Palaces & Buildings
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Museum celebrating Emperor Napoleon I reopens at the Château de FontainebleauThe museum celebrating the life of Emperor Napoleon I at the Château de Fontainebleau reopened last Sunday (25th February) after being...
4th March 2018 -
Prince Charles follows his mother’s footsteps and goes plastic freeOnly days after The Queen announced that single-use plastics would be banned from Buckingham Palace, Prince Charles has followed. In a...
16th February 2018 -
Queen Victoria’s mausoleum to reopen for first time in yearsIt was on a cold morning in March 1862 when up to 100 people gathered to watch as a mournful Queen...
11th February 2018 -
Buckingham Palace to show Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘invisible’ drawingsFebruary 2019 marks the five hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci and to mark it, the Royal Collections...
9th February 2018 -
Taking a look at Pálacio da PenaEven though Portugal is no longer a monarchy, the Portuguese Royal Family has left behind some very interesting and special royal...
5th February 2018 -
Buckingham Palace’s building blocks contain Jurassic-era fossilsA scientific study in Australia has led to the revelation that Buckingham Palace and other famous buildings around the world contain...
20th January 2018 -
Music for the Empress: Mozart’s first performance at Schönbrunn PalaceFollowing the success of his first debut in Munich, playing for the musically-gifted Elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria, the six-year-old...
15th January 2018 -
258,000 visit Royal Palace in Amsterdam in 2017In 2017, more than 258,000 people visited the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands, according to the Royal Palace, which announced the...
31st December 2017 -
‘Controlled explosion’ behind Buckingham PalaceOn Thursday night, a suspicious vehicle was spotted behind Buckingham Palace around 9 pm. Found on a routine patrol, the vehicle...
22nd December 2017 -
Young man arrested for climbing wall of Buckingham PalaceOn Monday, a 24-year-old man was arrested when he tried to climb over the wall at Buckingham Palace. The Metropolitan Police...
12th December 2017