Queen Elizabeth II’s Commemorative Coin for Her Platinum Jubilee Features 1 of Her Favorite Activities

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Meghan Markle, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, will be celebrating their daughter Lilibet’s first birthday on the same day The Queen, 95, is set to be enjoying a four-day bank holiday for her Platinum Jubilee. Plans have been in place for Her Majesty’s festivities for years now, as she gears up to reach the grand milestone of 70 years on the throne – longer than any monarch before her.

The Royal Family are often travelling the country with little chance to relax at home. But when the royals are not meeting and greeting, these are the living rooms where they choose to relax and put their feet up. From gilded gold ceilings to patterned sofas and coffee tables stacked with books, let's take a look inside the living areas of Her Majesty the Queen, Princess Anne and Tim Laurence, Kate Middleton and Prince William, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, Sarah, Duchess of York and Prince Andrew.

We all expect the Queen to be waited on hand and foot but away from prying eyes, sources say she’s just like one of us. In years past, Her Majesty spent happy days at a five-bedroom farmhouse in Sandringham called Wood Cottage - the residence Prince Philip affectionately called ‘home’.The remote coastal property in Norfolk is described as ‘modest by royal standards’ and while staying there, the royals were modest, too.The Queen even pulled on a pair of Marigolds! Harry Mount, author of How England Made the English shared with The Telegraph: “A long-dead royal courtier once told me, ‘I was once at a shooting lunch. At the end of lunch, I heard someone say: I’ll do the washing-up.

Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, the daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, is sharing her birthday with a very important date for her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.

If Meghan Markle and Prince Harry decide not to return to the UK, members of the Royal Family will "breathe a sigh of relief", an expert has said. Palace officials are currently gearing up to honour the late Prince Philip, who died in April 2021, in a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in the spring.

While they might be a family, the Queen doesn’t let that stand in the way of sticking to Royal protocol. Prince Harry may have tried to occasionally convince his grandmother to bend the rules, the HRH always stands her ground. From coveted Palace living quarters to borrowing Royal jewels, the couple has put in appeals for all sorts during their time as working royals and also since then.This week he complained that he and his wife Meghan Markle, 40, and their two children wouldn’t be able to visit the UK without state security, with some royal experts guessing the move hasn’t impressed HRH.

EXCLUSIVE: Roger Michell’s last movie, the documentary Elizabeth about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, has been picked up by Signature Entertainment and set for a Friday 3 June theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Queen will be "in despair" over the actions of some of her children and grandchildren, Royal expert Jennie Bond has told OK!. In recent days, Prince Andrew has been under the spotlight thanks to a new ITV documentary presented by Ranvir Singh, called Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile.

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The royal drama continues. Prince Charles, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s relationship is still at odds despite the Prince of Wales’ recent invitation for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to stay with him when they’re in the United Kingdom.

No longer a royal. Buckingham Palace has revealed Queen Elizabeth’s Prince Andrew sexual assault lawsuit response for the first time. With approval from Her Majesty herself, the Duke of York has officially been stripped of his royal titles as he awaits potential trial in the United States amid his ongoing sexual abuse lawsuit.

Piers Morgan has slammed what he calls Prince Harry’s “double standards” over the Royal’s ongoing police protection row. Piers' comment comes after Prince Harry threatened to launch legal action, saying it’s "unsafe" for himself and his family to return to the UK without the protection of police bodyguards. Harry, who was stripped of round-the-clock protection when he stepped down from Royal duties two years ago, has said his private protection team in the US does not have access to UK intelligence information that is necessary to keep his wife Meghan Markle and children, Archie and Lilibet, safe when in the country.The Duke has written a “pre-action protocol” letter to the Home Office suggesting they will seek judicial review if continued police security isn’t provided by the UK when they are in the country.

Since moving to America with Meghan Markle, Prince Harry has made many accusations about the Royal Family - and some demands, too.The Duke of Sussex wants 24-hour protection from England’s Met Police when he visits Britain. But they said ‘no’, and he’s threatening to sue the government. Harry lost the privilege of protection (costing about £80,000 a week) two years ago when he quit royal duties.

The Duke of York and the Duke of Sussex will not be awarded Jubilee medals like other members of the Armed Forces, it's been reported. Marking Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne, around 400,000 medals are expected to be awarded to serving members of the police, fire, emergency and prison services.