British Royals

King Charles invited to follow in Queen Elizabeth’s footsteps at historic Ashes match

King Charles has been invited to attend a landmark cricket match in Australia next year marking 150 years since the first Test between England and Australia. Cricket Australia confirmed the monarch has been asked to be present at the special anniversary Test between the Ashes rivals, which will be staged at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March. The match is being organised to commemorate…
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British Royals

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor surrenders another royal home as he gives up lease

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved to relinquish the lease on a second royal property, further simplifying his residential arrangements following the upheaval that has surrounded his housing in recent years. The former Duke of York has asked to terminate his tenancy of East Lodge, a Grade II-listed thatched cottage located near Sunninghill Park, about five miles from Windsor Castle. Documents…
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Features

What Happened to the Queen Elizabeth's beloved Corgis?

The fate of the late Queen’s beloved corgis has been quietly resolved after weeks of speculation following the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s departure from Royal Lodge. Sandy and Muick, the last two corgis owned by Queen Elizabeth II, have recently been spotted at Sandringham, indicating that they have followed Mountbatten-Windsor north after his eviction from his Windsor home. In…
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Royal News

Buried in rubbish for centuries - the exciting breakthrough that proves a lost King existed

A fragment of Arabic writing recovered from a long-forgotten rubbish heap in northern Sudan has provided the first firm proof that a ruler once dismissed as little more than legend did in fact exist. The document, issued in the name of the Nubian king Qashqash, was discovered during excavations at Old Dongola, the former capital of the Christian kingdom of Makuria on the Nile. For historians of…
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