The Duke of Cambridge met and sent off
Henry Worsley a brave adventurer aspiring to become the first solo
explorer to cross the Antarctic without assistance or support as he
follows in the steps of Sir Ernest Shackleton at Kensington Palace
on Monday. Worsley, aged 55 is a descendant of Frank Worsley,
Shackleton’s skipper on the Endurance. The former Army officer will
face freezing…
Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles was born on
11 April 1887 at Sutton Waldron House in Dorset. He was the sixth
and youngest child, and only surviving son, of Commander Frederick
Canning Lascelles. Lascelles was also the grandson of the fourth
Earl of Harewood. His mother…
Polish the Silver: Buckingham Palace prepares for State Banquet
18th October 2015
As Great Britain awaits the arrival of
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Madame Peng Liyuan,
preparations are well underway at Buckingham Palace for the
traditional State Banquet. The elaborate preparations for the
exquisite banquet began weeks ago, and it is…
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…
