Royal fans have been offered a glimpse inside Buckingham Palace’s State Rooms online as the Queen’s London residence remains closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The opulent State Rooms in Buckingham Palace are usually only open to visitors for 10 weeks each summer and selected dates during winter and spring. But last month, the Royal Collection … Read more
Prince Philip’s low-key 99th birthday: Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen will mark the milestone with a simple lunch at Windsor Castle Sources said there were no plans for a party to celebrate Prince Philip’s birthday He will instead have a simple lunch with the Queen and phone calls from family Philip has been in … Read more
Scones fit for a Queen! The Royal Family’s pastry chef shares the recipe to her famous afternoon tea after this year’s garden parties are cancelled (and the trick is to put jam on FIRST) The Queen’s pastry chefs have shared the recipe for Her Majesty’s fruit scones Scones are usually served at the garden parties … Read more
The Royal Family have shared remarkable black and white pictures of a young Queen visiting the Chelsea Flower Show as it becomes a virtual festival for the first time in its history. Posted to the Queen’s Instagram account, the pictures see the monarch stepping across a pond at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1949, aged 23, … Read more
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and baby Archie hold video call with the Queen to wish her a happy birthday two days after only ‘vaguely discussing’ their plans to boycott British popular press with her Queen is marking her birthday away from her family as the lockdown continues She is with her husband of 72 years, … Read more
The Queen’s televised address to the nation will be only the fourth of her 68-year-reign during times of national crisis and grief. While she broadcasts a recorded message each year on Christmas Day, special addresses from the monarch in troubled periods are rare. There have been three previous speeches broadcast – after the Queen Mother’s … Read more
For decades the Queen has shown a unique ability to divine the mood of the nation. It happened in the aftermath of the Windsor Castle fire when she realised the public willingness to foot the bill to repair a private Royal Family home with taxpayers money was not forthcoming. And it happened when, in the midst … Read more
The Queen is to base herself at Windsor Castle early and is likely to stay there beyond the Easter period as she follows Government guidance on coronavirus. Buckingham Palace announced today that the 93-year-old head of state will decamp to the Berkshire royal residence on Thursday – a week earlier than she usually does for … Read more
Queen is ‘heartbroken’ she won’t see Archie grow up and would ‘love to have a relationship’ with her great-grandson, source tells Us Weekly The Queen, 93, is said to be ‘heartbroken’ over the thought of not seeing Archie She’s ‘being optimistic’ but is worried they won’t have a relationship, sources say Harry and Meghan … Read more
The Queen wore gloves at an investiture at Buckingham Palace today, the first time she has done so since she began carrying out the ceremonies in 1952, amid warnings about the spread of coronavirus and the deadly danger it poses to the over-80s. The 93-year-old’s decision to cover her hands to above the wrists came … Read more