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 and…
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 schools in the…
Prince Edward speaks out about Harry and Meghan: "The rift has been difficult for everyone"
11th June 2021
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, has
spoken with CNN about the current tensions in the Royal Family. It
was just over a year ago the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced
they would step back as senior royals. Since then, the couple has
moved to California and given a…
New details of The Queen’s upcoming
meeting with President Biden have been released ahead of their
meeting this weekend. The Queen will welcome President Biden and
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at Windsor Castle on 13 June, while the
President is in the UK for the G7…
Buckingham Palace barred ethnic minorities from jobs in the 1960s, papers show
3rd June 2021
Buckingham Palace barred ethnic
minorities from jobs in the 1960s according to information
discovered in royal household archive documents. In the documents
unearthed by The Guardian newspaper, Lord Tryon, the keeper of the
privy purse at the time spoke of minorities in the royal workforce.
In 1968, The Queen’s financial manager informed civil servants that
“it was not, in fact, the…
The Queen has this week paid tribute to
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as they celebrating their 180th
anniversary. Founded in April 1841 by a group of chemists and
druggists, the society works to support and represent pharmacists
and the profession. Less than a year after…
Her Majesty The Queen visited Portsmouth
on Saturday to bid farewell to the company of the HMS Queen
Elizabeth ahead of the ship’s maiden operational deployment. The
visit comes as the HMS Queen Elizabeth prepares to lead the United
Kingdom Carrier Strike Group on a…
On 21 April 1926, Elizabeth Alexandra
Mary was born in Mayfair, London at 02:40am. The first child of the
then Duke and Duchess of York, Elizabeth’s father was the second
son of the King, and her mother was the youngest daughter of
Scottish aristocrat the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghome. [getty
src=”78961145″ width=”594″ height=”468″ tld=”com”] Born by cesarean
section at…
