There’s more to patriotism than the BBC playing the same song every dayI think it’s vaguely important to revisit the fact that last week, Romford’s Convervative MP, Andrew Rosindell, took up actual time in parliament – I am loth to describe this time a…
Duchess of Cambridge’s 40th birthday marked with trio of new photos
Portraits by fashion photographer Paolo Roversi show Kate wearing Alexander McQueen dressesThe Duchess of Cambridge has marked her 40th birthday by releasing three glamorous portraits of herself.Pictured in different Alexander McQueen dresses, Kate pos…
New year honours feature Covid experts with Chris Whitty knighted
Tennis player Emma Raducanu, Olympians and Paralympians, and actor Daniel Craig also among 1,122 people receiving awards Leading figures of science and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic have been feted in the Queen’s new year honours list, inclu…
Queen expected to strike personal tone in Christmas Day message
Photograph of TV address released by palace shows Queen sitting next to a portrait of her and Prince PhilipThe Queen’s Christmas Day message is expected to be a particularly personal one this year, her first since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.A p…
Queen carries out first audience at Windsor after spraining back
Monarch, 95, greets outgoing military chief in sitting room, after pulling out of Remembrance Sunday serviceThe Queen has carried out her first official engagement after missing the Remembrance Sunday service, meeting the outgoing head of the military …
The Queen is ‘on very good form’ says Boris Johnson
Prime minister’s comments come after news that doctors advised the monarch to rest for two weeksBoris Johnson has said the Queen is “on very good form” after speaking to her this week.The prime minister’s comments come after it was announced on Friday …
Queen cancels Northern Ireland trip and told to rest
Buckingham Palace says monarch has ‘reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for next few days’The Queen has cancelled a planned two-day visit to Northern Ireland after advice from her doctors that she should “rest for the next few days”.Buckingham …
Met police drops investigation into Prince Andrew in Virginia Giuffre case
Officers made decision after reportedly talking to Giuffre and a review of documentsThe Metropolitan police are taking no further action after a review prompted by Virginia Giuffre, who is taking legal action against Prince Andrew.Met officers made the…
Chris Packham asks royal family to commit to rewilding estates
Conservationist delivers petition to Buckingham Palace and urges royals to set example before Cop26Chris Packham has called on the royal family to “step up” by committing to rewilding their estates before the Cop26 climate summit.The conservationist an…
United or divided: what is the future of Ireland? | Letter
Guardian readers respond to Colm Tóibín’s essay on the island’s political futureColm Tóibín’s comparison of Sinn Féin, a pro-EU, pro-immigration, centre-left party, to Ukip, an anti-EU, anti-immigration, rightwing party, is decidedly muddled, like much…