One of Prince Charles‘ former employees is in a legal fight with the Palace over using the name The Royal Butler. Grant Harrold, who was an ‘under-butler’ at Highgrove from 2004 to 2011, gives lessons in etiquette and appears on television. But he has angered the Queen’s officials after trying to trademark The Royal Butler … Read more
The Queen has spent the past three months socially isolating at Windsor Castle amid the coronovirus pandemic but it has not been all doom and gloom. Just two weeks after she attended the nuptials of her granddaughter Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at Royal Lodge, yesterday she was present at another moving family engagement. … Read more
Three Coldstream Guards are being questioned by police after becoming embroiled in a fight with royal footmen. The fracas left four of the Queen’s footmen injured with two needing hospital treatment. The Guards, often seen wearing their famous red jackets and bearskin hats, have a special ceremonial role guarding the Queen and her household at … Read more
Queen’s elite bodyguard is arrested ‘for having nine bags of cocaine and ketamine’ after ‘white powder is found in St James’s Palace bathroom’ The private was allegedly found with the drugs in his possessions at his barracks British Army confirmed a soldier had been arrested for ‘suspected drug offence’ Coldstream Guards is the oldest regiment in the … Read more
Easter, 1932. The journey from Scotland had taken all day. It was late when Marion arrived. From the car that had met her at Windsor station, the tired 23-year-old looked up at Royal Lodge, home of the Duke and Duchess of York and their princess daughters Elizabeth and Margaret. The young teacher’s heart sank. She had … Read more
Balmoral rangers slammed wild campers yesterday after a group had left tents and rubbish strewn on the Queen’s private Scottish estate on Saturday. The estate’s rangers shared a picture on Twitter of the seemingly abandoned tents and rubbish that were left on the Balmoral grounds. Some of the camping chairs were pictured knocked to the … Read more
Prince Harry has reignited the row over Britain’s colonial history as it emerged today he wanted the organisation to ‘acknowledge the past’, even if it’s ‘uncomfortable’. It is likely to cause a ruckus in the Royal household, with his grandmother the Queen being head of the 54-nation group, and his father Prince Charles to succeed … Read more
The Queen’s portrait of a Battle of Waterloo hero that she has hanging in Windsor Castle has been changed to include his links to slavery. Historical details of the painting of Sir Thomas Picton have now been altered to include a link to his torturing of a slave girl when he was the ‘Tyrant of … Read more
The Queen and Prince Philip are expected to spend the summer at Balmoral after it was feared that guidelines on moving between England and Scotland might scupper the annual stay. The monarch, 94, and her husband, 99, are reportedly set to fly to the castle, in the Scottish highlands, where they may stay for up … Read more
The Royal Wee: Visitors to Queen’s private Scottish estate are told to stop using it as a wild toilet with public conveniences closed due to Covid-19 Rangers working on the Balmoral estate posted their plea on social media They urged people not to leave non-biodegradable wipes within the grounds Balmoral staff also posted guidance to … Read more