Prince Michael (b. 4 July 1942) is the
younger brother of the Duke of Kent and paternal first cousin of
Queen Elizabeth II. As a five-year-old, he was a pageboy at the
wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. He was
educated at Sunningdale School and Eton, before entering the Royal
Military Academy at Sandhurst, during his life he has always been
active in learning languages and…
Take a look at Fabergé’s Easter Eggs - extraordinary creations of beauty which continue to fascinate
3rd April 2021
Probably best known for the exquisite
Easter eggs that he crafted for the Russian Imperial house of
Romanov, Peter Carl Fabergé was Russia’s premier master goldsmith
at the beginning of the twentieth century, the House of Fabergé
having been founded in St. Petersburg by…
A long-serving Derbyshire police
officer’s family have revealed some fascinating anecdotes about his
service in the force, including the day that Queen Elizabeth The
Queen Mother visited the county and ended up going missing. Ian
Parker served in the police force for…
Most British monarchs have something that
their reign is remembered for more than anything else, even if they
actually had little to do with it beyond offering their support.
Think of Queen Victoria and the Industrial Revolution, or George VI
and the Second World War. But one monarch stands out for me as
having a personal defining moment, something that he did, and which
shaped the British…
The Queen’s biggest mistake of the last decade was allowing Charles & Andrew to oust Lord Geidt from the Royal Household
10th March 2021
For as long as there has been a monarchy,
there has been turbulence with the Royal Household having to deal
with a variety of crises that land at their door. The most pressing
issue for The Queen, and indeed the entire institution, is the Duke
& Duchess of Sussex and the…
Oprah Winfrey’s highly anticipated
interview is set to restart discussion about Archie Harrison
Mountbatten-Windsor’s royal status. While there was a lot of pomp
and ceremony around the birth of Archie’s older cousins – Prince
George, Princess Charlotte, and…
The Royal Family has turned into the world’s worst soap opera – it is an embarrassment to the UK and Commonwealth
4th March 2021
If you turn on the news, you might be
mistaken into thinking you are accidentally watching an episode of
EastEnders when the latest report about The Royal Family makes it
to air. No, Nicholas Witchell is not talking about the latest
exploits of the residents of Albert Square, but rather Buckingham
Palace. Just when you think the whole Sussex debacle cannot
possibly get any more absurd, new…
Much has been made of the Queen allegedly
blocking a law from being passed in the 1970s, claims which
Buckingham Palace says are “simply untrue”. According to
documents seen by The Guardian, The Queen’s personal lawyers
successfully persuaded ministers to change a…
Prince Harry is best known as the Duke of
Sussex – a title granted to him by The Queen in May 2018 upon his
marriage to Meghan Markle. A lesser known title also bestowed upon
him was Baron Kilkeel – a subsidiary peerage which the prince can
use when he visits Northern…
REVEALED: Why Buckingham Palace isn’t The Queen’s official residence
27th January 2021
Buckingham Palace is the most iconic
symbol of the British Monarchy, but far from popular opinion, this
200-year-old building isn’t actually The Queen’s official
residence, and this is why… Her Majesty’s official residence is, in
fact, a few hundred yards down the Mall from Buckingham Palace at
St James’s Palace, where the Court is officially based. It is where
foreign diplomats are…
