The Queen looked on in the Royal Box
alongside her racing manager John Warren as Estimate crossed the
line; hoping that Estimate would win for the second year in a row.
John Warren explained after the race “with such little preparation,
Estimate ran one of the best races of her life. The Queen took
great pleasure watching the race.” This is only Estimate’s second
race since she won the Gold…
Monday 23rd June 2014 On Monday, The
Queen and Prince Philip will arrive at George Best Belfast City
Airport. The first engagement of the day will see The Queen arrive
at Hillsborough Castle and will have an Audience with the Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland, First…
The Duchess of Cambridge has visited
Bletchley Park today, the hub of intelligence during the
Second World War. Bletchley Park, located in Milton Keynes, played
such a key role in WWII, that it is thought the work that took
place there, intercepting and decoding…
On the first day of the races, Her
Majesty The Queen was joined by Prince Harry, The Prince of Wales,
The Duchess of a Cornwall and the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. The Queen is hoping that
her young horse, Estimate, will win the Gold Cup again for the
second year in a row. When The Queen won last year, she became the
first ever reigning monarch to win…
Mr Owen, a clogmaker based in Gwynedd,
Wales, has spent the last 36 years perfecting his trade, and is
one of the last craftsmen in the United Kingdom who can make
the wooden shoes by hand. While the primary market for clogs is for
use in Welsh dancing, Mr Owen also sells…
It seems that The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge’s recent tour Down Under, along with their son, Prince
George, has sparked a massive interest in Australia and New
Zealand among royal fans, who are eager to follow the path
taken by the second in-line to the throne and…
The gardeners at Historic Royal Palaces
have “planted” the seeds of restoration at Hampton Court Palace and
what has grown is a newly restored Kitchen Garden. The Kitchen
Garden recreates the gardens that would have provided a wide
variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits to have fed the Royals
during the Georgian era. A team of professional gardeners are
restoring the pathways and seeding…
The proclamation, setting out the
specification for the coin, was made in a meeting of the Privy
Council where it was given The Queen's approval yesterday evening.
Her Majesty has given the order for the silver coin to be
produced and it will be the latest of many…
The Queen, travelling in her carriage
with the Duke of Edinburgh, will be joined by Prince Charles,
Prince William, the Duke of Kent and Princess Anne who will follow
her in their uniform on horse back whilst other members of the
Royal Family will arrive at the parade ground ahead of The Queen to
view the parade from the Duke of Wellington’s old office,
overlooking the parade ground. From Horse…
