The Queen personally intervened to ensure
the safety of her cousin, the Duke of Kent, after information came
to light that the IRA was planning to kidnap him. The Duke had been
posted to Northern Ireland with the Royal Scots Greys in 1971.
However, the former Northern Irish Prime Minister, Terence O’Neill,
had information that the IRA planned to kidnap the Duke if he
entered Belfast. He…
Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen's dynasty enters a new chapter with the marriage of a princess
3rd May 2022
She was the first of The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh’s children to marry and her big day set the
template for the royal celebrations that would follow in its wake.
Princess Anne’s wedding to Mark Phillips, on 14 November 1973, was
a huge state occasion with a massive…
An inquiry is under way after a man
claiming to be a priest reportedly talked his way into barracks
close to Windsor Castle and ended up spending a night there. The
Sun reports that investigations are ongoing after the man was
allowed into the barracks of the Coldstream…
The Queen’s Derby hopeful, Reach For The
Moon, will miss the showpiece event at Epsom next month after
suffering from a setback. Reach For The Moon was fancied by many to
a horse who could reward the monarch with one of sport’s biggest
prizes. Before his withdrawal was announced, the horse was fancied
by punters as a 7-1 shot at winning the race. The Derby is the one
major race…
Brand new photos of the children of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have become an expected treat for
royal fans in recent years. William and Kate didn’t disappoint as
their daughter, Princess Charlotte, turned seven. But they also had
a surprise to share as they…
Princess Charlotte is seen smiling
alongside the Cambridge family’s black cocker spaniel, Orla, in her
seventh birthday photos. Kensington Palace revealed three new
images of the birthday girl that were taken this weekend at the
family’s Amner Hall home in…
Canterbury Cathedral will celebrate The
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a special prom in the lead-up to
Platinum Jubilee Weekend. On 28 May, the Central Band of the Royal
British Legion will perform at the Canterbury Cathedral for the
first time in a decade in honour of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A
mixture of royal music, classical music and contemporary music will
be performed. The…
The Queen’s lifelong love of horses is
getting the fairy tale treatment with an upcoming book by
celebrated author Michael Morpurgo. There Once is a Queen is an
illustrated story of how the young Queen Elizabeth II was gifted a
Shetland pony by her father, King George…
The Prince of Wales was on hand to
celebrate Royal Air Force officers and aviators who graduated
during the coronavirus pandemic and were not allowed guests to
witness their ceremonies. Prince Charles attended the RAF College
Combined Parade at RAF College Cranwell on…
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall paid a visit to the BBC World Service earlier this week to
celebrate its 90th anniversary and learn more about its operations
in Ukraine, Russia, and Afghanistan. During their tour of the
studios, Prince Charles complimented the BBC World Services team
for reporting “in the most difficult of circumstances” and revealed
that he’d recently…
