The Queen’s cygnet census is cancelled for only the second time in 900 years The Swan Upping census usually lasts for five days from July 13 to 17 each year Annual event was due to take place between Sunbury-on-Thames and Abingdon It is popular with people in Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire By Emily Andrews … Read more
The Queen is ‘in her bubble’ in her private apartments at Windsor Castle as only 12 members of staff wait on her during lockdown. Queen Elizabeth, 94, has been isolating with Prince Phillip, 98, since March 19 – despite her husband usually preferring to spend his time at Wood Farm on their Sandringham estate in … Read more
No peal of bells from an empty Westminster Abbey. No thunderous gun salutes from Hyde Park, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle or anywhere else. The only outward hints that it was the Queen’s birthday yesterday were the supersized Royal Standard (special occasions only) flying from the Round Tower at Windsor Castle – plus the … Read more
Can YOU spot what’s wrong with these bank notes? Collection of £5, £10, and £20 notes printed by the Bank of England that didn’t quite make the grade are tipped to sell for £6,000 at auction A collector’s haul of faulty notes will go on sale at Dix Noonan Webb of London Two of the … Read more
More than 23.3million people watched the Queen’s ‘inspirational’ and ‘galvanising’ coronavirus TV address to the nation last night, it was revealed today. Her Majesty’s highly personal speech evoked Britain’s stoicism during the Second World War with viewers admitting they had a lump in their throat and tears in their eyes as she echoed Dame Vera Lynn’s words: … Read more
Britain’s ‘quiet, good-humoured resolve’ can see us through this crisis’: Queen invokes the spirit of the Second World War in her rousing message to the nation Queen Elizabeth II will make an address to the nation on Sunday night Monarch will say our ‘quiet, good-humoured resolve’ can see us through crisis Broadcast has been brought … Read more
All her life she has been surrounded by people, from the moment she awakes till last thing at night. There’s the dresser who brings her morning cup of tea and the housemaid who each evening turns down her bedclothes, placing a hot water bottle snugly between the sheets. For the Queen, 94 this month, her … Read more
Inside the Queen’s private sitting room at Windsor Castle: Photo offers a rare glimpse at Her Majesty’s favourite treasures – from a corgi figurine to a statuette of her as a young princess Buckingham Palace yesterday released a new photo of the Queen, 93, on the phone to the Prime Minister It shows Her Majesty … Read more
Stefan Kobald, the Executive Head Sommelier at The Biltmore Mayfair hotel Don’t let your Christmas Day be marred by cheap sherry and wine that tastes like bleach. Instead, heed the advice about what to drink – and when – on the 25th from one of Britain’s top sommeliers, Stefan Kobald, the Executive Head Sommelier at … Read more
Scream Queens actress Laura Bell Bundy, 38, has tested positive for COVID-19: ‘I am taking all the nutritional supplements, herbs’ By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 20:31 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 20:49 GMT, 25 March 2020 Broadway, TV and movie actress Laura Bell Bundy has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The 38-year-old star, who … Read more