The 11th Duke of Marlborough, who recently died on October 16th, left a widow, Lily. Now the Dowager Duchess, over thirty years the Duke’s junior, she married him in 2008 and became his fourth wife and...

“You are a member of the British Royal Family. We are never tired, and we all love hospitals.” – Queen Mary to a complaining Princess. I would argue that Queen Mary, Queen Consort to George V,...

Our journey of influential queen mothers continues with Cecily Neville, the mother of two King’s of England. Cecily was born in 1415 with royal lineage that linked her to John of Gaunt, King Henry IV and Edward...

The role of a mother can have an impact on any child, but how much impact does she have on her child if they are in line to the throne? In previous blog posts Katherine of...

Location, location, location is what they say and Carlisle Castle certainly fits the bill. Situated on the western end of the border between England and Scotland, the castle survived many a siege throughout the course of...

In part one of James I & VI’s biography, we ended discussing Parliamentary relations, so we shall continue from that point. James called his first Parliament fairly quickly, in 1604. The Parliament sat for 7 years; initially,...

It is appropriate that today, the day that Scotland decides whether it wants to stay in the warm embrace of the United Kingdom, that in 1714 King George I of Great Britain landed here for the...

On 9th September 1543, a child that was barely a year old was crowned Queen of Scotland in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle. Mary, Queen of Scots would go on to be one of the...

On 7th September 1533, Anne Boleyn gave birth to King Henry VIII’s second child at Greenwich Palace. Disappointingly for him, it was another girl. Elizabeth’s childhood was a somewhat difficult and complex one after losing her...

The year is 1952 and Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation is fast approaching. But who would have ever thought that it wouldn’t be the upcoming historical event that would make the national news, but a lonely and...