A Westmeath man has given an undertaking at the High Court not to dissipate any funds connected with the estate of his late mother, said to include a valuable Wedgwood fruit bowl which was part of a dinner service specially commissioned by Queen Victoria.

A valuable Wedgwood bowl, part of a dinner service specially commissioned by Queen Victoria, is at the centre of a High Court row.

Sam Watson is as confident as the capricious sport of eventing will allow that he will give a good account of himself when defending his CIC three-star title at Camphire International Horse Trials this weekend.

It’s an image that has sparked outrage across the water, but children much closer to home were just as rehearsed in the gesture.

Footage showing the Queen of England performing a Nazi salute as a child could have been accidentally leaked by Buckingham Palace, it has been reported.

Buckingham Palace is considering taking legal action over leaked footage that shows Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as a child performing a Nazi salute with her family.

The Queen has used her Christmas Day broadcast to highlight the importance of reconciliation between opposing sides – from communities in the North to those involved in the Scottish Independence referendum.

LAST Sunday’s YouGov opinion poll showing a lead for the yes side in the Scottish independence referendum, was a bowel- loosening moment for the British establishment. 

Four golfers whose names don’t really ring a bell for followers of the amateur game have qualified for this morning’s semi-finals of the Clare Coast Hotels South of Ireland Championship at Lahinch.

Sarah Ennis was "in shock" yesterday after achieving the biggest win of her career at Chatsworth Horse Trials in England.

Single errors for both Denis Lynch and tyro Bertram Allen kept the Irish duo out of the shake-up in the grand prix in Lyon, France, yesterday.

Are Prince Andrew and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, considering remarrying, 17 years after their divorce.

Serving Victoria

A Democratic Unionist councillor has appeared in court in the North charged in connection with a comment she posted on Facebook.

Are plans to recreate the 1912 voyage a homage to history, or just insensitive, asks Hazel Gaynor

The Duke of Edinburgh told medical staff he was heading home to enjoy the rest of his summer holiday after being discharged from hospital today following treatment for a bladder infection.

Britain’s Duke of Edinburgh missed a church service yesterday as his stay in hospital entered its fifth day.

The Duke of Edinburgh has been advised to rest so will have no visitors in hospital today, sources have said.

The Duke of Edinburgh is responding well to hospital treatment after a recurrence of the bladder infection he had in the summer, Buckingham Palace said today.

Simon Ward (Co Louth) and Muskerry’s Niall Gorey, a member of the Munster team that won last week’s Interprovincial Championship at Royal Co Down, yesterday came through two testing encounters in the South of Ireland at Lahinch to set up a mouth-watering 5th round clash this morning.

Many guests have enjoyed the delights of Amberleigh. Now it could be your turn, writes Trish Dromey

It wouldn’t come as a big surprise to find that Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine is putting the controversy over Denis Lynch behind him, and he would be forgiven for, briefly, taking his focus off the Olympics today, as he aims to engineer a get-out-of-jail performance in Hickstead.

Eventing rider Sam Watson pulled off a stunning recovery to finish eighth in the three-star at Saumur, France, yesterday.

The nation honoured Titanic’s victims during a solemn ceremony exactly a century to the day after they sailed from Irish waters to their deaths in the North Atlantic.

President Michael D Higgins has arrived in Cobh to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking.

President Michael D Higgins is attending a ceremony in Cobh, Co Cork this afternoon marking the Titanic's maiden voyage.

The ship retracing the doomed Titanic’s voyage across the Atlantic was almost struck by tragedy last night after a BBC cameraman developed heart problems and was airlifted to hospital.

A man who was born after his mother cancelled her plans to sail on the Titanic at the last minute has criticised the tone of celebrations on board the vessel retracing the ill-fated liner’s voyage.

A cruise ship which is retracing the route of the ill-fated liner RMS Titanic has made a short detour after a BBC cameraman fell ill and was airlifted off.

Witness accounts told how Catherine Jane Wallis got to the railings of the Titanic before she turned back in a scramble to grab her forgotten passport.

A week of commemorative events to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has begun with a cruise retracing the voyage of the ill-fated ship in 1912, due to arrive in Cobh today.

“As one saw her steaming slowly, a majestic monster floating it seemed irresistibly into the harbour, a strange sense of might and power pervaded the scene. She embodies the latest triumphs in mercantile engineering...”

SAY what you like about Enda, but at least he doesn’t dwell on the details of his honeymoon in public.

FRANCIS CONNORS has been competing at Millstreet Horse Show for “about 35 years”, and is determined to add to his good memories of the Cork event this week.

THE return of the National Show Jumping Championships to Ennis Showgrounds can only be described as a victory for the sport and that misnomer that is common sense.

I HAVE a confession to make. I am a British passport-carrying subject of Her Majesty and, for the first time ever, I am genuinely proud to put my hand up to it.

THE old dear must have wondered if there had been a mix-up in scheduling.

A GLANCE at Queen Elizabeth II’s itinerary in Ireland would make you marvel: planting trees, laying wreaths, touring two cities from breweries to colleges, meeting the GAA (not for the faint-hearted, least of all anyone who has no idea of what the GAA is all about), a State dinner, visits to three equine studs, a tour of the Rock of Cashel (marginally less taxing than the GAA but rock-climbing at any age is a challenge), a State banquet, chatting to Cork’s market traders before speeding off to have another chat with its scientists, chemists and physicists.

WE MAY claim to be Ireland of the welcomes, but the queen’s visit sticks a shiv right in the middle of that claim.

PRINCE William was asked to walk behind his mother’s coffin at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, because of fears his father might be attacked if he was alone, Alastair Campbell claimed in extracts from his diaries published yesterday.

THERE’S a subtle connection between Killarney and the Scottish Highlands – both became big tourist destinations in the 19th century and both entertained Queen Victoria.

RELATIVES of those who perished on the Titanic are among those who will board a cruise to mark the 2012 centenary of the sinking of the vessel, it was revealed yesterday.