The documentary, which will be simply
titled ‘Gordonstoun’, will begin filming at the Elgin school at the
end of this month and will comprise of six one hour episodes to be
shown on Sky1. The school was founded in 1934 by German educator
Kurt Hahn. The Duke of Edinburgh was one of the school’s first
pupils, having previously been educated at Salem in Germany. Prince
Philip clearly thought…
After Prince Philip’s visit to Cornwall
recently, it seems The Duke enjoyed his time at the National
Lobster Hatchery so much, he helped his one year old great-grandson
to adopt a crustacean. It was on the National Lobster
Hatchery’s Facebook page that the adoption was…
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…
Harry turns 30 on 15th September and the
show aims to look at those three decades of the popular red-haired
Prince, 'from mischievous toddler to frontline soldier, from
troubled teen, to becoming arguably the world’s most eligible
bachelor', says the press release. The programme is to feature
prominent Royal correspondents, people who have worked with Harry
and journalists and…
then Princess Elizabeth, was born in
Clarence House at 11:50am. Princess Anne, who today is recognised
across the world as a shining example of Royalty putting in hard
graft and work, was baptised later on 21 October 1950 in the Music
Room of Buckingham Palace. Her…
“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…
Prince Charles commented, "He was a
remarkable man, whose wonderfully frenetic humour brought a special
kind of laughter in to peoples lives. I greatly enjoyed meeting him
on several occasions and his irreplaceable contribution to life
will be greatly missed by countless people, including myself." As
Charles stated, he had met Robin Williams on a number of occasions.
One notable meeting…
Harry, who is a Captain in the Army, was
responsible for regularly flying injured personnel and civilians to
the hospital at Camp Bastion and has disclosed just some of
the sights he bore witness too while doing so, including children
who had died from roadside bombs and…
The medals, which have been designed by
Garrard, the oldest jewellery house in the world, will be handed
out to the winners and runners up at the Invictus Games in
September. It will not just be the medals that are being handed out
though, every single competitor at the…
William will begin a civilian pilot
course next month followed by dedicated 999-response training. Upon
passing and completion, he will join the East Anglian Air Ambulance
based at Cambridge Airport next spring. The new role will be his
main job, although it will be taken into account the duties and
responsibilities he will continue to assume on behalf of the Queen.
The salary that The Duke…
