The Queen

On the first day of his epidemiology course at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Professor Paul Fine tells the story of John Snow. Snow was a doctor in Victorian London, and he was a man, people say, as pure as his name—a vegetarian, a teetotaler, and a…

The Prime Minister will on Monday morning chair his first meeting of the Covid-19 “war cabinet” since he was taken to hospital more than three weeks ago, and is ready to resume his role hosting televised Number 10 press conferences. The Prime Minister has told aides to schedule catch-up meetings…

As the second-longest reigning monarch in history, much is known about the life of Queen Victoria, her stoic demeanour, her marriage to Prince Albert and their shared interest in the arts to name a few. However, in 2017 the release of a film titled Victoria and Abdul brought another side…

The Prime Minister will on Monday morning chair his first meeting of the Covid-19 “war cabinet” since he was taken to hospital more than three weeks ago, and is ready to resume his role hosting televised Number 10 press conferences. The Prime Minister has told aides to schedule catch-up meetings…

In 2019, Easter weekend was a busy and joyous time for Queen Elizabeth. She celebrated her birthday on Easter Sunday and attended the annual Maundy Thursday service at her home church, St. George in Windsor. A year later, plenty has changed for the family and for the world. Instead of…

Tech entrepreneur and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has donated $US1 billion to fund global coronavirus relief and other endeavours, Donald Trump has threatened to withhold funding for the World Health Organisation, and folk singer John Prine has died from coronavirus complications.In Australia, another Ruby Princess-related death has taken the national…

On Sunday night, Queen Elizabeth delivered a primetime television address in which she discussed the impacts of the coronavirus crisis and warned that the weeks ahead would be difficult for the citizens of the U.K. Soon after her speech had concluded, news broke that the country’s prime minister, Boris Johnson,…

Messages of support and well wishes for a speedy recovery have been pouring in from across the political divide as well as from political leaders around the world after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care late Monday as his coronavirus symptoms “worsened.” Johnson, 55, had been…

Conjuring WWII-era decidedness, Queen Elizabeth’s rare address amid the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday captured the mood of Britain, a leading historian and royal biographer says. The Queen, 93, referred to her wartime broadcast in 1940 alongside her sister Princess Margaret and said that Britons would “meet again” when it was…

By: AP | Published: April 6, 2020 7:55:51 am In this image taken from video and made available by Buckingham Palace, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II addresses the nation and the Commonwealth from Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Sunday April 5, 2020. Queen Elizabeth II made a rare address, calling on Britons…