Queen’s agony as three long-standing close friends die within a month

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.

Prince Harry has recently raised concerns about his safety during trips to the UK. He has even threatened legal action to acquire security for his family after his request to buy police protection was denied.Therefore, it is unknown if Harry, wife Meghan Markle and their two young children - Archie and Lilibet - will be attending Prince Philip's memorial service which is set to take place in the Spring, following his death in April last year at the age of 99.

The Queen's wedding ring reportedly features a secret and special inscription from her late husband, Prince Philip.The Duke of Edinburgh sadly passed away on 9 April 2021 at the age of 99, but the 95 year old Monarch will always have something special to remember her husband of 73 years by. Since they tied the knot, the Queen has been wearing a gorgeous Welsh gold wedding ring like many other royals however, Philip is said to have engraved a secret message on the inside of the band.

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.

Queen Elizabeth II has gone to Sandringham’s Wood Farm to reflect on her "traumatic" 2021, an expert has said. Her Majesty has headed down to Sandringham to stay at her five-bedroom cottage — a place where the late Duke of Edinburgh is said to have spent a lot of his retirement, and where he and the Queen would be able to get some well-needed R&R.

The Queen has joked about the one colour she can never wear as people would no longer know "who she is".The 95 year old Monarch, who has returned to Prince Philip's cottage for the first time without him, is known for her choice of colourful and bright hats, with matching coat dresses, gloves and a string of pearls. However, journalist Robert Hardman has reflected on the royal joking about the one colour she refuses to wear as it doesn't allow her to stand out.

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Downing Street offered to ease Covid restrictions so that more people could attend Prince Philip’s funeral, but the Queen declined as it ‘wasn’t fair’, new reports claim. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died on 9 April 2021 and it is reported in Private Eye magazine that Number 10 contacted the Queen to offer a temporary lifting of restrictions for his funeral on 17 April. However, the offer was rejected by the monarch who reportedly wanted to set an example to the nation.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark’s 81-year-old Queen Margrethe has so far escaped contracting COVID-19 and is fully vaccinated. But the pandemic is once again spoiling an important party for the popular monarch.In 2020, it killed public celebrations for her 80th birthday.