The Queen's granddaughter Princess Eugenie and her long-term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank will marry on Friday at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, in the second royal wedding of 2018.
The couple, who became engaged in Nicaragua in January, are marrying at the same 15-century chapel as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who tied the knot in front of 600 guests, watched by a global audience of hundreds of millions, in May.
Plus, unlike the Duchess of Sussex's wedding, the event will extend to Saturday, with reports that there will be a festival with a fairground and afternoon tea. Here is everything we know about the two days, from the cake to the celebrity guests.
The couple have opted for St George's Chapel to hold the ceremony in, the same location the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose for their nuptials earlier this year.
St George's Chapel, at Windsor Castle, has capacity for 800 guests and has been a venue for Royal weddings since the future King Edward VII married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863.
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have today confirmed that Princess Beatrice will be Maid of Honour and Jack’s brother, Tom Brooksbank, will be Best Man.
The couple have also shared this previously unreleased picture of Princess Eugenie with her sister Princess Beatrice and a picture of the Princesses as bridesmaids at the wedding of their former nanny.
They have also shared this picture of Jack and his brother Tom when they were young.
The Bridesmaids and Page Boys have also been announced, which include Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
Find out more about the Royal Wedding and the bridal party here
Season 3 isn't set to debut until 2019, although it will be shot back-to-back with season 4
Netflix has released its first look at Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II in the new season of “The Crown,” which is in production. Colman will play Her Majesty in the third and fourth seasons of the smash hit, taking over the role from Claire Foy.
Helena Bonham Carter as the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret
The image shows the queen sipping a nice cuppa and wearing her trademark pearls. No other cast members can be seen.
Season 3 is expected to premiere in 2019. Picking up roughly where the second season ended, it covers the period of 1964 through the early 1970s. The overhauled cast includes Tobias Menzies as the queen’s husband, Prince Philip; Helena Bonham Carter as the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret; and the recently announced Ben Daniels as Antony Armstrong-Jones, Margaret’s husband.
Tobias Menzies
The sophomore season of the royal-family drama just received 13 Emmy nominations, including one for best drama. Foy was nominated for her critically acclaimed performance as the young Elizabeth. Vanessa Kirby and Matt Smith received nominations for their performances as Margaret and Philip, respectively.
Looking forward to the next royal wedding? Princess Eugenie's (pronunciation:YOO-junnee) wedding to Jack Brooksbank will take place on October 12, 2018.
The Duke of York made the announcement recently on Twitter. He added that the wedding would take place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Jack's grandmother had suggested that the couple had hoped to marry in September - but that proved to be impossible. The Queen and Prince Philip traditionally spend the month at Balmoral, in Scotland.
An added complication was the diary of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after their May wedding. They are expected to go on a tour, with September thought to be a possibility. And with the 2018 Invictus Games, the sports tournament for injured servicemen and women set up by Prince Harry, taking place from 18 to 29 October in Sydney, Australia, diaries are certainly crowded that month. Stayed tuned for more info on the event. and YES Fergie will be treated with a little more respect...
The longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch in British history, Elizabeth is the constitutional head of 16 sovereign states and head of the Commonwealth of Nations. In her capacity as British monarch she also ceremonially heads the Church of England as its Supreme Governor.
The eldest daughter of George VI, she became the heiress presumptive when her father acceded the throne following the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. During World War II, she began to undertake public duties and worked in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. After the death of her father she acceded the throne in 1952.
Her reign has seen immense constitutional changes in Britain. This includes devolution to the regional governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Canadian patriation, African decolonization and the continuing evolution of the Commonwealth, of which she is the head. Personal tribulations have included the collapse of her children's marriages, a fire at Windsor Castle in 1992, the death of Princess Diana in 1997 and the deaths of her mother and sister in 2002.
In 2017 she became the first British monarch to reach her Sapphire Jubilee. Long Live the Queen!
On this day in 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king's two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father's death; she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27. She reigns still at age 91, The Netflix series THE CROWN is in season 2 now and is my TV obsession! You can see it HERE
Today marks The Queen's Sapphire Jubilee. It has been 65 years since Her Majesty acceded to the throne.
