Tag Archives: The Queen Mother

From Queen Victoria and Albert,  Diana and Charles to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, we’ve compiled a timeline of Royal Wedding portraits from around the world. Some of the most notable include the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria and Albert, who had a wedding cake measuring nine feet tall by 16 inches wide, …

Prince Andrew will not move out of his £30 million home, Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate, putting him on collision course with King Charles. The Duke of York is digging his heels in and refusing to vacate the 30-room mansion, his home for more than 20 years. Charles has …

This week in royal history was an eventful one, kicking off with the death of Wallis Simpson, on April 24, 1986.  By then, at the age of 89, the widow of the former King Edward VIII had been bedbound for the best part of a decade.  And yesterday marked not …

Revealed: The winners and losers in the great Royal property merry-go-round – as it emerges Prince Andrew could pocket £1.5m windfall if he quits the Royal Lodge this year Prince Andrew signed a lease to Windsor Lodge after the Queen Mother’s death He is entitled to compensation for the money …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children ‘may not have a close relationship with the King’ following the couple’s eviction from Frogmore Cottage, a source has claimed. Harry and Meghan were allegedly given ‘weeks’ to pack up their British home at Frogmore Cottage after Harry’s memoir Spare hit the shelves …

Some stories in Prince Harry’s book are so bizarre that a satirist would have struggled to make them up.  For example, he tells how he taught the Queen Mother to say ‘booyakasha’ and flick her fingers at the same time to imitate Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Ali G.  So, to …

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Lady Hussey’s departure a sign of royal service? By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 20:19 EST, 5 December 2022 | Updated: 20:19 EST, 5 December 2022 Queen Mother biographer William Shawcross leaps to the defence of Susan Hussey insisting she isn’t racist, adding: ‘The attacks on …

Brits watching coverage of the Queen’s funeral on CNN were left shocked on Monday as Trisha Goddard was roped in to provide ‘analysis.’ The legendary chat show host, 64, appeared on the American network from their New York studio to help with five hours of live coverage alongside host Don Lemon, Zain …

He’s largely grown up away from the limelight – but James, Viscount Severn, has made himself firmly seen this week following a spate of appearances with his family. The 14-year-old, thought to be one of the ‘Queen’s favourite’ grandchildren, has joined his parents, Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex, and his sister Lady …

Prince Andrew is ‘pretty unlikely’ to quit the Queen Mother’s old £30m home, royal source claims – but can he afford to run the Royal Lodge? Prince Andrew is ‘pretty unlikely’ to leave Royal Lodge estate at Windsor  This is despite having no apparent source of income for its upkeep …