Today is the centenary of the foundation by King George V on June 4 1917 of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Last month th...

Today is the eightieth anniversary of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. Image: E-Bay Image...

Today is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty The Queen, and has been termed the Sapphire Jubilee. The only other ...

Ninety years ago today there occurred the death of the Empress Carlota of Mexico. Born on June 7 1840 Princess Charlotte ( Marie Charlotte...

Today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. This was arguably the most important event in English - and by extension British/...

This weekend has seen the culmination of The Queen's Ninetieth Birthday celebrations both nationally and locally. Here in Oxford at the...

The Daily Telegraph had an interesting little story the other day as to how the Loch Ness Monster was nearly named after The Queen. Ac...

Today is the 90th birthday of H.M.The Queen and this post is a way of expressing my loyal greetings and good wishes to Her Majesty on this ...

The BBC news website has an illustrated report about The Queen marking Maundy Thursday with the traditional service and distribution of the...

The Special Correspondent sent me the following link about the loan by The Queen to the Kremlin museums of the rediscovered Royal Victorian...

Today, at about 5.30 this afternoon, Her Majesty The Queen became the longest reigning British monarch. The Special Correspondent sent m...

As far as the Royal family are concerned the Silly Season in the media appears to have started early and nastily. First we had the Sun wit...

Both the Special Correspondent and the BBC News website had picked up the story of H.M. The Queen investing Prince Philip with his Knight...

Today is the 89th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, and this post is to express my loyal greetings and warmest good wishes for the annivers...

One of my regular correspondents - indeed he might be described as in  the old Daily Telegraph style as a Special Correspondent for this ...

I see from the BBC website that the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the traditional Oath of Allegiance to the Queen for those taking up...

Today is the sixty third anniversary of H.M.The Queen ascending the throne in 1952, and it is an ideal opportunity to express loyal good w...

I think some of my friends did not agree with my describing the Prime Minister as an idiot in my post The Scottish Crisis about the risk ...

The Honours of Scotland © Crown copyright Reproduced courtesy of Historic Scotland/bestofedinburgh.com   The Queen has issued a sta...

Last week the news that The Queen had delegated a part of the ceremonial at the service of the Order of the Bath - the Offering - to the P...