She may be used to dining at
Downton as the “Dowager Countess of Grantham” but Dame Maggie
Smith will be in the company of Her Majesty The Queen and Prince
Philip on Monday evening as she dines with them at Windsor Castle.
Maggie Smith is among 20 other guests who have been invited by The
Queen and Prince Philip to Windsor Castle during Easter Court. Dame
Maggie Smith has been invited…
They may not be studying in this country
but a group of students from Australia have been researching the
family history of one of our most recognisable members of royalty.
Art historian, Michael Reed and his students from Hallam College in
Melbourne have uncovered evidence…
As royal baby fever sweeps the nation
once again, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have confirmed final
details ahead of the birth of their second child. Kate is due to
give birth towards the end of April and will once again return to
the Lindo Wing, the private maternity…
It has been announced that The Prince of
Wales and his son, Prince Harry, will both give a reading when they
attend services in Turkey commemorating the Gallipoli Campaign and
Anzac Day. Prince Charles will give his reading at the centenary
Anzac dawn service in Gallipoli whilst Prince Harry will speak at
the Australian service at Lone Pine later in the day. The Prince of
Wales and Prince Harry…
The Duke of Gloucester was in Liverpool
on Wednesday as he helped launched Runcorn’s 1100th anniversary
celebrations. The Duke’s visit saw him drop in to Runcorn Town Hall
where he was delighted to view a millennium’s worth of the
town’s history in a…
A Labour peer has spoken for the first
time about the letters he received from The Prince of Wales during
his time in Government. Lord Prescott has defended Prince Charles’s
right to “write as many damn letters as he likes” whilst also
adding he cannot see…
A previously unseen portrait of Her
Majesty The Queen, painted by her husband, Prince Philip, is set to
go on show at a new exhibition at Sandringham. The exhibition for
visitors to Sandringham House and Museum is set to open on Saturday
and will see a plethora of pictures painted by royalty featured.
The painting The Duke of Edinburgh shows The Queen in her younger
days, wearing a bright dress…
The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and
other members of the Royal Family, will attend a Service of
Thanksgiving to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in
Europe Day on 10th May at Westminster Abbey. Prior reports claimed
The Queen could miss the commemorations in order…
Elizabeth Tower fell silent on Saturday
night. A team from the Palace of Westminster Clockmakers climbed
the tower to physically move the clock’s hands from Greenwich Mean
Time to British Summer Time. Besides the clock at the Elizabeth
Tower, the team of clockmakers…
In this new ongoing series of articles,
we will be delving in to the world of the House of Stuart, a royal
dynasty who first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland in the
late 14th century before eventually inheriting the Kingdoms of
England and Ireland in the early 17th century. The House of Stuart
reigned until 1714 when they were succeeded by the House of
Hanover. As we delve further in to…
