It has been announced the HRH Princess Anne will make a series of visits across the country to promote the “Let’s Make It Here” initiative of the UK Fashion and Textile Association of which she is the president. The visits seek to recognise the skills and talents within the textile, fashion and jewellery manufacturing sector throughout the United Kingdom. The Princess Royal will also see…
Around 2:00 am on the 10th February 1567 the area around Kirk O’ Field in Scotland was rocked by two large explosions. Following them, two people were found dead in a nearby orchard. One was Lord Darnley, and the other his valet. His wife Mary, Queen of Scots, was not…
Mia Grace Tindall was born on 17 January 2014 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and is the daughter of Mike and Zara Tindall. Zara, being the daughter of Princess Anne, is currently 17th in line to the throne. She has accompanied the family to many events, especially when…
It has been announced by Kensington Palace today that Prince William will cease flying with the East Anglia Air Ambulance in the summer, this will conclude the two-year arrangement that the Prince had made. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, together with Prince George and Princess Charlotte, will be spending more time from the autumn in their apartment in Kensington Palace. Prince George will be…
When you are on your own and feeling under the weather, it is nice of neighbours and friends to help you. I know both a neighbour and myself have walked another neighbour’s dog when her various artificial joints play up. But it has been revealed recently that HM The Queen…
Many young brides dream of looking like a princess on their wedding day, but it is also possible to get married at a palace. Kensington Palace is licenced for weddings and some can form some of the eighty public functions it can hold during the year. The suggested place for…
This year will mark the 30th anniversary of London City Airport, and they have released 30 pictures and archive material some of which involve members of the Royal family, quite apt for an airport which was constructed on the former site of London’s Royal Docks. One of the first members of the Royal Family to visit was Prince Charles who laid the foundation stone on 29 May 1986. From there it…
Prince Charles visited the Bank of England this week, following a visit in February to Clarence House by the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney. It was his first visit since 2002, and his first tour of the Bank since 1979. However, when he sat at the Governor’s…
Prince Albert and family surprise crowds at Christmas Village in Monaco
6th December 2016
Prince Albert II gave his family, and the people of Monaco a nice Christmas treat at the weekend. After visiting the staff working on a charity telethon in the south dock area of Port Hercule, the Prince went higher up the rock to visit a Christmas village and declared it…
Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II Discovered Beneath Portrait of Lenin
26th November 2016
As we approach next year and the centennial of the October revolution, the restoration of a picture of Lenin from a Russian school has revealed far more than was expected. Primary School No 206 in St Petersburg had in the past been under Imperial Patronage and following the revolution portraits in the Grand Hall of Tsar Paul I and Tsar Peter I had been destroyed by the Soviets.
However, the…
