The second instalment in this series of
blogs focuses on the third Monarch of the House of Stuart, King
Charles II. Charles was born on 29th May 1630 at St James’s Palace
to the reigning King Charles I and his consort Henrietta Maria (who
was in fact the sister of French King Louis XIII). Charles was
baptised in the Chapel Royal on the 27th June by the Anglican
Bishop of London William Laud…
