Queen Elizabeth has undertaken 94 official State Visits during her reign, plus two State Visits in her capacity as Queen of Canada (she visited the United States twice in the ‘50s).
A State Visit is when a foreign head of state is invited to visit a country by that country’s head of state. State Visits differ from Official Visits, as an Official Visit is when high-ranking government officials…
Archbishop Justin Welby says he hopes he doesn't have to cover The Queen's Funeral
3rd October 2017
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has spoken out in a new interview about a myriad of topics, including The Queen’s funeral.
In an interview with GQ’s Alastair Campbell, the conversation begins with a discussion of The Queen’s inevitable funeral.
“I don’t…
Out-going Canadian Governor-General, The Right Honourable David Johnston, gave an interview to Canadian magazine Maclean’s as he prepares to wrap up a historical seven-year term in the post.
Johnston spoke about his time working with the diametrically opposed governments…
Canadian government considering eliminating historic royal liaison role
20th September 2017
Created in 1959, the position of Canadian Secretary to the Queen (CSQ) is now under review as Canadian government officials assess the future of the role. When the role of CSQ was first created, the ceremonial duties it consisted of – including acting as Canadian adviser to the monarch and coordinator for royal visits – were handled by people such as the Sergeant-at-Arms in the House of…
The one European country that The Queen has never visited may surprise you
12th September 2017
In her 65-year reign The Queen has travelled to seemingly every corner of the globe but there’s one country that can’t be counted amongst the 116 nations she’s made official visits to – Greece.
Though she did visit the country when she was a young girl, The Queen has…
Prince Charles's popularity at a new low ahead of 20th anniversary of Diana's death
24th August 2017
Prince Charles’s popularity has dropped to an all time low ahead of the 20th anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales’s death.
Only 36% of British people believe that Charles has made a positive contribution to the Royal Famly. This is a significant drop from the…
In a series of interviews to mark the twentieth anniversary of the untimely death of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Princes William and Harry have spoken openly about that time from her death up to and including the funeral. Perhaps, also indicating some things which people were openly critical of at the time, in fact, were quite appropriate and necessary.
There were situations which were…
Harry Herbert, a close friend of Princess Diana, has revealed that The Queen was concerned about Diana’s well-being during the breakup of her marriage with Prince Charles.
Speaking in an interview for ITV and HBO’s Our Mother Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and…
A royal financial expert has asked for more transparency in the Queen’s finances and said that the “suspicion” is that money from the Duchy of Lancaster funds her children’s private lives.
The Duchy of Lancaster, an investment portfolio of land…
Today marks the century of a momentous decision, but one borne out of potential crisis and some would argue a very good call as European history panned out. Queen Victoria, had taken the decision in the nineteenth century to give the Royal House her husband’s title. Hence, she and subsequent monarch’s would-be members of the House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, previously since the reign of…
