h Peru one possible candidate for a future visit, believes Michael Binyon. Argentina, on the other hand, would be “out of the question” because of the tensions created by the Falklands War 30 years ago, says Michael Binyon. Prince Philip has, however, visited the country (in 1962). He has also been, without the Queen, to countless other nations around the world, often in his work for t…
bank holiday central weekend in the United Kingdom on 2-5 June. What events will take place over this bank holiday central weekend? On Saturday 2 June, The Queen will attend the Epsom Derby. On Sunday 3 June the Big Jubilee Lunch and the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant will take place. On Monday 4 June a concert will be held at Buckingham Palace and a network of beacons will be lit throughout the U…
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has abdicated and handed the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander. Queen Beatrix, 75, signed the instrument of abdication in Amsterdam after 33 years on the throne. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander has now become the country’s first king since 1890. Huge crowds of orange-clad partygoers are in Amsterdam to pay tribute to the popular queen, who maintained a…
ingdom. The Queen reflected on celebrations for The Queen Mother’s 80th birthday and used her message to address the themes of service in all its forms. The Queen’s 1982 message marked the 30th anniversary of the first Christmas message. She delivered this message in the library of Windsor Castle for the very first time. The year was marked by British troops fighting in the Falklands W…
…e broadcast by the BBC, also includes Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran, JLS, Kylie Minogue, Sir Tom Jones, Jessie J, Dame Shirley Bassey and Annie Lennox. And it will feature a special song – sung by 200 people from around the Commonwealth – co-written for the occasion by Gary Barlow and Lord Lloyd Webber. An A-list concert, which will be held in front of Buckingham Palace later today, wil…
Early life Her Majesty the Queen was born on 21 April 1926 in London, the first child of Prince Albert, The Duke of York, and his wife, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Third in line to the throne, it seemed unlikely that Princess Elizabeth would be Queen. However, shortly after the death of George V, the new King – her uncle Edward VIII – dramatically abdicated so he could marry…
…the weather”, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said. The coach, built in 1881, was first used by the Queen and Duke on their wedding day when they travelled from Westminster Abbey to the palace on 20 November 1947. The Duke of Cambridge, who is Colonel of the Irish Guards and the Prince of Wales, who is Colonel of the Welsh Guards, were joined on horseback by the Princess Royal, Colonel of the…
…ng between the Queen and Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister took place at a charity event in Belfast on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon she attended a Diamond Jubilee party attended by 20,000 in Stormont. The Queen and Martin McGuinness shook hands at a private meeting and later shook hands in public. The private meeting, in a room at the theatre, involved a group of seven people,…
…lot of nonsense” and spoke with admiration about her commitment to the Commonwealth and armed services. “No one could curtsey lower than Margaret Thatcher,” said another former aide. Inevitably, after 11 years of almost weekly meetings, the Queen and Margaret Thatcher reached something akin to friendship. Margaret Thatcher was even said to have jokingly sent the monarch a pair of rubber gloves as…
…enir Programme click here. Here is our run-down of events over the Diamond Jubilee weekend, including approximate timings: Saturday 2 June, 2012 The Queen will attend the Epsom Derby. Sunday 3 June, 2012 The Big Jubilee Lunch: Building on the already popular Big Lunch initiative, people will be encouraged to share lunch with neighbours and friends as part of the Diamond Jubilee c…
When Queen Elizabeth appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium this summer it was hailed as one of the greatest moments in British television history. As part of the lavish London 2012 opening ceremony the Queen was shown jumping from a helicopter with James Bond actor Daniel Craig, but ever since there has been mystery surrounding how, exactly, she was persuaded to do it – until now….
