Buckingham Palace has celebrated some of the guests who should have been attending its summer garden parties, and pledged to see them next year instead. The Queen’s gatherings on the neatly-manicured lawns of her London home, and at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tuesday would have been … Read more
Coronavirus lockdown could see the Queen lose £18 million as royal palaces close to tourists, while Lord Chamberlain warns staff they face pay freezes Royal income is set to fall by a third – £18 million – this year because of lockdown The royal family earn millions from tourists visiting palaces throughout the year However, … 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
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has delighted royal fans by sharing her mother’s recipe for her ‘favourite cookies’ Argentine alfajores. The royal, who was born in Argentina, posted the instructions to Instagram yesterday to mark her 49th birthday, which she spent at her home Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. Glamming up for the occasion, King Willem-Alexander’s … Read more
Celebrity hairdresser Richard Ward — crimper to both real royalty and the showbiz variety — started to get panic-stricken messages quite soon into lockdown. Even from afar, he could sense that the colour had drained from his loyal clients’ faces, if not yet their hair, as the new reality hit home. ‘Lots of our clients … Read more
The new Queen Vic pub has finally been revealed as the £87million EastEnders set continued. The extensive project, which has been built next door to the original set, appeared to be almost ready in new images revealed on Tuesday, as work on the project carries on amid the coronavirus pandemic. The iconic pub had previously … Read more
A family Christmas card send to a member of the royal household 66 years ago that features the signature of both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip has been revealed to be the world’s most valuable autograph of a living person. Antiques house Paul Fraser Collectables put the festive signatures at the top of this … Read more
A Drag queen act wows the judges in Saturday’s round of Britain’s Got Talent auditions. Ezekeil, 20, and Karl, 23, show off their prestigious dance and acrobatic skills as they perform to Proud Mary’s Rolling Down The River in a quick change routine. In a teaser clip for Saturday’s show, Amanda asks the pair: ‘So, … Read more
The Queen and Prince Charles were among the first members of the royal family to share their best wishes with Princess Charlotte as the youngster celebrates her fifth birthday today. Taking to Instagram today, the Queen’s, 93, official account shared several snaps of Her Majesty alongside the little royal, including one alongside Prince Philip taken … Read more
Thailand’s king and queen inspect PPE made by the military in front of groveling army chief – weeks after royal ‘self-isolated’ with 20 concubines at German hotel King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida were seen at a Bangkok regiment Pictures show them watching soldiers produce PPE to hand out to the public The controversial ruler … Read more