The Queen is to receive an extra
£2.7m in funding next year, as George Osbourne revealed
the 2016/17 Sovereign Grant during yesterday’s Autumn
Statement. The small detail, listed on page 114 of the Chancellor’s
Spending Review, confirms that the Royal Household will
receive £42.8m, an increase of almost 7% from this
year’s figure of £40.1m The Sovereign Grant is calculated
based on…
A Party Fit for a Queen: Elizabeth's 90th Birthday Celebrations Sell Out
25th November 2015
A huge, multi-day celebration has been
planned for The Queen’s 90th birthday next year and tickets to the
event have already completely sold out. The festivities, held from
12-15 May 2016, will see thousands descend on the private grounds
of Windsor Castle, one of Her…
The Queen has inaugurated the Tenth
General Synod of the Church of England, following a service at
Westminster Abbey this morning. Arriving with the Duke of
Edinburgh, Her Majesty looked radiant as she took her seat in
a grey and cream striped tweed jacket and hat amongst…
The Queen is to make an address to
clergy at the Headquarters of the Church of England later this
month, in her capacity as its Supreme Governor. Her Majesty,
accompanied by Prince Philip, will meet hundreds of
bishops, deans and other religious leaders during a service at
Westminster Abbey on November 24 to mark the latest
inauguration of the Church’s legislative body, the General…
Queen Elizabeth’s portrait removed from Canadian Foreign Affairs building
10th November 2015
Among fears that newly elected Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau’s government may be trying to excise her
images from Canada’s national life, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth
II has been removed from a prime location at the Foreign Affairs
building and replaced by twin…
The Duchess of Cambridge might be
attending her first official state banquet that will be honouring
Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. Although almost five years have elapsed
since her glorious wedding in later April of 2011, the Duchess has
not yet attended a state banquet, an…
At the request of security services,
flying over the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk will be restricted,
not allowing aircraft within 1.5 miles of Anmer Hall, home of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The rules will apply to Anmer Hall
from the 1st November while similar regulations will come in
to effect for Sandringham House on the 1st December. Sandringham
House The restrictions will cover a…
The Welsh Guards have been around for
exactly 100 years this year. They were founded by King George V on
26 February 1915 by Royal Warrant to include Wales in the national
component to the Foot Guards. They were the last Guards to be
created, and they began their first…
Longevity, popularity and, above all,
impartiality. Over more than 63 years, Elizabeth II has been an
embodiment of a monarchy that always puts people first. Her
frequent engagements with her subjects and unrelenting willingness
to listen to them have distinguished her from…
It is being reported that Balmoral Castle
could become Her Majesty The Queen’s second home in the event of
the death of The Duke of Edinburgh. Should Prince Philip die before
her, it is being reported that Queen Elizabeth has expressed a wish
to spend more time at her Highland retreat. Balmoral Castle could
become The Queen’s second home. The Sunday Times have reported that
plans have been…
