For the first time in history, the public can step inside Queen Elizabeth II's private apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, offering an extraordinary window into the late monarch's personal life.

Queen Elizabeth II was "very keen" for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to take on a prominent trade role for Britain, according to newly-released government documents detailing the disgraced former prince's appointment as a UK trade envoy.

The late Queen’s “Haddington” teddy bear and her private rooms at the Palace of Holyroodhouse have been opened to the public for the first time.To mark the centenary of her birth, the tour gives new insight into Queen Elizabeth II’s private life,

When she died in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch most Britons had ever known. Even now, mention of “the queen” is more likely to evoke thoughts of Elizabeth than of Queen Camilla, the wife of the reigning King Charles III.

King Charles has been invited make a state visit to Ireland – it would be the second such royal visit since independence, after Queen Elizabeth II's historic trip in 2011

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