How princess gave hope to the evacuees
February 14, 2009
The Daily Telegraph - 13 Feb 2009 - By Andrew Pierce
RARELY-SEEN photographs of the Queen recording her first public speech have been released by Buckingham Palace to mark the relaunch of the Royal family’s website.
Five actresses to play the Queen for C4
January 28, 2009
The Guardian – January 28, 2009 – Leigh Holmwood
Five different actresses will portray the Queen at different stages in a new docudrama for Channel 4 that will examine five “pivotal years” in the monarch’s life.
Serving Queen – and country
January 24, 2009
Joe is survived by Patsy, two sons, Craig and Blair, daughter Treena, many grandchildren, and a large extended family in the Waikato and Taranaki
MANY of Joe Walker’s more recent friends were unaware the big friendly Maori man was a retired infantry colonel. They didn’t know the Queen decorated him for his services as Comptroller of the Royal Household during the 10-day Royal visit to New Zealand in 1995.
Haya wins politeness stakes
December 11, 2008
Princess Haya of Jordan
The Daily Mail – December 11, 2008 – By Richard Kay.
NO ONE, it seems, holds the Queen in higher esteem than Princess Haya, the daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan and wife of horseracing supremo Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum of Dubai.
No royal variety ABs haka
November 25, 2008
Queen Elizabeth II reacts to the cold weather as she stands with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (unseen) on November 25, 2008 in London. The Queen visited a New Zealand tourism exhibition housed in a giant inflatable rugby ball nera London's Tower Bridge. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
The Waikato Times - 25 November 2008 – By Duncan Johnstone.
The All Blacks will leave the London performance of their haka to when they face England at Twickenham this weekend rather than perform one when they meet the Queen in a rugby environment in the capital tomorrow ( NZ time).
Fewer want Duchess to become Queen
November 10, 2008
The Daily Telegraph – November 10, 2008.
PUBLIC support for the Duchess of Cornwall becoming Queen when the Prince of Wales is crowned King has fallen sharply.
Queen’s china firm goes bust
November 7, 2008
Daily Express – November 7, 2008.
THE Queen’s china maker, Royal Worcester & Spode, has gone into administration.
It joins a growing list of firms with royal warrants to hit the buffers.
The firm has held its warrant since 1789 and is a favourite with the Queen, who often buys its products as gifts for heads of state.
Queen’s anger at being upstaged by Lady Thatcher
November 3, 2008
The Daily Express – November 3, 2008 – By Richard Palmer Royal Correspondent.
THE Queen has ordered steps to be taken to prevent Baroness Thatcher disrupting her schedule on Remembrance Sunday.
The order follows a row over protocol at last year’s Cenotaph commemorations.
Sources in Whitehall have revealed that the Queen was furious at being kept waiting by Lady Thatcher, when the former prime minister was centre of attention on the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict.
Weeeee are not amused
November 2, 2008
OBSESSION: Peaches ROYAL VI-PEE: Prince Philip at Sandringham and below Charles and Camilla on their tour in Brunei
Daily Star Weekend – November 2, 2008- By Neil Chandler and Clive Goodman.
YOU DEVIL, PEACHES
DESPERATE Prince Philip used the royal wee yesterday after getting caught short on a shooting party.
The royal big gun decided he’d never make it to the nearest throne room, so he whipped out the crown jewels in full view of a public road.
Philip, who was leading the party at Sandringham, the Queen’s Norfolk estate, seemed to think he couldn’t be seen.
But a passer-by said: “It was an amazing sight. Those dark glasses didn’t fool anyone and he was caught red-handed with his finger on the trigger.
MEMORIES: Right royal welcome for Glasgow’s visiting Queen
October 31, 2008
THE Queen was given a warm welcome during a trip to Ballater Street in the Gorbals.
It was a right royal knees-up for local residents as they welcomed their special guest.
Scotland’s first female Lord Provost, Dame Jean Roberts, was at the Queen’s side to give her a tour, watched on by interested spectators young and old.
