The Just Stop Oil activists bought tickets for the attraction just after 10.30am on Monday, stepped over the barrier and appeared to smear the model with cake.

"Back home it looks like the empire next door is falling to pieces but walk its streets and it's business as usual"

A trailer for the new series of The Crown recalls how the infamous Panorama interview with Princess Diana sent shockwaves through the British royal family.

Meghan Markle has described the mourning period of the British queen’s death as a “complicated time”, adding that she felt a “deep gratitude” to have been given the chance to get to know her.

The deeply religious affair will take place in Westminster Abbey, eight months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The incident happened at around 2.50pm on Monday September 12 when the late monarch’s four children followed the hearse from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Some people have sought to cash in by selling the bands, which have reportedly attracted bids of several thousand pounds before being removed.

In place of bible verses, I’d ask that the congregation is shown the first eight minutes of Pixar’s Up and that bit of My Girl when McCauley Culkin dies

With the budget coming up, what is the Government going to do?The situation is absolutely horrendous with the cost of fuel and household essentials going up. Children will suffer the most.

People have a tolerance for waiting in queues that is proportional to the complexity or quantity of service that they anticipate

A letter has been sent to a number of employees saying that consultations will be held.

The Daily Mirror quotes a royal source as saying the new monarch’s coronation would be “shorter, smaller and less expensive” than the queen’s ceremony in 1953.

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UK Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan gave the figure the morning after the country's longest-reigning monarch was buried at Windsor Castle.

William Dalrymple and Anita Anand offer a fascinating series that touches on the origins of the British Empire and how it should be regarded today  

Hundreds of thousands lined the queen’s funeral procession from Westminster Hall to her state funeral and on to Windsor Castle

Once revered for his role in Spain's transition to democracy, the popularity of Juan Carlos fell drastically amid financial scandals, affairs, and public disgust at an elephant-hunting trip 

We all recognise William and Harry — but what do we know about her six other grandchildren?

Dozens had camped out overnight for a prime spot at The Mall, the long stretch of road between Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace

Since August 6, I turn on the tap each morning in trepidation, as I wait to see what colour the water coming from the tap will be that day. Today is the 43rd day and it looks like being one of the worst ones yet. Teeth are washed using bottled water.

Devotion to Her Late Majesty is now being calculated by how long you spent shuffling along the Thames; at the time of writing, David Beckham was in the lead.

The queen’s state funeral will take place on Monday, which was dubbed D-Day+10 or D+10 in the Operation London Bridge plan for events following the monarch’s death. Here is a timeline of events expected to take place over the next 24 hours.

Following the funeral at Westminster Abbey, the Taoiseach and the President will attend a reception at Church House hosted by British foreign secretary James Cleverly.

Micheál Martin and President Higgins have already paid their respects at the catafalque of Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Hall in London

Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin said since the passing of the queen there has been an outpouring of affection and genuine respect towards her from right across Ireland

The death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has 'brought people back memories of their own mam and their own dad', says Joss Baker, who now lives in Dorchester

For the majority of us, we get to keep our houses and affairs private, but for the royals, they walk the line of grieving in public with all their dirty laundry on display

More than 100 flights at Heathrow have been cancelled overall, whilst more than 1,000 flights due to take off or land tomorrow afternoon at the airport will be delayed.

Britain's King Charles has travelled more than 1,900 miles around the UK since he came to the throne. Charles has spent more than a week carrying out engagements and a tour of the home nations since the death of the queen.

I wanted to talk about the ordinary people I know here in England and their reactions, but the fact is, there hasn’t been much.

US President Joe Biden has visited Westminster Hall to pay his respects to the queen. Mr Biden arrived with his wife Jill at the lying in state shortly before 5pm on Sunday, ahead of his attendance at Monday’s funeral.

The eight grandchildren of Britain's Queen Elizabeth together staged a heart-rending evening vigil around their beloved granny’s coffin ahead of the final day of the lying in state.

TV news networks in the United States have committed enormous resources to covering the death of Queen Elizabeth, an event that has no material impact on anyone's lives there — and people are watching.

In Ireland, the show of pomp and solemnity that has accompanied the death of the 96-year-old monarch has been undoubtedly puzzling at times. But in The Queue, there is a sense of grief

Ireland is one of the few countries permitted to have so many attendees at Monday's funeral.

Blanket coverage of queen's death to continue ahead of Monday's funeral

Britain's King Charles and his siblings have stood in silent contemplation as they guarded their mother’s coffin in Westminster Hall.

The football star began queueing at 2am on Friday and looked emotional as he finally made it inside Westminster Hall to view the monarch’s coffin, with footage appearing to show him wiping away tears.

Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia at a White House supper-dance, swapping stories with Ronald Reagan about horseback riding and bending the ears of Donald Trump and Joe Biden about climate change, feature among the new British king’s ...

Former England captain David Beckham is among the famous faces who have waited several hours to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state. The football star began queueing at 2am on Friday and was still in line 12 hours later.

What is going on in the political mind these days? Flip-flopping on principles and beliefs now seems a daily occurrence.

Different accent but the same language to US talk of cost-of-living crisis

Queen Elizabeth’s grandchildren are expected to honour her memory by holding a vigil at her coffin – with Harry wearing his military uniform.

More than 100 Heathrow Airport flights will be cancelled due to the Queen’s funeral. The west London airport announced that 15% of its 12,000 flights due to take off or land on Monday will be disrupted “to avoid noise”.