A plaque can be found in the garrison walls at Portsmouth at the
location of the old ‘Sally Port’. Its patriotic inscription proclaimsthat
“from this place naval heroes innumerable were embarked to fight their
country’s battles” but that also, “near this spot, Catharine of Braganza
landed in state, May 14 1662 previous to her marriage with Charles II at the
Domus Dei a week…
Catherine of Braganza has gone down in history as a rather nice lady who liked drinking tea. The Portuguese princess who arrived in Portsmouth in 1662 to marry Charles II has been portrayed as a gentle soul whose heart was broken by her inability to have children and who…
