Reflection on 2021
Now that the dust has settled on another year, and the celebrations of a new year are coming to an end, it seems appropriate to look back...
Now that the dust has settled on another year, and the celebrations of a new year are coming to an end, it seems appropriate to look back...
This year marked the centenary of the Royal British Legion, a charity synonymous with Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal. 2021 also saw...
Similarly to 2020, Trooping the Colour, the annual parade to mark the Queen’s official birthday, took place in 2021 under unusual...
The State Opening of Parliament is one of the few state occasions that see’s the Queen in full regalia and actually wearing, or latterly...
Tuesday 23rd March 2021 marked one year since the UK first went into national lockdown. The day was called the National Day of...
Commonwealth Day is celebrated annually on 8th March. It is usually marked by a service held at Westminster Abbey, and attended by the...
2020 has certainly been a year like no other. The covid-19 pandemic has affected our day to day lives, our plans, and what we all...
Full Title: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island and of Her...
This year Remembrance Sunday was marked in a different way, due to coronavirus. But it did not reduce the significance of it, indeed it...
On 17th July 2020 HRH Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Beatrice is a grandaughter of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh,...
In my previous blog posts looking at the work of the royal family during the Coronavirus Pandemic, I focused on the work of individual...
Due to Coronavirus and lockdown, 2020 saw a very different Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the Queen’s official birthday. Trooping...
Lockdown continues, and the coronavirus pandemic continues. Since my last blog post about how the royals are working during this time,...
On Friday 8th May 2020, the nation celebrated the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. The celebrations were nationwide, and many people held...
Friday 8th May 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). This was the day that the second world war ended in...
It’s been a few weeks since the Queen addressed the nation and commonwealth in her televised speech about the Covid-19 pandemic. That was...
The coronavirus pandemic has shaken the world. It is a global crisis. It has affected the day to day life of millions of people. As we...
On 6th February 1952 Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne upon the death of her father King George VI. Today marks 68 years since that...
Christmas has always been a special time of year for the royals, as it is for many of us. In the past, the royals gathered at Windsor...
Back in October, on the 14th, the Queen attended the State Opening of Parliament. I wrote a full blog report on that event, that you can...