a friend of The Queen has revealed the advice that the Queen Mother passed along to her young daughter.
Lady Penn sat down for a Channel 5 documentary series about the Queen’s reign, scheduled to air tonight, and told the interviewer about how The Queen Mother gave her daughter…