The Queen’s 96th birthday: how you can watch in person or even take part
Queen Elizabeth II turns 96 today, marking another milestone for the British monarch. However, Her Majesty has two birthdays each year – her real birthday on Thursday 21 April, and her official…
The Queen’s birthday 2022: how you can watch in person or even take part
Why does the Queen have two birthdays? Although Trooping the Colour was first performed for military purposes under King Charles II in the 1600s, the parade became an official part of…
James I’s samurai armour, Victoria’s wine bottle – Buckingham Palace meets Japan
“Not enough netsuke,” was my first thought, going around Japan: Courts and Culture at the Queen’s Gallery. Not only was there just one of those carved, decorative…
Prince Charles’s Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust is a majestic show of unbroken spirits
According to the German philosopher Theodor Adorno, to write poetry after Auschwitz was “barbaric”. What, though, about painting a picture? To mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day,…
Humiliation for Prince Andrew as Twitter page deleted by Palace to reflect ‘private citizen’ status
Buckingham Palace has deleted the Duke of York’s Twitter profile and updated its website to reflect his newfound status as a “private citizen”. His official Instagram page,…
Prince of Wales: Holocaust survivor portraits in Buckingham Palace will be a ‘guiding light’ for society
Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said it was an “incredible initiative”. She added: “These Holocaust survivors endured the very worst. They were rounded…
National Archives: Westminster Abbey urged Royal family to use Candle in the Wind at Diana’s funeral
The reworked version of Candle in the Wind was already immensely popular before the funeral, with Dr Carr pointing out that it was “being widely played and…
‘Special relationship’ between the Queen and Sir Winston Churchill on display at exhibition
In promoting the exhibition, the trust quotes a member of palace staff commenting on their conversations, to say: “I could not hear what they talked about, but…
Queen cancels family pre-Christmas lunch amid omicron surge
This morning, it was confirmed that the pre-Christmas family lunch would not go ahead. A source said: “While there is regret that it is cancelled, there is…