King Charles III

Prince Charles and David Cameron thank school pupils for their fight for red squirrels

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3rd February 2015
Pupils at a Northumberland primary school have received recognition from The Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister after they began a campaign calling for action to protect the shrinking population of red squirrels from deadly disease carrying grey squirrels. The children are pupils at The Duke’s Middle School in Alnwick. The pupil’s letters to Prince Charles and Mr Cameron were…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen is 'most admired woman' in UK

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3rd February 2015
A recent YouGov poll has shown that The Queen is the ‘most admired woman’ in the UK, and the 4th most admired woman in the world. The poll, which was carried out across 23 countries and asked over 23,000 people, saw a scattering of Royals make the cut. The Duke…
Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen rules against introducing new dogs to the Royal household

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1st February 2015
It’s a familiar sight to see The Queen with a Corgi or two at her side, though that could soon become a thing of the past as Her Majesty has ruled out introducing any new dogs to her household. The Queen no longer replaces her beloved pets when they die because she fears, as she gets older, she could trip over them causing herself a serious injury. The Corgis were first introduced to the…
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British Royals

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: A Life in Decades - 1930s

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30th January 2015
  While the 1920s would prove to be an eventful decade for Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (and later, The Duchess of York) the 1930s would transform her life in a way that no one would ever have expected. This decade would see Elizabeth crowned Queen and the outbreak of the Second World War – the second major conflict that Elizabeth would witness first-hand. However, the 1930s started off…
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Prince Philip

Prince Philip writes opinion piece for New Scientist

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28th January 2015
The Duke of Edinburgh has written an opinion piece, supporting engineering, for theNew Scientist magazine. The article, entitled ‘Make Things Better’, is approximately 500 words long and details The Duke’s passion for the engineering industry. The piece comes ahead of the announcement of the winner(s) of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on the 3 February at the Royal Academy…
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