SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Queen’s secret treat for Princess Anne’s 70th birthday

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

Coldstream Guards investigated by police after bar brawl with Queen’s footmen near Buckingham Palace

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’

Coldstream Guard 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 Army … Read more

Queen’s elite bodyguard is arrested ‘for having nine bags of cocaine and ketamine’

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

WENDY HOLDEN How the Palace cut dead the Queen’s mentor

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

WENDY HOLDEN How the Palace cut dead the Queen’s mentor

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 slams wild campers after abandoned tents left strewn across Queen’s Scottish estate

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

Balmoral rangers slams wild campers after abandoned tents left strewn across Queen’s Scottish estate

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

Painting of Waterloo hero in Queen’s collection is altered to include slavery link

A portrait of a Battle of Waterloo hero the Queen has hanging in Windsor Castle has had its’ description changed to include his links to slavery. Historical details of the painting of Sir Thomas Picton have now been altered to include a reference to torturing a slave girl when he was the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’. … Read more

Painting of Waterloo hero in Queen’s collection is altered to include slavery link

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