The Queen

News, roving from Pentonville to Green Park.

In which TV show did Eddie Izzard play a yellow QEII?

Photography, street food, a pavilion, London lit stuff, artsy bits, Lates, music fests, walks and a heck of a lot of bunting.

Royalmania (re-)starts here, with an exhibition of photo portraits of Her Maj

Her Maj has thrown Barack and Michelle Obama an invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace in May, for what will be the US President’s first state visit to Britain.

Image / tonymadrid The BNP leader has had his invitation to the Queen’s annual summer bash revoked because, according to a Buckingham Palace statement, he had been using it “for political purposes”. Griffin’s invite to this afternoon’s event came because he is an elected MEP; …

Photo of the spaceship-like Bridge Academy in Hackney by che-burashka Her Maj might be skint by 2012 unless “urgent action” is taken. Sadly, such action doesn’t include abolishing the monarchy Education minister Michael Gove swings the axe on London school upgrades An Olympic inspector calls …

This will be fun: Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy square up for a fight with…the banks. So it’s not just us wondering why London businesses should have to pay for Crossrail… Tourist for a day: HM the Q visits London. London gangs seem to be …

Photo / Amanda Farah Throw open Traitors’ Gate and sharpen the ceremonial axe: there’s a fresh dissenter for Queen Elizabeth to dispatch toward the hereafter. Peter White, a Labour electoral candidate to Havering Borough Council, is in hot water with party bosses after having a …

Image / tonymadrid It’s well known that after the end credits roll on EastEnders, Her Maj likes nothing more than laying Charlie Parker on the gramophone and clicking her fingers in time to the jazz-man’s syncopated snare snaps. It runs in the family: her grandpappy …