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The four members of the royal family spoke to well wishers for around 40 minutes The Prince and Princess of Wales have been joined by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on a walkabout at Windsor Castle as their first engagement under their new titles. Harry and Meghan joined William and Kate in public together for the first time since Commonwealth Day on March 9 2020, as they inspected flowers […]

Royal Mail has confirmed it will suspend its services on the day of the Queen’s funeral. The date of the funeral is yet to be confirmed, but the King on Saturday approved an order to make it a bank holiday. In a statement, Royal Mail chief executive Simon Thompson said the service would continue to play an “important role” in delivering messages of condolence to the Royal Family. He said: […]

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Monday 19th September The Queen’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday September 19 at 11am, the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk has announced. Further details were confirmed on Saturday on the carefully choreographed London Bridge plans which will included a four-day lying in state at Westminster Hall from Wednesday September 14. The Queen’s oak coffin […]

The nation’s new monarch King Charles III has said a period of “Royal Mourning” for the Queen will be observed from now until seven days after her funeral. Charles is due to return to London later on Friday from Balmoral with the Queen as the first full day of his reign begins. The couple stayed overnight at the former monarch’s Scottish residence after the Queen died “peacefully” aged 96 at […]

The death of the Queen has sparked an outpouring of grief and tributes from the nation’s papers. Buckingham Palace announced the death of the 96-year-old monarch, who died “peacefully” on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral. Here is how the papers reacted: The Times carries a striking image of the Queen at her coronation on June 2, 1953 – a picture which several papers deemed the perfect background to their tributes. In […]

Here is the day-by-day account of what is expected to happen next, leading up to the Queen’s funeral in around 11 days’ time. Day of Death Thursday would traditionally have been D-Day or D+0 in the plans for the aftermath of the Queen’s death, codenamed London Bridge. But the announcement came late in the day – at around 6.30pm on Thursday September 8 – meaning plans have been shifted a […]

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The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday September 8th 2022. Here is how the day unfolded. – 12.32pm Buckingham Palace issue a statement saying doctors are concerned for the Queen’s health. They say the head of state is comfortable and royal physicians have recommended she stays under medical supervision as the future king, the Prince of Wales, and second in line to the throne, the Duke of Cambridge, clear […]

The Queen was the longest reigning monarch in British history, heralded for her unparalleled devotion to royal duty during more than 70 years on the throne. At the centre of national life, Elizabeth II was head of state, head of the armed forces, head of the Commonwealth, and supreme governor of the Church of England. Her knowledge and professionalism were unprecedented and her reign as a constitutional monarch saw more […]