With The Queen fast approaching her
Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years on the throne, she still
continues to be a fashion icon. Bookies offer odds on the colour
hats she wears to Ascot, and people continually speculate on the
contents and movements of her handbags. Over her life, she has been
dressed by and cultivated relationships with many different
designers. The most notable and enduring…
The Queen is attending one of her
favourite summer events, the Royal Windsor Horse Show. On Thursday,
1 July The Queen wrapped up Royal Week in Scotland and finished her
day by attending the Horse Show. She was joined by the Countess of
Wessex and the Countess Mountbatten of…
Planning for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
continues along, with new details about the Platinum Pageant
released this week. As the news trickles out, let’s take a look at
what we know so far. The Platinum Pageant Earlier this week, we
learned details about the…
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 is a…
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 initiative…
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 Duchess of…
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…
