Articles tagged ‘the Queen’
State Opening of Parliament
By Chris | November 4th, 2007 |
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One of Britain’s big annual ceremonial ocassions takes place on Tuesday 6 November, the State Opening of Parliament, when the Queen addresses both Houses of Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
The Queen delivers a speech written by the present government setting out the programme of legislation for the coming year’s parliament [...]
London’s Top Attractions - Buckingham Palace
By Chris | September 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the Queen and the Royal Family, and has been since 1837 when Queen Victoria came to the throne. Its located right in the very heart of London, bordered by Green Park on the north and St James’s Park on the east and is about half a mile [...]
Buckingham Palace State Rooms Summer Opening
By Chris | August 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official London residence, located at the end of The Mall on the southern side of Green Park. Since 1993 it has opened up its State Rooms, used by the Royal Family to entertain guests on ceremonial, official and State occasions, to the public for August and September each year while [...]
The Queen loves the Arsenal
By Chris | April 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Its in The Sun and that’s about as official as it gets in the UK, the Queen is an Arsenal fan and has been for over 50 years, just like the former Queen Mother who was also a mad Gooner and a big admirer of legendary player Denis Compton who played for Arsenal in the [...]
100 years of the Old Bailey
By Chris | February 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been down at Britain’s most famous court today celebrating its 100th anniversary. The Central Criminal Court, otherwise known as the Old Bailey was first opened in 1907 on the site of the famous Newgate Gaol which was London’s main prison and originally built in 1188.
Newgate formed part [...]
Henry’s hands?
By Chris | February 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Arsenal first team squad had a reception with the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday after she was unable to attend the official opening of the Emirates Stadium in October due to a back injury. I’m sure the players had an interesting time but its a good job they hadn’t been to the Modern and [...]
Where to see the Royal Family
By Chris | January 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
For quite a few people one of the attractions of a visit to the UK is the British Monarchy and the Royal Family(not the unemployed chavs in the BBC comedy). If you would like to get a close look at the Royals its a bit easier than you might think because they don’t only turn [...]
Daily Dose 11.24
By Chris | November 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Genius police to offer teenagers drinking booze on the streets bottles of water in a swap, not really fair is it(EveningStandard)
* Trafalgar Square gets first advertising billboard,but only for one year(Guardian)
* The Queen tells Premier League chairman that footballers are a bunch of ‘prima donnas’. Says ‘one see’s these tarts rolling around like they’ve [...]
London top attractions - Changing of the Guard
By Chris | October 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Anybody interested in seeing a little bit of British military ceremonial during a visit should go along to Horse Guards Parade as every morning at 11am(sun 10am) there is a changing of the guard by the Queens Life Guard from the Household Cavalry.
