As the revered powerful Westminster
Committee prepare to take a thorough and unforgiving look at the
value for money Monarchy in Britain, we take a look at just how
much the Monarchy costs and where all this money comes from and,
importantly, where it goes. Where Does It Come From? Like it
or not, any political institution is not cheap. The Monarchy is no
different, although the argument is more…
This post is essentially quite a short
and informal yes/no guide to what the Duchess Of Cambridge’s actual
titles are. We have been in conversation recently with a lot of
people about what is correct form for Kate and where the line is
drawn. We hope this short guide…
Valentine's Day Portrait Of Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge Appears In Trafalgar Square
13th February 2013
In time for Valentine’s Day tomorrow, a
portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made entirely from
2,000 flowers has appeared in Trafalgar Square this morning. The
portrait, which was placed outside the National Portrait Gallery
was based on one of the official…
Her Majesty The Queen Returns To Buckingham Palace After Extended Sandringham Break
13th February 2013
Her Majesty The Queen has yesterday
returned to Buckingham Palace after an extended break at her
Christmas retreat, Sandringham House this year. Prince Philip
usually stays on at the estate until later than the Queen as he
likes to continue hunting game on the estate. Yesterday at
Buckingham Palace, the Queen received an ambassador for the
Netherlands. The official extract from the court circular…
Today, we encountered an article by the
Daily Mail, written at the end of last month that said they
expected the Duchess Of Cambridge’s father to be granted a title,
they said in specific, the title of Earl of Bucklebury. This
article was then perpetuated by the usual…
Queen Elizabeth II has conferred a very
special and extremely rare honour on 12 people to mark the occasion
of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. Receiving the title of
Regius Professor is a rare honour, designed to reflect an
exceptionally high standard of teaching and…
Royal sources have reported today that
the Prince Of Wales has been following the abdication story after
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced on Monday that she would
abdicate on 30th April (The Netherlands’ Queen’s Day) to make way
for her son, who’ll be King. The Prince has expressed on multiple
occasions how he feels he is running out of time and will have no
chance to…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news about
Her Majesty The Queen Of The Netherlands’s plan to abdicate from
the throne. In the Netherlands, this is more-or-less common
practise for the Sovereign to abdicate from the throne in old age.
In light of this…
Buckingham Palace has announced a short
series of events that will mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 60th
anniversary of her coronation, back on 2nd June 1953. It will be
nothing like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, in terms of
magnitude and number of engagements and…
Recent letters that have been published,
written by the late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother have detailed
how she pleaded for Prince Charles not to be sent to Gordonstoun
School as Prince Philip had detailed and arranged. Prince Philip
himself had gone to Gordonstoun School in Scotland and decided that
his son should also go there. However, Prince Charles’s personality
did not fit with…
