Palaces & Buildings

The Ghosts of Windsor Castle

It is The Queen’s weekend home and is apparently her favourite royal residence. But did you know that Windsor Castle is also the home of many royals from years and centuries gone by. In this piece we explore the ghostly goings on at Windsor Castle and just who haunts the 1000 year old fortress. King Henry VIII The ghost of the second Tudor King is said to be Windsor Castle’s most famous…
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History

Tales of the Tower: Lady Jane Grey

She is more popularly known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’ though is also remembered for her untimely demise within the walls of the Tower of London. Lady Jane Grey short-lived reign began on 10th July 1553 following the death of King Edward VI, who had personally named Lady…
Features

Monarchy Rules: a look at Edward VI

Edward VI was born on 12th October 1537 as the son of the reigning King Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. Edward’s sisters Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth were both fond of their little brother and visited him often. Edward was even fond of his father’s last wife Catherine Parr and called her his “most dear mother”. On 1 July 1543 Henry VIII signed the…
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Palaces & Buildings

Royal Central's guide to Halloween at Britain's most haunted castles

As we continue with our Halloween season, its time for Royal Central’s ghoulish guide to Halloween at some of this country’s most haunted castles. Muncaster Castle Muncaster Castle in Cumbria is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a mysterious White Lady and Tom Fool, a jester who worked at the castle over 400 years ago, who in the present day likes to play a few tricks on visitors to…
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History

The 1940s: The Queen Mother's finest decade

Though the 1930s brought about tumultuous change for the country and for Queen Elizabeth, the 1940s would soon become a decade that nobody would ever forget. It would also be the decade that Elizabeth would be dubbed ‘the most dangerous woman in Europe’ and many argue it was her finest decade. The Second World War had broken out in September 1939 and it was this conflict that would…
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