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After a 32-year career, the last of the Royal Navy's Invincible Class aircraft carriers decommissions in Portsmouth.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The aft island of HMS Queen Elizabeth has been lowered into place by Aircraft Carrier Alliance workers at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife.
British Consul-General Brian Davidson hosted 400 guests on an evening of British Film and Creativity to celebrate HM the Queen’s Birthday.
The first sailors to join the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth have arrived in Rosyth to become the key members of the team building the UK's most powerful warship.
Military precision, colour and pageantry marked the Queen's birthday in London, both on the ground and in the skies above.
Culture Minister steps in to prevent Queen Victoria’s coronet from export
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The British High Commissioner to Brunei, His Excellency David Campbell, spoke at the annual Queen's Birthday Party Reception.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
HMS Illustrious has returned home to Portsmouth after playing a major part in the typhoon relief effort in the Philippines.
UK-Lebanon companies win international recognition. Lebanon-UK trade now reaching close to 1/2 billion pounds
The British High Commission participated in the Pusat Ehsan Charity Bazaar from 31 August until 1 September for a third year running.
This is an excerpt of the Cosul General's speech at the PNG Queen's Birthday Party.
The resting places of Captain (Capt) Cecil Thomas Tuff, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and Captain Eric Wilson Edwards, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), have been identified more than a hundred years after they lost their lives...
Military personnel from the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and army enjoy brand new facilities at Worthy Down camp in Hampshire, thanks to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Skanska.
A different image will be posted here each day until 24 December 2011. Most of the featured photographs were taken by Service or MOD photographers…
111 defence personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty the Queen in the annual Birthday Honours List.
Ambassador to Mongolia Catherine Arnold welcomed esteemed guests to the Queen's 91st Birthday celebrations in Mongolia on 15 June.
HMS Queen Elizabeth’s mighty diesel generators have been powered-up marking a major milestone on the way to becoming an operational warship.
A soldier who led a bayonet charge over 80 metres of open ground through enemy fire has been awarded the Military Cross.
RFA Fort George, a support ship to the Royal Navy, has entered Plymouth for the final time before retiring from service after distinguished worldwide service.
HE Antony Phillipson delivered a welcome address at Eden Hall to mark HM The Queen's Birthday Party 2014.
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