Two North Wales students are celebrating after beating off thousands of entries to be chosen by Prince Charles as the winners of a Royal Mail design competition. The students, from Flint High School, have won a national competition that will see their designs made into a special set of stamps …
Read More »The British Royal Family tree and line of succession
The British Royal Family tree has branched out in major ways in recent years, as a Royal ‘baby boom’ has rapidly reorganized the line of succession, leaving a bevy of children displacing aunts, uncles and cousins in the queue to inherit the Crown. As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum …
Read More »Prince Harry urges support for Ukraine as president warns’ of environmental catastrophe’
The Duke of Sussex has acknowledged the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and called for global support for the country’s people. It came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office warned of an Environmental catastrophe’ after Russian forces blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city. Speaking at the …
Read More »The Queen, 95, gets back to work at Windsor Castle
The Queen has admitted to feeling frail for the first time but managed a smile as she returned to work at Windsor Castle despite scandals engulfing Princes Charles and Andrew that threaten to overshadow her Jubilee year. Her Majesty, 95, leaned on a walking stick as she told incoming Defence Services Secretary …
Read More »Australian republic: Ex-monarchist Kyle Sandilands denounces Royal Family
Kyle Sandilands, one of Australia’s most high-profile monarchists, has said he will no longer support the British Royal Family once the Queen dies. The radio presenter’s shifting allegiance could be a major coup for the Australian Republic Movement, led by rugby player-turned-journalist Peter FitzSimons. Sandilands, 50, declared on Monday he was …
Read More »Prince Charles ‘keen to put his own stamp on royal insignia’ when he becomes king
The original was thought to have belonged to Edward the Confessor, who was canonised by the Catholic Church in 1161, but was destroyed after the execution of Charles I in 1649. The current version was made for Charles II in 1661. It was only in 1911, when George V came …
Read More »Who will be crowned winners in royal Game of Homes? RICHARD KAY examines options for senior royals
Having secured one key element of his future – his mother’s blessing for Camilla to be Queen at his side – Prince Charles is ready to settle another, and it is no less weighty an issue. According to royal sources, as king, Charles will live at Buckingham Palace. For years …
Read More »Royal biographer says that the public has ‘warmed to Camilla’
A royal biographer has said that Meghan Markle could learn from how the Duchess of Cornwall has navigated life in the public eye, despite the abuse she received at the start of her relationship with Prince Charles. Angela Levin, a royal commentator and author of several biographies of senior members …
Read More »Prince Charles congratulates the Queen on her Platinum Jubilee with Camilla to become Queen Consort
Prince Charles has congratulated his mother on her 70-year reign and says he is ‘deeply conscious of the honour’ given to his ‘darling wife’ Camilla after Her Majesty announced she would become Queen Consort when he takes the throne. The Queen assured the Duchess of Cornwall will be made Queen …
Read More »Platinum Jubilee: Queen’s milestone to be celebrated with eight new stamps
The Queen is just two days away from her record-breaking anniversary on the throne on Sunday. A new set of stamps from Royal Mail features photographs of the monarch throughout the decades of her reign The stamps celebrate The Queen’s dedication to service during her reign The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee …
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