The Sussexes

Prince Harry's 'South Pole Heroes' premieres on ITV

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16th March 2014
<![CDATA[For two consecutive Sundays, 16 March and 23 March at 8pm GMT, ITV will be airing ‘Harry’s South Pole Heroes’, the two-part documentary following the quest of the Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge 2013. The Walking With the Wounded teams arrived at the South Pole on 13 December 2013 at 13:25 GMT after three grueling weeks of walking and sled pulling. Temperatures on the…
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History

Prince Albert – A truly remarkable man

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15th March 2014
<![CDATA[In recent years, there seems to have been a surfeit of books and documentaries presenting a very unjust image of Prince Albert as a dour and humourless man, driven by a desire for power, and with little understanding of his children’s needs. Although this…
The Edinburghs

Family photo released to mark Prince Edward's 50th birthday

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9th March 2014
<![CDATA[A family photo of the Earl and Countess of Wessex with their two children Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn has been released by Buckingham Palace today to mark the Earl's 50th birthday. The photograph was taken by Millie Pilkington (the same photographer who took the personal photographs of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011) in the dining room at…
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Features

Preview of episode two of 'Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History'

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27th February 2014
<![CDATA[After historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb revealed the background leading up to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s courtship in the first episode of this series, in the next programme of Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History she discusses how a seven-year whirlwind romance led to Anne ruling as Queen for just 1,000 days before her rapid fall and execution. How did Henry suddenly turn…
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Insight

The Story of the Peerage: Into the Future

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23rd February 2014
<![CDATA[The peerage is and does not claim to be a modern institution. As the aristocracy which once dominated Parliament, gradually moves towards disestablishment from British politics, we will be waving goodbye to one of Britain's most illustrious and unique…
History

The Queen, Eighty Years a Subject

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20th February 2014
<![CDATA[ When a new portrait of the Queen is unveiled it joins a catalogue of work that began in 1933 when the seven year old Princess Elizabeth sat for Philip Alexius de László, who had been commissioned by her mother, the then Duchess of York to paint the first portrait of Princess Elizabeth. Since then, the Queen has sat for a total of 139 official portraits, only two of them with the…
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