It’s a formal moment in a ceremonial event but amidst the ancient language and symbolic illustrations on the Instrument of Consent for the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are some very personal links between them and the Queen. For this document, revealed with just under a week to go until the Royal Wedding, underlines the importance of the Commonwealth to both the Monarch and the…
The Queen nearly stopped Prince Harry from going abroad to serve in Afghanistan.
The Daily Express reports that The Queen feared that Harry’s life would be in grave danger if he served a second tour in Afghanistan.
A high-ranked military source revealed The Queen was…
The Queen sends message to Canadians after Toronto van attack
25th April 2018
The Queen has issued a statement addressed to all Canadians following the van attack that happened in Toronto on Monday.
Ten people were killed in the attack and 13 were injured when a van mounted the kerb and drove straight into pedestrians along a 1km stretch.
In a…
The Queen's Birth: what the papers said
21st April 2018
If you think royal baby fever is a new thing, think again. Back on April 21st 1926, when the Queen was born, there was plenty of excitement over the arrival of a new princess who – at the time – was several steps removed from the Crown and never expected to rule. No matter, as the papers of the time reported, this royal birth was a major event and those things we think peculiar to our own time…