Cornwall, 1939. At Dartmouth Naval Academy, 18-year-old student officer Philip Mountbatten is tasked with escorting the daughters of King George, who is visiting the college. With one of these, the smallest, there is an almost instant understanding. “It’s Princess Elizabeth, she’s 13 years old,” his superiors told him, “You mustn’t lose sight of her.” He […]
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Why did Buckingham Palace initially keep the Queen’s hospital a secret?
When Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen Elizabeth he would have given up a trip to Northern Ireland due to medical advice, did not necessarily seem a cause for alarm. She had just hosted world leaders for a reception at Windsor Castle and was soon spotted in a car with her dogs. Only the next […]
Prince Harry panicked when he learned of the Queen’s hospitalization
The grandmother is always the grandmother, even if it is the Queen Elizabeth: for the principe Harry it was really difficult to know her in the hospital, so much so that, according to some rumors leaked in the last hours, the news would have sent him “In panic mode”. To reveal it to the magazine […]
The Queen will not participate (on doctors’ orders) in Glasgow CoP26
The ninety-five year old Queen Elizabeth a few days ago he refused the Elder of the Year Award (“You are old when you feel old») But the ailments of age, unfortunately, do not spare her either. His Majesty, already forced to participate in an official engagement with the stick, then to bow to a very […]
Queen Elizabeth is back (and reassures the people)
After the fear, the reassurances and, finally, the test: the queen Elizabeth II she is fine and has returned to work, albeit in a much softer way than she would have preferred. On Tuesday 26 October, the sovereign met with two ambassadors, Mr. Gunn Kim from the Republic of Korea and Mr. Markus Leitner from […]
For the first time since World War II. US fighters engage from foreign aircraft carrier
US military aircraft made the first combat mission from a foreign aircraft carrier since World War II. This happened during the first battle of the newest British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, according to the press service of the British Ministry of Defense. As noted, the combat mission was carried out against the terrorist […]
Queen Elizabeth became a great-grandmother for the ninth time. Princess Eugenie gave birth to a boy: photo
On February 9, Princess Eugenie of York, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, gave birth to a boy – he became the ninth great-grandson of the British monarch. A message about this appeared on the official website of the royal family. Childbirth took place in a private London clinic Porter, now the baby and his mother […]
