A Palace source has confirmed that no suite of rooms is being reserved for the Middletons in four-storey Apartment 1A.
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There had been speculation that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were having a “granny suite” built so as to provide added privacy and comfort for Carole Middleton when she comes to help out her daughter. The Middletons already…
On a spring day, April 14th 1857 the last of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children was born. The little princess’s baptism took place in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on the 16th June 1857, she wore the same baptism gown that was worn by her…
Almost every available member of the Royal Family has been the subject of wedding rumours over the last week it seems. From the original thoughts that Princess Beatrice might be marrying Dave Clark and now to the possibility of the Duke of York remarrying Sarah Ferguson as…
Last week, I wrote about King George I. Click here to read about his life and reign.
A bust of King George II
Born George Augustus on 30 October 1683 to the future King George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, King George II was the last British Monarch to be born outside Great Britain. Like his father, he was born in Hanover, where he spent most of his young life. After his parents’ marriage…
Prince George turned one month this week, and the cozy microcosm of his mother’s arms has evolved into a world rich with sounds, colours, smells and textures of all kinds…
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Off to Wales we go…
Mum and babe have left…
For any family, the birth of a baby is a momentous occasion and welcoming a new person into the world is one of life’s highlights. Most parents will spend the first few months getting used to sleepless nights, changing nappies and caring for their new arrival. Decisions…
On 22nd August 1485 King Richard III led a thunderous charge of cavalry across the field at the Battle of Bosworth in an attempt to crush Henry Tudor, the invader who laid claim to Richard’s throne. Unlike the presentation given by The White Queen, it was not a dozen men in half their armour with no helmets on scrapping in a snow dusted forest. Upwards of 15,000 men took the field that day and…
This past Monday, Prince William’s first interview since becoming a father was aired on CNN and ITV. The interview was filmed on August 2 at Kensington Palace, and was just a portion of the unreleased documentary “Prince William’s Passion: New Father, New Hope”. The…
The first official photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with the now almost one-month old Prince George have been released.
The photos were taken in the back garden of the Middletons’ family home in Bucklebury by Michael Middleton last month.
The first picture…
Born on the 15th of August 2013 to Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor, Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina is the first grandchild of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, first cousin twice removed of Her Majesty the Queen and now 47th in line to the British throne.
Lord Frederick Windsor is the first-born and only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. He was born at St Mary’s Hospital in London…