…d autopsy photos of the murdered child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. In her hometown of Boulder, Colorado, many stores were so outraged by the publication that they took the edition off the stands. In 2010, Globe magazine published a front cover with a picture of actor Gary Coleman during his last hours – sparking outrage throughout the world. In the photograph Gary Coleman can be seen on hi…
…partment investigating organized crime in the army. He had asked the reporters to leave his office after he criticized media leaks from the continuing probe into the plane crash in Russia on April 10, 2010, that killed then-president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others, mostly senior Polish officials. During his brief news conference, Mikolaj Przybyl said the military prosecutor’s office had the ri…
…ut your heart-warming and encouraging displays of affection, the burdens, which certainly have existed, would have weighed heavily.” Paying tribute to her late husband, Prince Claus, who died in 2002, the queen said he had helped modernize the House of Orange. “Perhaps history will bear out that the choice of my partner was my best decision.” Monday evening’s gala dinner wa…
a keen womanizer that the only woman he does not spend much time with is his wife, Greek-born Queen Sofia. According to Pilar Eyre, King Juan Carlos, now 74, and Queen Sofia have not shared a bed for 35 years. In fact, the new book, “The Solitude of the Queen”, says, following an operation on a benign lung tumor at a Barcelona hospital in 2010, the woman who spent most of the time consoling King…
…the Queen, Prince Philip stood for most of the 80-minute journey down the Thames and did appear to be in discomfort. The Duke of Edinburgh has previously suffered from a bladder infection in February 2002. Today staff at ambulance control in Berkshire received a call from Windsor Castle shortly after 2:00 p.m. reporting that Prince Phillip was feeling unwell. Prince Philip was reported to have be…
…ged. But today’s announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting the couple’s first child – third in line to the throne – has come after the deal was agreed. In October 2011, David Cameron announced that the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state had agreed to give female royals the same rights of succession as their brothers. “Put simply, if the…
Princess Maxima’s entrance into the Dutch royal house was a sensation, and now she the queen consort of King Willem-Alexander, with the abdication of her mother-in-law Queen Beatrix on 30 April. While her family’s links to a fallen dictatorship were scrutinized by parliament, the Argentine charmed the nation. So how did this unconventional princess captivate a country so committed to…
…their eyes when Queen Elizabeth accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh walked into the room moments after they had tied the knot at Manchester Town Hall. The royal couple had been attending a lunch with 200 local volunteers in an adjacent room, and the Queen had asked if she could pop in to congratulate the bride and groom. Delighted bride Frances Canning said: “It was bizarre that she knew our name…
…, a group of UK-based Swazis protested outside the Savoy hotel, in London, where King Mswati – who is widely accused of profligate spending – is thought to be staying, with a delegation of 30 officials. “The money he is using to feed these people could go a long way back home,” said Flora Dlamini from the Swaziland Vigil group. King Mswati is rated by Forbes magazine as the…
General Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina’s former military leader, has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. Jorge Rafael Videla is reported to have died from natural causes in prison. The general was jailed in 2010 for the deaths of 31 dissidents during the 1976-83 military dictatorship, of which he was overall leader until 1981. Up to 30,000 people were tortured…
…ple declined an invitation to Prince Charles’ wedding to Diana, Princess of Wales because they planned to visit Gibraltar as part of their honeymoon. And a visit by Princess Anne to Gibraltar in 2009 sparked an official complaint from the Spanish government. An additional cause of unhappiness for the Spanish royal household is the fact that the British regimental band of Gibraltar will be pe…
…een, who celebrated her 65th or Sapphire wedding anniversary this week, has sat on the thrones of seven countries for 60 years since her ascension following her father, King George VI’s death in 1952. In partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), CPL Aromas, the British-based international fragrance house that created the scent to an RSC brief, took inspiration from the scents an…
…recorded a message of thanks to the nation ahead of a star-studded concert at Buckingham Palace on Monday. The two-minute message, filmed in her private apartments at the palace, will be broadcast at 18:00 BST on radio and television in the UK and across the Commonwealth. Crowds have started building up outside St Paul’s and Buckingham Palace, which the Queen will leave at 10:15 BST in her…
e among the stars who have yet to perform before the Queen and other members of the Royal Family. The Queen was not present for the first 90 minutes of the concert, taking her seat in the Royal Box at 21:00 BST. The evening will end with the Queen lighting one of 4,500 beacons across the world marking her 60-year reign. The concert is being broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2 in the UK and t…
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