Kylie Gillies hosts pizza party in her backyard – and uses ‘ring light’ to illuminate festivities

Kylie Gillies hosts a pizza party in her backyard – and uses a ‘ring light’ to illuminate the festivities By D. Lawrance For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:36 BST, 13 June 2021 | Updated: 15:45 BST, 13 June 2021 Kylie Gillies has rung in the Queen‘s birthday long weekend with a pizza party. The TV … Read more

Does Boris Johnson’s Catholicism ban him from picking CoE bishops?

Does a Catholic wedding bar PM from picking Church of England bishops? Archaic law meaning Boris Johnson cannot advise the Queen on their selection leaves No 10 officials baffled Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds in a Roman Catholic ceremony  The Prime Minister was baptised a Catholic but confirmed in Eton an Anglican  He got married … Read more

Parties, pageants and pop concerts and huge Sunday lunch are among events to mark Queen’s 70 years 

Flag-waving crowds joyously thronging the streets and full-blown displays of pageantry may seem a distant memory. But after the dolour of the pandemic and lockdowns, at last the nation is set to come together next year in a great celebration of the Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee. It will see everything from glittering royal showpieces to … Read more

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Four-day bank holiday CONFIRMED for next summer

Four-day bank holiday CONFIRMED for next summer! The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee plans are set in stone as UK will enjoy extended break to celebrate her 70 years on the throne in 2022 Buckingham Palace said the extended bank holiday will run from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5, 2022 Trooping the Colour will be … Read more

Princess Diana’s wedding dress goes on display at Kensington Palace

Princess Diana’s breathtaking wedding dress has gone on display at Kensington Palace ahead of a new royal fashion exhibition.   Royal Style in the Making, which opens tomorrow, will feature never-before-seen items from the archives of some of the most celebrated royal couturiers, set alongside examples of the stylish ensembles created for Princess Diana, the Queen … Read more

BBC bosses plotted to keep Martin Bashir’s Diana interview secret

Long-lost BBC documentary reveals how Corporation bosses plotted to keep Martin Bashir’s Diana interview secret – not even telling their ‘palace loyalist’ Chairman until the day the press were informed in case he tried to stop it BBC bosses plotted to keep Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana secret Chairman Marmaduke Hussey was kept in the … Read more

From a Prince Charles pint to a Buck Palace gin, the Firm is turning its hand to tipples

Forget tea with the Queen — nowadays you’re more likely to be offered a proper drink. From artisan gin to vintage champagne, the finest reserve port to craft beer, the list of boozy drinks sold by the royals is getting longer and longer. Just this month, Buckingham Palace released a fruit-filled sloe gin and a … Read more

Brian May reveals he underwent surgery on his left eye to improve his vision

Brian May reveals he underwent surgery on his left eye to improve his vision as he shares selfies from hospital By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 21:39 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 21:39 BST, 20 May 2021 Brian May has revealed he underwent eye surgery on Thursday in order to improve the focus in … Read more

Princess Beatrice pregnant: How royal will raise her child as a brother for stepson Wolfie

Princess Beatrice will become one of the few royal mothers to raise children in a blended family when she welcomes her son or daughter this year.  The Queen‘s granddaughter, 32, and her property developer husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi, 38, announced today they are expecting their first child together this autumn. Beatrice’s baby boy or girl … Read more

Simon Case dismisses complaints over PM code powers

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case dismisses complaints that PM is ‘marking his own homework’ by keeping the power to make final decision on whether ministers have broken conduct rules Cabinet Secretary Simon Case rejected gripes on PM hiring and firing powers Said constitution means final decisions on ministerial code must rest with PM  Opposition MPs have … Read more