Local golfing great among West Lothian folk receiving medals in King's Birthday Honours

Balmoral Castle, Scottish retreat of the Royal Family since the 1850s, is being opened up to the public for the first time in its history.

The King is renowned for his specific tastes in interior design - and these will be on display when the doors to the Royal Family's much-loved retreat at Balmoral Castle are thrown open to the public for the first time in its history. King Charles will be allowing visitors to step inside the Scottish retreat in Royal Deeside - where Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September 2022 - allowing them a glimpse of Royal Family's private life in the Highlands.

The Telegraph of his photograph. “The King wears his medals with pride but they are not the main feature of the picture.”The image shows Charles sporting a wry smile as he wears his Field Marshal No1 full ceremonial frock coat, complete with medals, swords and decorations. Royal watchers were delighted by the release of the photograph, which was shared on the monarch’s official Instagram page, garnering more than 200,000 likes in little more than 12 hours.

The Queen has praised the nation's servicemen and women as a "source of inspiration, reassurance and pride" in a video message commemorating Armed Forces Day. In a rare national address, Camilla honoured the military's efforts amidst "challenges and dangers" that not only protect the UK but also defend liberties far beyond our borders.

EXCLUSIVE: The West Wing actor Joshua Malina will make his London stage bow in the fall playing a “secular, sarcastic, anti-religious Jew” who says “the unsayable” about Israel in what’s being billed as the European premiere of Nathan Englander’s adaptation of his 2012 short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.

The King will attend a series of engagements over two days during an annual visit to Scotland, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

Scotland’s voice “simply doesn’t matter to Westminster”, First Minister John Swinney will claim today.

King Charles and Queen Camilla kicked off Royal Ascot's fifth day in style, as they were seen leading the carriage procession alongside Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Lady Charles Spencer-Churchill during this annual horse racing event in Berkshire. Joining thousands of race-goers for an afternoon filled with equestrian action, Charles and Camilla, who recently made a major rule break, invited their close family and friends to witness the spectacle on the lush racecourse.

King Charles has led birthday tributes to his son, the Prince of Wales, with an adorable throwback photo on social media. Prince William, who turns 42 today (Friday, 21 June), is pictured as a baby with his father in a black and white snap, which was taken at Kensington Palace on 1 February 1983.The monarch can be seen smiling as he holds a young William on his lap.

As the Prince of Wales celebrates his 42nd birthday today (Friday, 21 June), we can expect to see a number of tributes from the Royal Family and well-wishers around the world. Prince William Arthur Philip Louis was born on at St Mary's Hospital in 1982 to King Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales. He was named after a number of his relatives including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his father's uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Hundreds of people a day rely on the West Lothian Food Network for meals, operators have said. In the first three months of the last financial year almost 4,000 used the support service. That quarterly figure is more than more than the numbers relying on help pre-pandemic, which prompted the launch of the Network. Now, as it prepares to establish itself as an independent charity, it is facing ever growing demands from local people struggling with the cost of living crisis. In the last year it helped more than 73,000 people in the county with food support - more than 6000 a month and around 200 every day on average. The Network was set up only a month before the lockdown in 2020 to address a huge problem of food poverty in the county.

Ian McKellen will not feature in the final three performances of Player Kings in London’s West End after his fall.

The yellow Bee Network buses, surging past rush hour traffic, are perhaps the most obvious sign of Greater Manchester’s dance with devolution.

When Kate Middleton confirmed she'd be making an appearance at Trooping the Colour on Saturday (June 15), fans were overjoyed but it looks like King Charles also sent a touching message.Trooping the Colour is a tradition that has been carried out annually for over 260 years to celebrate the British monarch's birthday. However, it appeared for this year's celebrations, Charles broke royal protocol for one very heartwarming reason.

There’s another twist in the tale for Emmerdale’s Tom King as his latest outburst leaves his life hanging in the balance. Evil Tom accidentally hurts himself while raging over his wife Belle Dingle lying to him about their unborn baby. In upcoming episodes, Belle decides to have a termination - and too scared to be honest to Tom, she tells him she’s had a miscarriage.

Ian McKellen has been taken to a hospital after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings in London’s West End, the BBC reports. His exact injuries are not known, but his rep Claire Dobbs tells Deadline he “is doing OK.”

It’s a rainy and blustery Friday morning at the UK’s largest retail park, but Middlebrook remains busy with shoppers stocking up for the weekend. The shopping outlet, alongside Bolton Wanderers Toughsheet Stadium, is in the heart of the Bolton West constituency with incumbent MP Chris Green winning by a margin of 8,855 at the last election in 2019.

The Crown star Imelda Staunton has joined the list of the UK’s celebrated acting dames, after being given the title in the King’s Birthday Honors list.

This year’s King’s Birthday Honours list has been announced, and there are a host of familiar names who have been recognised. Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon and former X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson have been awarded MBEs, along with Countdown’s Susie Dent and Strictly Come Dancing ’s Amy Dowden.

Trooping the Colour returns to London on Saturday, 15 June, with the Royal Family set to take to the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Flypast. The spectacle will feature 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians parading down The Mall and at Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, before the appearance by the royals.This iconic celebration showcases British military pomp and pageantry on a grand scale.