The Princess Royal was in Coventry on
Tuesday to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of
Warwick being awarded the Royal Charter of Institution. In 1965,
Her Majesty The Queen granted the charter and the university’s
first 450 undergraduates were welcomed to the campus in October of
the same year. Princess Anne on a previous engagement to the Open
University. Upon her…
King Felipe of Spain speaks of the refugee crisis as he addresses the European Parliament
8th October 2015
King Felipe VI has told the European
Parliament that it can count on the support of a united Spain. The
promise came in a speech to delegates in Strasbourg just days after
elections in Catalonia gave a majority to parties which ultimately
favour independence from the rest of…
The new Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy
Corbyn, will not be at the meeting of the Privy Council today – it
would have been his first opportunity to take up membership of the
body. The Labour leader has said he is too busy to attend
today’s meeting of the council…
The Prince of Wales has denied claims of
intervening in the judicial proceedings against Peter Ball, a
former leading Church of England clergyman, who was jailed
yesterday for sex offences against young men. During the
sentencing hearing, which took place at the Old Bailey, the court
heard that when Ball was first accused of indecent assault in 1993
letters of support for him came from several…
Despite the disappointing defeat that
England faced in the Rugby World Cup, Prince Harry has turned his
focus to a more positive cause, an increased awareness of rugby.
Visiting Devon on Wednesday, he stopped at the Paignton Rugby Club
and, while there, offered his support…
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…
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 at home and in the
British Empire. Both of these Queens continue to be recognised as
two of the greatest monarchs that we…
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…
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…
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 on to have a very large and somewhat
dysfunctional family, which included two future Kings of England –
Richard I…
