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 …
The Secret Royals by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac review – spying and the crown
Bizarre and disturbing episodes are revealed in this excellent history of the royal family’s relationship with espionageOn a March evening in 1974, having shot and wounded Princess Anne’s protection officer and driver, Ian Ball began remonstrating with…
Queen calls on Scottish parliament to tackle climate change
Monarch urges MSPs to build ‘fairer and greener future’ as she opens parliament ahead of Cop26The Queen has urged Scotland’s MSPs to tackle climate change and “help create a better, healthier future” in a speech ahead of the Cop26 climate conference.Th…
Queen supports Black Lives Matter, says senior royal representative
Sir Ken Olisa, first black Lord-Lieutenant for London, reveals he has talked about racism with royal householdThe Queen and the royal family are supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, one of the monarch’s representatives has said.Sir Ken …
Portrait of Queen ‘looking like a corgi’ to feature in Lucian Freud exhibition
National Gallery will mark centenary of Freud’s birth by bringing together his most important worksIt was hailed by the Guardian as the finest royal portrait for 150 years. Others thought it made the Queen look like a rugby prop forward or one of her c…
Revealed: Queen vetted 67 laws before Scottish parliament could pass them
Extent of arcane practice known as crown consent in Scotland has until now been unknown to the publicThe Scottish government has given the Queen advanced access to at least 67 parliamentary bills deemed to affect her public powers, private property or …
Queen secretly lobbied Scottish ministers for climate law exemption
Monarch used secretive procedure to become only person in country not bound by a green energy ruleThe Queen’s lawyers secretly lobbied Scottish ministers to change a draft law to exempt her private land from a major initiative to cut carbon emissions, …