Palaces & Buildings

Historic castle entrance set to be restored after public appeal

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8th October 2015
The entrance to Powis Castle, which one welcomed Queen Victoria and King George V, is set to be restored after a public appeal raised a momentous £500k. Powis Castle is located in Welshpool, Mid Wales, and Supporters of Powis Castle were asked to help restore the castle’s crumbling East Front which in its time has welcomed major figures in both British and World history. Powis Castle When…
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History

Monarchy Rules: a look at Queen Anne

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7th October 2015
Born on 6th February 1665, Anne is a Queen whose reign is often overshadowed by her female forbear Elizabeth I and one of her many successors, Queen Victoria. Both Elizabeth and Victoria reigned for longer than Anne and, during both their tenures, saw dramatic changes occur…
British Royals

The Prince John: a brief history

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7th October 2015
We take a look at a little-known prince, who would have been an uncle to The Queen. John Charles Francis of Wales was born in 1905, at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate. John was the youngest child of George, The Prince of Wales (future George V) his wife, Mary. He was…
Features

Regicide: How Victoria survived SEVEN assassination attempts (Part One)

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7th October 2015
When you think of the Victorian era, you often think of Dickensian London, with its back-alleys, opium dens, brothels, corrupt aristocrats and shady characters. Perhaps there is some truth in this perception, Dickens being a social commentator of the age; this image is also reflected in the fact that Queen Victoria survived seven assassination attempts. Victoria survived seven attempts on her life…
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History

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Medieval Matriarch

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6th October 2015
Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak, you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.” – Queen Elizabeth I. As the wife of King Henry II of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine subsequently became Queen of England in 1152. The couple would go…
The Kents

Duke of Kent visits six RNLI stations and welcomes new boat.

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5th October 2015
The Duke of Kent, President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI),  will embark on a two-day visit to six Welsh Lifeboat stations and the Holyhead Coastguard Coordination Centre Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th October. Later this week, he will celebrate his 80th birthday on 9th October. The Duke of Kent, aboard the RNLI Severn Class relief lifeboat, ‘The Duke of Kent’, currently…
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FeaturesHistory

Royal Connections: City of Portsmouth

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3rd October 2015
Portsmouth comes from the Old English Portesm?ða, which translates to: “mouth of the harbour called Portus.” It was a city founded in the year 1180 by John of Gisors, a Norman lord. Before that, it was known to have been a Saxon fort called Portus Adurni in the Roman era and later, in Anglo-Saxon England, it became Portchester Castle. During the Norman Conquest of 1066, it is believed…
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