David Beckham hands the Jubilee Baton to
the Queen in 2002. The Queen’s Baton for the Commonwealth Games
that will take place in Glasgow in 2014, arrived this past Sunday
in New Delhi, India. New Delhi was the site of the 2010
Commonwealth Games. The Baton now begins its trek through India.
The Baton was given to Sudha Singh, the gold medalist from the 2010
Asian Games in China. India Today…
Prince William to hold first investiture on behalf of The Queen
14th October 2013
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge
is to hold his first investiture on Thursday at Buckingham Palace
on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, it has been reported. The Duke,
who recently quit the RAF to pursue causes of his own, was
confirmed in September to be taking on…
Old portrait of an aging Queen Elizabeth
I gets a second look. A rare portrait from 1593 of Queen Elizabeth
I is on display at The Museum of the Albemarle in North Carolina.
This overlooked gem hung without notice for over 50 years in the
Elizabethan Gardens Gatehouse on…
A man was arrested at Buckingham Palace
at 11.30am this morning outside Buckingham Palace wielding a knife
and attempting to get into the Palace grounds through the
north-centre gate, Scotland Yard have said. The man, not identified
by police, was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected
site and possessing an offensive weapon – he was taken to a London
police station. Police say the…
Since the confirmation that the Duke of
Cambridge would be leaving the RAF to pursue various charitable
causes and royal duties, many have wondered when we will begin to
hear of new sets of engagements for the Duke and also for the
Duchess of Cambridge. Unfortunately, it…
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire – One of the
filming locations of ‘The Royals’ The filming for a new US
television series called ‘The Royals’ has officially begun. The
series will be broadcasted on the E! network, with the likes of
Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers…
Kensington Palace set to host Dr. Zhivago-style winter wonderland charity extravaganza
11th October 2013
After months of renovations on Kensington
Palace’s Apartment 1A, its new residents are set to transform the
centuries old Palace into an enchanted winter wonderland for a
spectacular dinner-and-a-show charity gala. photo credit: Dan
Mumford via photopin cc “This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event
that cannot be missed. Kensington Palace will be decorated as never
before, in the style of…
Having just recently moved into their
newly renovated quarters at Kensington Palace, the future King and
Queen of England, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are bringing
back the splendor of the glory days as they prepare to open court
in a series of grandiose gala dinners…
On the evening of 18 March 978 Edward,
the teenaged king of England, set out on horseback for Corfe in
Dorset, intending to visit his half-brother, Ethelred, and
stepmother, Elfrida. He never made it inside the building. The
murder of Edward, who would later come to be known…
This edited excerpt from ‘Tudor’ concerns
Henry VIII’s younger sister Mary, known as ‘The French Queen’. She
had been married to the aged Louis XII, who she has not yet met,
and the scene opens with her about to leave England to meet him as
his wife. In ‘Tudor’ I have referenced the details, all of which
drawn from contemporary documents. The weather was stormy
when the royal…
