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Alex Thomson
At this point I suddenly see I appear to be in front of the Queen: Long, navy-blue satin glove is proffered. By her, not me. I feel someone ought to say something and sense she’s not going to start the party.
In a very rare ruling, a coroner has found that a serious failure by the Queen’s Hospital in Romford contributed to the death of Tebussam Ali, known as Serena.
The Queen joined Prime Minister David Cameron, military chiefs and watching spectators at London’s Cenotaph today as she led the country in honouring its war dead.
Changes to Europe’s farm handouts could hit big landowners like the Queen. But critics say it is a massive missed opportunity to abandon the subsidy culture for good.
Showbiz legend Bruce Forsyth receives a long-awaited knighthood in the Queen’s honours list. Friend and entertainer Jimmy Tarbuck tells Channel 4 News Sir Bruce is an “icon” of British television.
The Queen offers her “deep sympathy” for those who suffered as a result of the troubled past and “regrettable reality” of Britain and Ireland but stopped short of an apology.
Gary Gibbon
Political Editor Gary Gibbon on the Queen’s symbolic visit to Dublin’s Croke Park: empty of spectators but full of symbolism
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon blogs from Dublin, where the Queen will pay tribute to the role played by Irish people in British life – but will not apologise for what has happened in the past.
The Queen lays a poppy wreath at a memorial in Dublin in tribute to Ireland’s war dead. She will also visit Croke Park – where British forces shot dead 14 people in 1920.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are served a pint of Guinness on day two of their visit to Ireland – but the royal couple resist the temptation to try Ireland’s most famous export.
The Queen has made an historic visit to Croke Park in Dublin. The stadium was the scene of a massacre in 1920 when British troops killed 14 innocent people inside the ground.
Gary Gibbon
The Queen observes a silence for the Republican dead in one of the most poignant moments of her historic trip to Ireland.
Gary Gibbon
As Dublin goes into security lockdown with the arrival of the Queen, Gary Gibbon in the city wonders if anyone will actually see her, other than on the television.
As a homemade bomb and a hoax device are found ahead of the royal visit to Dublin, we look at the massive £26m security operation to protect the Queen.
The Queen becomes the first British monarch to visit Ireland since Irish independence. Follow latest updates, video and comment from Dublin as the hugely symbolic trip unfolds.