Insight

Will Camilla actually be Princess Consort?

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22nd August 2014
<![CDATA[At the beginning of the year, I wrote a blogcalled ‘why Camilla must become our Queen‘. Since its publication, the article became the site’s single most discussed article,receiving over several hundred comments with varying views and numerous email responses to the site’s editors. In the piece, I argued it would create a dangerous precedent for…
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FeaturesHistory

History Rewind: The Battle of Bosworth

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22nd August 2014
<![CDATA[The Battle of Bosworth, which was fought on 22nd August 1485, is one of England’s defining battles as it resulted in the end of Richard III’s reign and led to Henry Tudor becoming King Henry VII. This marked the beginning of the infamous Tudor…
History

Elizabeth I to visit Cambridge

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21st August 2014
<![CDATA[No, the title of this article is definitely not wrong. Queen Elizabeth I will be making an appearance in Cambridge. Of course it will not be the real 'Virgin Queen', as she died over 400 years ago, but nonetheless Cambridge will be graced with the…
Interviews

Interview: etiquette with The Royal Butler

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21st August 2014
<![CDATA[Ever wondered which way to take your afternoon tea? Or what the rules at the dinner table are? Fear not! I have had the chance to speak to The Prince of Wales's former butler, Grant Harrold, to ask all these burning questions and find out a little more about his background in Royal Service. Hi Grant! Your Twitter handle is @TheRoyalButler. So can you tell me a little more about…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince George adopts a lobster

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21st August 2014
<![CDATA[It seems that Prince George of Cambridge is expanding his repertoire of adopted animals after adopting a bilby in Australia. This time, the creature in question is much less cute and cuddly – George has adopted a lobster! After Prince Philip’s visit…
FeaturesHistory

History Rewind: The Birth of the "Sailor King", William IV

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21st August 2014
<![CDATA[Today in 1765 King William IV was born in Buckingham Palace. So often looked over by historians and royalists alike, William IV lived an extraordinary life that covered war, peace, rebellion and personal triumph. He is perhaps best known for being the oldest person to come to the throne (aged 64) and for his fierce protection of the young Princess Victoria, who was to be his…
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FeaturesHistory

The women behind the Crown: Influential Queen Mothers – Katherine of Aragon

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14th August 2014
<![CDATA[“She could quite easily take the field, muster a great army, and wage against me a war as fierce as any her mother Isabella ever wages in Spain”. – Henry VIII Some readers may question why I have decided to include Katherine of Aragon in this blog series on prominent Queen Mothers, possibly because she never actually lived to see her only-surviving child, Mary, ascend to the…
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