Following his recent hospitalisation, a number of new engagements have been announced for His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, including a Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 4 July in Edinburgh and a joint engagement with Her Majesty The Queen at Falkirk and Stirling on 5 July.
The Queen and Prince Philip will board the Seagull Trust boat ‘The Wooden Spoon’ at the Sea Lock of…
As of April 2018 The Queen’s taxpayer-funded income will rise to £82.2 million, an 8.1 per cent increase from 2017. The Queen’s income, which is known as the Sovereign Grant, supports the head of state but also covers the costs of the occupied royal palaces.
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The Queen has sent a poignant message to mark her Official Birthday, paying tribute to those who have been affected by a series of tragic events in Manchester and London.
This is the first time Her Majesty has released a statement on her Official Birthday, which shows the…
The Queen has released a statement following the Grenfell Tower Fire.
The Queen paid tribute to the people currently still in the hospital and the relatives of those who have lost loved ones. As well as that, she paid tribute to the bravery of the emergency services and the generosity of the community.
In her statement, she said: “My thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost…
Following her surprise visit to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital to speak with survivors of the Manchester bombing, The Queen has voiced concerns about the psychological repercussions of the attack on survivors.
At yesterday’s Royal Garden Party – the last at…
Queen and Duke of Edinburgh lead Garden Party guests in moment of silence for Manchester victims
24th May 2017
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh led the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Eugenie and their 8,000 assembled guests in a moment of silence and respect for the victims of the Manchester bombing at the start of yesterday’s Garden Party at Buckingham…
Knife-wielding man arrested outside Buckingham Palace as The Queen leaves for church service
24th May 2017
A man wielding a knife was wrestled to the ground by at least eight police officers outside Buckingham Palace as the United Kingdom raised its security status to ‘critical’, meaning a terror attack is ‘imminent’. The event happened just as The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were leaving the Palace for a service at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the centenary of the…
Fans of Netflix’s £100 million biopic “The Crown” were left sorely disappointed after this year’s BAFTA’s award, with the highly praised serial drama depicting the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the show left the ceremony empty handed.
In a diary entry on 12 May 1937, from the then 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York, the future Queen recorded the experience of watching her father’s coronation at Westminster Abbey.
The diary entry opened with the fact that the day saw the young princess awakened at…
Why the royal standard would never reveal clues to “emergency” Buckingham Palace meeting
5th May 2017
While #BuckinghamPalace trended on Twitter and the world waited in a frenzied state for news about the “emergency” meeting called on Thursday, many people turned their eyes to the flag flying over the palace. Though they may have hoped it would reveal a clue as to the nature of the meeting they would be disappointed because even if a monarch were to pass away, the Royal Standard would never be…
