The King and Queen have spent considerable time in the country both carrying out public engagements and privately at their Birkhall residence on the Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire. His Majesty The ...

The King and Queen visit Northern Ireland regularly and many of their affiliated charities are active in the province. His Majesty was just 12 years old on his first official visit to Northern Ireland ...

The Duchess of Edinburgh has attended a training session with England and GB Hockey at Sport England's Bisham Abbey National ...

At the start of the twelfth century, Scotland saw a religious revival and improved administration under David I, the most successful of Malcolm Canmore's sons to become king. He organised the building ...

The Sovereign Grant Annual Report for 2013-14 states that net expenditure was £35.7m, an increase of 2.4m (7.2%) on the previous year. The increase in Sovereign Grant funding received and in revenue ...

Five years ago, I founded a book club in lockdown, in the hope that others might derive as much enjoyment from good ...

The Monarchy has sometimes been described as an expensive institution, with Royal finances shrouded in confusion and secrecy. In reality, the Royal Household is committed to ensuring that public money ...

At the same time I want to show that the Crown is not merely an abstract symbol of our unity but a personal and living bond between you and me. At the end of 1953 The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh ...

Neither the long and troubled centuries that have passed since that child was born, nor the complex scientific developments of our age, have done anything to dim the simple joy and bright hope we all ...

I always feel that just for these few minutes, the march of history stops while we listen to each other, and think of each other, on Christmas Day. In 1955 The Queen's Christmas Message was broadcast ...

As the old year passes, let us celebrate Christmas with thanksgiving and carry its message of peace and good will into the year ahead. The Queen's Christmas Broadcast in 1959 took the form of a ...