On 6 February 1952, King George VI sadly died following a prolonged illness. Princess Elizabeth immediately acceded to the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II and taking on all of the responsibilities which came with her new title.
In the photograph, The Queen is wearing a suite of sapphire jewellery given to her by King George VI as a wedding gift in 1947.
Celebrate Queen Elizabeth ll's Sapphire Jubilee On Accession Day 2017 - 65 Years On The Throne!
1. The Queen was born at 2:40am on April 21 1926 - the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York.
2. The infant princess was third in line to the throne - and was not expected to be Queen.
3. She was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.
4. She is a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
5. She was only 10 when she became heir presumptive. Her father George VI acceded to the throne after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936.
6. She is the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror, who seized the Crown in 1066.
7. Princess Elizabeth never went to school - she was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister.
8. As a child, she was called Lilibet, and her nickname for her sister Margaret Rose was "Bud" because she was "not a real Rose yet".
9. Shortly after her 18th birthday in 1944, she was appointed a Counsellor of State when her father was away on tour, and, for the first time, carried out some of the duties of Head of State.
10. She undertook National Service, joining the Auxiliary Transport Service on February 24 1945, and was registered as No 230873 Second Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor.
11. She qualified as a driver on April 14 1945 and was promoted to Junior Commander.
12. She could have married the Duke of Edinburgh when she was 17 - the age of his first formal request to be considered as a suitor - but her parents thought she was too young. They wed when Princess Elizabeth was 21 and have been married for nearly 70 years.
13. At the very moment her father died in Sandringham on February 6 1952, Elizabeth, unaware of the momentous change to her life, was watching the sun rise over the jungle, having climbed to a lookout post at the top of a tree in Kenya.
The moment she became Queen
14. Elizabeth II was formally proclaimed Queen at the Accession Council on February 8 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2 1953.
15. Her favorite tipple is gin and Dubonnet - one part gin and two parts Dubonnet. Her favorite cakes are honey and cream sponge, ginger, fruit and the chocolate biscuit cake that the Duke of Cambridge served at his wedding reception.
16. For breakfast, the Queen has cereal with a spoonful of apricots, prunes or Macadamia nuts, or toast with light marmalade. She eats alone because the Duke of Edinburgh rises earlier and has already had his.
17. She drinks Earl Grey tea and listens to BBC Radio 4's Today program. The Racing Post is a favorite read.
18. The Queen has an iPod and a cell phone.
19. She sent her first tweet - signed "Elizabeth R" - from the British monarchy's official Twitter account in 2014 at the opening of a new Science Museum gallery.
20. Her favorite TV shows include the quiz show Pointless. She has also been a fan of Downton Abbey, Silent Witness, EastEnders, The Bill, New Tricks and Midsomer Murders.
In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth marries her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess.
Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, was 21 years old. Philip Mountbatten, age 26, had fought as a British naval officer during World War II and was made the duke of Edinburgh on the eve of his wedding to Elizabeth. The celebrations surrounding the wedding of the popular princess lifted the spirits of the people of Britain, who were enduring economic difficulties in the aftermath of World War II.
On February 6, 1952, the death of King George VI sent Elizabeth to the throne, and Philip ended his naval career to concentrate on his new duties as consort of the British monarch. Elizabeth and Philip eventually had four children–Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. READ MORE
Queen Elizabeth became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom today. As Queen, she has seen 12 Presidents, 12 British prime ministers, and seven popes.
She breaks the record held by her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, seven months, and two days.
The Queen has thanked well-wishers at home and overseas for their "touching messages of kindness" as she becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
Speaking in the Scottish Borders, the 89-year-old monarch said the title was "not one to which I have ever aspired".
At 17:30 BST she had reigned for 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes - surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.
David Cameron said the service the Queen had given was "truly humbling".
Dressed in turquoise with her trusty black handbag at her side, the Queen spoke briefly to the gathered crowds earlier.
"Inevitably a long life can pass by many milestones - my own is no exception - but I thank you all and the many others at home and overseas for your touching messages of great kindness," she said.
