Volkswagen announces it has removed its
Royal Warrant over emissions scandal as customer complaints
continue to rise. The Queen’s Household owns approximately a dozen
Volkswagen cars. The company confirmed it had removed the coveted
Royal Arms from official letterheads and other communications in
the wake of public criticisms over the emissions embarrassment.
According to the Royal Warrant…
Her Majesty The Queen is used to
receiving thousands of letters each year with many that are often
requests for her to attend an official opening, inviting her to tea
or even be a part of a young child’s birthday party. Recently
though, The Queen received one such…
It is the most famous witch trial of the
17th century, the case of the Pendle Witches. Twelve women were
accused of witchcraft, and while one died, eleven went to trial.
One was tried and found guilty at York while ten of the ‘witches’
were tried at Lancaster.
It’s one of the biggest shows on British
TV but even The Doctor needs a royal helping hand ever now and
again. Doctor Who has been whirling on to our TV screens for over
fifty years and in that time the travelling Time Lord, in all his
incarnations, has had plenty of encounters with regal figures
– and not all of them confined to the small screen. In 2013
alone, there were three…
With just days to go until the State
Visit by the President of China, preparations are entering their
final stages and every hour of practice time is precious. So in the
early hours of Friday morning, the Army was out in force practicing
manoeuvres for the event that will…
Royal Central’s Halloween season begins
with a story of adultery, beheadings, and ghostly apparitions. Here
is Anne Boleyn’s Tale of the Tower. She was the second wife of King
Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, but ultimately Anne
Boleyn met her fate…
Two weeks tomorrow will be the 31st
October, more popularly known as Halloween or All Hallows Eve or
All Saints Eve, everyone has a different name for it. Anne Boleyn
is said to haunt the Tower of London. There are many popular
traditions at Halloween; trick or treating, apple bobbing and
carving a pumpkin. But Royal Central wanted to get in on the act
and give our readers two weeks worth of…
On 21 October, The Duchess of Cornwall
will attend a reception hosted by Gyles Brandreth to mark the
anniversary of the author’s birth at The Langham in London. Oscar
Wilde Mr Brandeth is President of The Oscar Wilde Society. Founded
in September 1990, by a group of…
In this piece, we take a brief look at
The Duke and The Duchess of Kent. Edward George Nicholas Paul
Patrick was born in 1935, the first born of Prince George, and
Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece; this makes
The Duke first cousin to both The Queen and…
The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of the
pride his mother would have had in an organization she helped
launch 21 years ago. Addressing those gathered to mark the special
anniversary of Child Bereavement UK, William said he understood the
importance of their work even more now that he himself was a
father. The Duke of Cambridge was in London to celebrate the 21st
anniversary of Child Bereavement UK…
