If you were hoping to add a bottle of The Queen’s wine to your wine cellar, you’re out of luck: it has sold out.
The Queen granted Laithwaite’s permission to plant vines on seven acres of land at Windsor Great Park, just down the road from Windsor Castle, back in 2011, and the first batch of grapes were harvested in 2013. The grapes, chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, were then take…
Queen Elizabeth has returned to London and Buckingham Palace after spending her traditional Christmas break at Sandringham.
The Queen was spotted at King’s Lynn on Tuesday wearing a lime green scarf and coat before boarding a train back into London.
The Queen’s winter…
After 65 years on the throne, it’s probably safe to say that The Queen has seen pretty much everything – and that includes some truly wacky memorabilia to commemorate her life and reign!
Since she became Her Majesty The Queen on 6 February 1952 the beloved monarch has…
A Canadian library is planning to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s Sapphire Jubilee with a special exhibition of royal memorabilia.
The Central Library of the Hamilton Public Library in Ontario will display, with the help of community partners, a collection of rare royal portraits, memorabilia and even a Royal Standard that once flew over Buckingham Palace.
The exhibit is open from 5 February to 6…
Recreating the extraordinary world of The Queen and the royal family was a daunting prospect for the team behind Netflix’s opulent royal drama The Crown, and it quickly became apparent that building it from the ground up was near impossible.
The original plan to build most…
The fount of all modern knowledge – Google – is asked hundreds of thousands of questions, on a multitude of topics, from people around the world every single day. It will be of little or no surprise to hear that a lot of these questions concern the British Royal…
Why was ”God Save The Queen" played at Donald Trump’s inauguration?
21st January 2017
If you were watching President Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the United States yesterday and are British, you might have been confused as to why “God Save The Queen” was being played. If you are American like me, you would think nothing of it. You would recognise it as the song “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” that you sang in many school…
When you are on your own and feeling under the weather, it is nice of neighbours and friends to help you. I know both a neighbour and myself have walked another neighbour’s dog when her various artificial joints play up. But it has been revealed recently that HM The Queen…
This year will mark the 30th anniversary of London City Airport, and they have released 30 pictures and archive material some of which involve members of the Royal family, quite apt for an airport which was constructed on the former site of London’s Royal Docks. One of the…
Famously, The Queen is remarkably tight-lipped about a number of her opinions on various political matters. In matters such as parliamentary elections, the EU independence referendum, the Scottish independence referendum, and Australian republicanism, Her Majesty is very practised at keeping her cards close to her chest.
On the other hand, we do know rather a lot about her personal interests and…
