Big Lizzie gets ready to wow China: HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives at Portsmouth home

Heavy winds forecast for the weekend have forced the Royal Navy to bring forward the departure of its flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth for its first operational deployment to the Far East. The £3 billion aircraft carrier made an unscheduled stop at its home base in Portsmouth on Wednesday after taking part in a major exercise … Read more

Queen is left ‘devastated’ after five-week old Dorgi puppy dies 

Smile for the camera: Her Majesty with one of her beloved corgis in 1952 By Amie Gordon and Jane Fryer for the Daily Mail   From the moment her father gave her a dog as an 18th birthday present, corgis have provided loyal companionship to the Queen for more than 70 years.  The dog-loving Monarch, who … Read more

Queen is left ‘devastated’ after five-week old Dorgi puppy dies 

Smile for the camera: Her Majesty with one of her beloved corgis in 1952 By Amie Gordon and Jane Fryer for the Daily Mail   From the moment her father gave her a dog as an 18th birthday present, corgis have provided loyal companionship to the Queen for more than 70 years.  The dog-loving Monarch, who … Read more

How the Queen is reshaping her life, writes MATTHEW DENNISON

With the announcement of a national lockdown in March 2020, an extraordinary and unexpected opportunity opened up for the Queen and Prince Philip. At last, after more than seven decades of marriage, the Royal husband and wife, then aged 93 and 98 respectively, were able to experience something approaching the shared leisure enjoyed by other … Read more

300-piece breakfast service made for Queen Victoria’s will go under the hammer starting at £80,000

300-piece porcelain breakfast service made for Queen Victoria’s first visit to Scotland will go under the hammer with offers starting at £80,000 Set was made ahead of the royal visit to Taymouth Castle in Perthshire in 1842 They will go under the hammer live online at Lyon & Turnbull on Tuesday, May 18 Other items being auctioned … Read more

Queen will return to Balmoral ‘out of season’ a month after her husband’s death

The Coyles of Muick, around ten miles by road from Balmoral Castle, are the most peaceful of hills. They gleam gold in the sunshine, and purple when the heather blooms. It was here, on a summer’s day back in 2003, that the Countess of Wessex took a picture of the Queen and Prince Philip as … Read more