As Mike Tindall celebrates his birthday
today, learn more about the husband of Zara Tindall and son-in-law
to the Princes Royal. Michael James Tindall was born on 18 October
1978 in Otley, West Yorkshire to Philip Tindall and Linda Shepherd.
His father was a banker for Barclays Bank, and his mother was a
social worker. Mike Tindall was privately educated at Queen
Elizabeth Grammar School in…
The Queen makes unprecedented move to pardon murderer who foiled terrorist with narwhal tusk
17th October 2020
The Queen is to pardon a convicted murder
who saved countless lives after helping to stop a terrorist attack
whilst on day release. Steven Gallant risked his life last November
after tackling a terrorist with a narwhal tusk at Fishmongers’
Hall. In an…
Forty years ago, on 17 October 1980,
Queen Elizabeth II made history as she became the first British
Monarch to make a state visit to the Vatican. The visit was seen as
a chance to forge relations between the Church of England and the
Roman Catholic Church. The Queen…
The Cambridges mark one year anniversary of Pakistan tour with special videos
17th October 2020
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge marked
the first anniversary of their royal visit to Pakistan on Friday by
sharing two videos of reunion video calls with organisations
focused on children. William and Kate first released a video of
their Zoom call with young pupils at the Islamabad Model College
for Girls, where they all played a game of Pictionary before
chatting about how COVID-19 has…
The Countess of Wessex has taken part in
a discussion at a United Nations event about accelerating Vision
for Everyone in honour of World Sight Day. The Countess is
currently self-isolating after being exposed to someone who tested
positive for COVID-19; however, since…
2021 is going to be a busy year for
Princess Eugenie. Not only is she welcoming her first child but she
will be taking on a patronage close to her heart. Eugenie will be
the patron of the Scoliosis Association UK. The Scoliosis
Association or, SAUK is the only UK wide…
Florida city sells swans after The Queen's gift leads to overpopulation
17th October 2020
A Florida city is selling dozens of its
beloved swans to the public after the birds donated by Her Majesty
The Queen led to overpopulation. According to the city of Lakeland,
swans have lived in the city since at least 1923. But by 1953, the
swans had been eaten by alligators or, they were fallen prey to
dogs. A Lakeland woman living in England at the time wrote The
Queen to ask for a gift of…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to discuss creating safer online spaces in Time100 Talk
17th October 2020
TIME Magazine has announced that The Duke
and Duchess of Sussex will curate a special edition of their
TIME100 Talks on Tuesday, October 20. The talk, which is free to
all who register, is titled “Engineering a Better World” and
convenes thought leaders and…
Princess Beatrice has taken to her
Twitter account to thank the public for their warm wedding wishes
for her and her husband, Edo Mapelli Mozzi, whom she married in a
secret ceremony in July. She also said wearing her grandmother’s
dress “an honour.” In…
Opinion: The Queen and Prince William should have worn masks on Porton Down visit
16th October 2020
Anyone who knows me well knows I am a
fervent fan of Her Majesty The Queen. Which was why I was so
surprised to see the pictures of Her Majesty’s joint engagement
with Prince William yesterday. Neither royal (nor the staff
accompanying them) wore masks on their visit to open the new
Energetics Analysis Centre at the Defence Science and Technology
Laboratory, located in Porton Down…
