The Cabinet Office has announced plans to create a suitable tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of the monarch’s reign ahead of the first anniversary of her death this Friday. The plans for a permanent memorial to the late Queen and a national legacy programme in her honour will be unveiled inContinue reading “A Permanent Memorial Will Be Dedicated To The Queen”
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The Exile Of ‘Backstairs Billy’ Tallon, Who Reigned Supreme While Queen Mother Lived And Queen Elizabeth’s Dresser Angela Kelly Illustrates How Ruthless Courtiers Can Be
Loyal but louche, diligent but drunk, discreet in word but indiscreet in life, the Royal Family’s most notable servant, ‘Backstairs Billy’ Tallon is to be honoured in a play in London’s West End in the autumn, given equal billing with the woman he devotedly served for 50 years, the Queen Mother. From the death ofContinue reading “The Exile Of ‘Backstairs Billy’ Tallon, Who Reigned Supreme While Queen Mother Lived And Queen Elizabeth’s Dresser Angela Kelly Illustrates How Ruthless Courtiers Can Be”
We Are Brothers At War
The ongoing rivalry between Princes William and Harry might appear unusual in the level of public outrage it’s created. Fuelled by apparently non-stop complaints from Montecito, most recently in the shape of Prince Harry’s new memoir Spare, it has definitely forged a torrent of bad publicity for The Firm, but this isn’t the first timeContinue reading “We Are Brothers At War”
Queen’s Cousin’s Son – 65th In Line To The Throne – Accused Of ‘Constant Antisocial Behaviour’
Police and Westminster council have failed in a bid to ban the 65th in line to the throne from the borough after years of violence, threats, criminal damage and racist behaviour. Deputy District Judge Olwen Davies ruled that Rowan Nash Lascelles, 43, would just disregard the proposed Criminal Behaviour Order and take his offending toContinue reading “Queen’s Cousin’s Son – 65th In Line To The Throne – Accused Of ‘Constant Antisocial Behaviour’”