Kingfisher, the owner of the DIY chain B&Q, is hoping for a regal boost to its spring sales from Diamond Jubilee gnomes, after growing its annual profits by more than a fifth.

My Lords and Members of the House of Commons,

As she celebrates six decades as head of state, i uncovers some curious facts about Her Majesty.

The Queen is to use her Christmas Day broadcast to emphasise the importance of family, friends and community.

Kelner's View

An art installation made of poppies is to be unveiled at London's St Paul's Cathedral today to mark Remembrance Day.

The Queen's official expenditure decreased by 5.3% from £33.9 million in 2009/10 to £32.1 million in 2010/11 according to the royal public finances annual report.

Editors can be very blasé. This is particularly the case with ones who have been around a while, like yours truly. (I know what you’re thinking: how does he manage to look so young? You’re not? Oh, well...)

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Number 10 to attend a lunch to celebrate the Prince's recent 90th birthday.

Many of my fellow journalists, when they sign on to Twitter, add a little rider to their biography which states: “Views are my own”.

The Queen made the Duke of Edinburgh the Lord High Admiral of the Navy today to mark his 90th birthday.

The Duke of Edinburgh, never one to mince his words, reaches his 90th birthday today defending ageism and dismissing animals rights activists as "bunny huggers". Admitting he is approaching his own "sell-by date", Prince Philip said the physical and mental fragilities that come with age mean discrimination on the grounds of age can be justified. "There is an ageism in this country, as everywhere, and quite rightly so, because I think you go down hill, physically, mentally and everything," he said in an interview on BBC1 last night. "It's better to get out before you reach the sell-by date".

What radio programme could produce a book of interviews with subjects as diverse as the Duke of Edinburgh ("Is there anything about modern cricket you'd like to see changed?" "I only wish that sometimes some of their trousers fitted better") and Denis Skinner ("Once you strip away the layers of mystery from the Royal Family, it becomes commonplace")? The answer is Test Match Special.

There must have been a moment or two there where the Duke of Edinburgh had to bite his tongue. Maybe the Queen had had it bitten for him. Maybe she'd asked Barack to bring him as a gift those "fell pony bits and shanks" (this had to be repeated to us hacks three or four times). Maybe he was wearing the bits to stop saying the things he is famous for saying as they showed POTUS and FLOTUS around the displays in the Royal Collection.