Blog Posts

Born into a life of unimaginable privilege, Their Royal Highnesses Prince William and Prince Harry may have taken the choice to turn their backs on the world. Like some of our past royals, the young Princes could have...

Here is an insight into just a handful of royal must-read books which have been recently released or will be appearing in our bookshops and online in the very near future. The New Royal Family: Prince...

Shyama Perera is a weekly newspaper reviewer and social commentator on BBC London and also regularly reviews the newspaper front pages on the BBC News Channel. Shyama also contributes to programmes such as The Jeremy Vine...

There’s nothing unusual about collecting things. Many people do it, including some of the royals themselves. But just why do so many people enjoy collecting royal memorabilia in particular? I’ll admit an interest in this now...

Last week, Princess Beatrice visited the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh as patron of the Sick Kids Friends Foundation. Whilst discussing the engagement with renowned royal expert Marlene Koenig on Twitter, I discovered that the reason...

The penultimate part in this series of blogs focuses on the last King and penultimate Monarch of the House of Hanover, King William IV. William was born on 21st August 1765, being the third son of...

How does one anticipate acting when invited to spend the weekend with the Royal Family at Balmoral? We are quite sure that the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, his wife, Bronagh, daughter, Stephie, and...

Christopher Warwick is a broadcaster, writer and biographer. Mr. Warwick is the author of two books on Princess Margaret; Princess Margaret – A Life of Contrasts and Princess Margaret. His article: ‘A Home Fit For a Future...

The Australian Governor-General, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, has today opened the doors of Government House to the public. The Governor-General’s Centenary family picnic day was hosted by Her Excellency in Celebration of Australia’s Capital City Canberra,...

Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire is going to go under an extreme makeover: castle edition! The project will cost close to £20 million and will be completed in 2015. Unlike most renovations in which buildings are shuttered...