Don’t let inaccurate reporting on Scout Promise spoil St George’s Day celebratings

As many Scouts in the United Kingdom prepare for St George’s Day commemorations, The Sunday Times, has reported that The Scout Association (TSA) has plans to change the Scout Promise. It is sad that this story has been published today as many of us as members will be renewing our Promise as the Founder, Lord Baden-Powell OM asked. The story in The Sunday Times is littered with inaccuracies, including the first sentence. FOR more than a century, budding Cub Scouts have cheerfully pledged to do their duty “to God and to the Queen”. Now the wording of the famous oath is to be … Continue reading Don’t let inaccurate reporting on Scout Promise spoil St George’s Day celebratings

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Vivat Regina, Vivat Regina Elizabetha!

  Today is the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Accession of Our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth II. Today it was that the sad news was published everywhere that   THE KING IS DEAD In the words of Pathé And so it was that on the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two that Our late Most Gracious Sovereign King George the Sixth died and our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second was proclaimed Queen. Upon the intimation that our late Most Gracious Sovereign King George the Sixth had died in his sleep … Continue reading Vivat Regina, Vivat Regina Elizabetha!

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return the Crown Estate money to the Queen

The furore about the Royal Finances in recent days should be really quite easy to fix. Stop the Civil List system, and return the surplus from the Crown Estates to Her Majesty The Queen. After all, if it is Crown property then Her Majesty should be allowed to benefit from it. There is no prohibition on HRH The Prince of Wales in respect of his rights as Duke of Cornwall, so why does Her Majesty? Do we actually know what HM Treasury has done with this money in recent years? I don’t think so. No transparency there. For reference: The … Continue reading return the Crown Estate money to the Queen

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The Queen in Parliament – State Opening Day

The Fifteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom in the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been opened by The Queen in the Palace of Westminster

Today we see the the full splendour of the three part of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in one place: The Sovereign, The House of Lords, The House of Commons. The colour of the State Opening is provided by the uniforms of the many members of HM Household on duty, together with the members of the Army on duty.

I thought I would have a look at what the papers are saying about the Queen’s Speech. Continue reading “The Queen in Parliament – State Opening Day”