As 9th September draws ever closer, when Her Majesty will overtake Queen Victoria as the country’s longest-reigning monarch, there’s no end to the amount of retrospective coverage; looking back over her 63-year reign and its highs and lows.
Now, US-based streaming service Netflix are set to take advantage of the royal fanfare in a £100m drama, The Crown – tracing The…
Sam Launer came to England from Czechoslovakia as a Jewish immigrant and founded the company of Launer around 1941. He brought with him an idea that is as important to the company today as it was then: leather goods should be elegant, be formed out of the best materials…
The Royal Family is well-known for their love of animals. But the royal’s interest in pigeons and racing? Yes, there is royal love for all creatures great and small, and the sport of pigeon racing is part of it.
King George VI and family with Mr J Walter Jones at the…
The Queen’s annual income from her private Duchy of Lancaster estate has risen to £16m, an increase of 18%, or £2.4m, on 2014, accounts reveal.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the current Duke of Lancaster. The title Duke of Lancaster continues to be used, even for a female monarch.
The Duchy of Lancaster is a royal duchy held in trust for the Sovereign. It is used to provide income for the…
On 23 July 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London.
Thousands of people lined London’s streets, and an international audience of approximately 500 million gathered around their television sets to catch a view The Queen’s second son…
The Great Yorkshire Show, now in 157th-year continued its royal connection on Tuesday. Its patron, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended the first day of what is heralded as “England’s Premier Agricultural Event .”
The Prince of Wales and…
Rumours that The Queen is moving to New York City addressed by Buckingham Palace
7th July 2015
For those of you may that may have worried that Queen Elizabeth II may be travelling across the pond for a new life in New York City, you may rest as these are nothing but rumours.
The property blog the Real Deal reported that a buyer recorded as ‘Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand’ was considering purchasing a condo at Zeckendorf Development’s 43-storey high United…
On Friday 10th July Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will witness an RAF Flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. For The Queen and Prince Philip, this event will be a family affair as…
800 years ago on 15 June 1215 insurgent Baron Leaders trooped on London where they were greeted by a swelling crowd of defectors from King John’s royalist followers. The demands of this group would soon turn into the most pivotal document in English history: Magna…
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