Patricia Knatchbull was the 2nd Countess
Mountbatten of Burma. She was the eldest child of Lord Mountbatten
of Burma. Our Queen did not celebrate her accession as it was also
the anniversary of her father’s passing, but there is little doubt
that Patricia Knatchbull took over from her father in the most
tragic of circumstances. Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the
Provisional IRA in 1979 when…
Her Majesty recreates first royal train ride that took place 175 years ago
14th June 2017
Technology may have advanced and the
journey a complete six minutes faster, but yesterday, Her Majesty
recreated the first royal train journey that took place 175 years
ago by Queen Victoria. The “delightful and so quick” trip taken by
Queen Victoria on 13 June…
Increase in crimes around the royal palaces since the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
13th June 2017
In a new report released by the
Metropolitan Police in response to a freedom of information
request, statistics reveal that crimes around Buckingham and
Kensington Palaces have more than tripled since the royal wedding
in 2011. In 2011 just 13 crimes took place within palace…
The Queen’s Speech has been
delayed because the government are having trouble transcribing
the text onto goatskin. Every year, the speech is read out on
goatskin parchment, however, it takes around a week for
the ink to dry meaning amendments cannot be made. As the
Conservative Party are currently undertaking negotiations with
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, the whole…
It has been confirmed that this year’s
Queen’s Speech has been delayed by a few days due to the
Conservative Party failing to reach an agreement with Northern
Ireland’s DUP. If an agreement cannot be made, then it is
likely that The Queen’s Speech…
Charlie Proctor: The Queen will be livid with the government if she is forced to miss Royal Ascot
12th June 2017
It never ceases to amaze me how things
can go from relatively calm to scenes of chaos within a matter of
minutes. I should imagine that the same situation unfolded in
Buckingham Palace this morning when Her Majesty found out that she
might have to miss Royal Ascot due to the…
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
has taken the Colonel’s Review in preparation for the Trooping the
Colour which will be held next week to celebrate Her Majesty The
Queen’s birthday. The Colonel’s Review is essentially the final
rehearsal for the Trooping of the Colour which will take place this
coming Saturday, 17 June. More than 6,000 spectators who watched
the…
If you have purchased a train ticket from
Slough to Paddington for 13 June, there is an additional reason why
you don’t want to miss your trip; because the Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh will board the Great Western Railway train to mark the
anniversary of a similar trip…
Diana, Princess of Wales’s biographer,
Andrew Morton, has revealed that the Princess secretly recorded
herself describing her emotional distraught over the state of her
marriage to Prince Charles. Andrew Morton said that the Princess
found a way to contact him via a…
Prince Philip has served as The Queen’s
long-standing companion for nearly 70 years. The partnership with
The Queen is said to be one of the great achievements of The
Queen’s reign and is certainly one of true love and commitment.
Prince Philip has a long list of achievements ranging from
militarily to diplomatic. Birth Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
was born on the Greek island of…
