To close out Royal Week in Scotland on
Thursday, The Queen was joined by The Princess Royal for a visit to
The Edinburgh Climate Change Institute. During the visit, The Queen
and The Princess spoke to staff and students about their research
on how the effects of climate change can be reversed. Ahead of
COP26 in Glasgow later this year, The Queen and The Princess heard
from academics about the…
The Princess Royal has now joined The
Queen in Scotland for Royal Week, and they are completing a
whirlwind schedule of engagements. After visiting a community green
space in west Glasgow earlier today, they continued on to Skypark
to meet with two different companies who…
The Princess Royal has joined The Queen
in Scotland for the second half of Holyrood Week. This morning, the
pair were in Glasgow to visit The Children’s Wood Project, a green
space devoted to community and learning. The Children’s Wood
Project in Glasgow…
The Queen presents Canadian Armed Forces with Royal Banner to celebrate centenary
25th June 2021
The Queen carried out an official
engagement as Queen of Canada on Friday, presenting the Canadian
Armed Forces Legal Branch with a Royal Banner to mark its
centenary. The Queen spoke with members of the Canadian Armed
Forces via video call from Windsor Castle, including Rear-Admiral
Geneviève Bernatchez, Judge Advocate General and senior legal
officer, and three other members of the Legal…
Conservative MP starts campaign calling for portrait of The Queen to be displayed in every home
25th June 2021
Conservative MP Joy Morrissey plans to
write to Prime Minister Boris Johnson as part of an initiative to
get a portrait of The Queen in “every home, company, and
institution that would like one.” Morrissey, MP for Beaconsfield in
Buckinghamshire, launched the…
Prince George was told that he would one day be King on his seventh birthday
24th June 2021
On 22 July, Prince George of Cambridge
will turn eight years old. While he might be learning more about
who his family is, he’s already been told what lies ahead for his
future, he will one day be king. A royal author claims George’s
parents, the Duke and…
Mark your calendars: Swan Upping is
returning this summer on the River Thames. The annual census of the
swan population will take place over three days in July, starting
on 20 July from Eton Bridge, Berkshire, culminating on 22 July at
Moulsford on Thames, Oxfordshire. Buckingham Palace announced the
news earlier this week, with The Queen’s Swan Marker, David Barber,
noting: “Members of…
Investitures back as Prince of Wales hands out honours at St James's Palace
24th June 2021
On Wednesday, the Prince of Wales held
the first group investiture ceremony at St James’s Place since the
pandemic began. The Prince honoured 32 recipients from across the
UK, recognising them for their outstanding achievements, personal
bravery, and services to the UK…
The Queen is told she was ''quite the hit'' during audience with Australian Prime Minister
16th June 2021
Queen Elizabeth II met with Australian
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Windsor Castle on Tuesday,
discussing her appearance at the G7 Summit last week. “You were
quite the hit. Everyone was talking about you at dinner the next
night,” the Prime Minister told her…
English novelist Philippa Gregory has
been made a CBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours. The Other Boleyn
Girl author was given the honour for her services to literature and
charity. Gregory has been a long-time fundraiser for charitable
projects in The Gambia, the smallest country within the mainland of
Africa. Through her work, she’s helped to build nearly 200 wells
for rural…
