The Queen ascended the throne 68 years
ago today. She will mark the day, which is also the anniversary of
her father’s death, privately at Sandringham in Norfolk. Elizabeth
II’s reign began at some point in the early hours of February 6th
1952 when King George VI passed away in his sleep. His death was
discovered that morning when his valet went to wake him. The news
that she was now…
The Queen paid off a man’s mortgage after
he helped save Princess Anne’s life in a kidnapping attempt 46
years ago. Speaking for the first time, Ronnie Russell, now
72-years-old, tackled gunman Ian Ball after he shot four people and
held the Princess Royal at…
There was an unusual shopper strolling
the aisles of a TK Maxx in Tooting yesterday when Prince Charles
made a visit to the budget retailer. The Prince of Wales was there
to meet young workers who had taken part in The Prince’s Trust “Get
Into Retail”…
The Queen has followed in her father’s
footsteps as she visited a building on the Sandringham estate,
seven decades after King George VI declared the original version
open. And her time at Wolferton Pumping Station in Norfolk came
just hours before the anniversary of his death and her own
accession. The Pumping Station was designed to allow the marsh in
which it sits to be drained, dried…
On the 20th March 1974, Princess Anne was
returning to Buckingham Palace from a charity event when their car
was forced to stop on The Mall. Once the car came to a standstill,
an armed assailant, Ian Ball, began firing a pistol. Anne’s
personal protection officer…
A medal awarded to a former heavy weight
boxer to recognise his role in saving Princess Anne from being
kidnapped is set to be sold at auction. The George Medal was
awarded to Ronnie Russell for his bravery during a kidnapping
attempt 46 years ago when The Queen’s…
Last night, the Prince of Wales announced
American pop star, Katy Perry as an ambassador of the British Asian
Trust’s Children’s Protection Fund for India at the organisation’s
annual royal dinner at Banqueting House. The Duchess of Cornwall
accompanied her husband to the dinner where senior Cabinet
ministers, global business leaders and other celebrities like
Russell Peters also…
Kristin Contino, Chief Reporter January
was a busy month for the Duchess of Cambridge, and both of my top
looks are from her engagements in conjunction with the 5 Big
Questions survey. For the second day of her early years survey
visits, Kate wore a long…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent
the day in South Wales on Tuesday, visiting local businesses and
organisations in The Mumbles and Port Talbot. [getty
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It will be a family day out to support
injured members of the Armed Forces when the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge join the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall for a
special joint engagement. The Prince of Wales’s diary notes that
the family will visit the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre
(DMRC) Stanford Hall in Stanford on Soar next Tuesday. The royal
foursome will meet patients…
