It hasn’t even started yet and already
Great British Bake Off fever has returned to the UK with just about
everyone getting ready to go crazy again for meringues, macaroons
and marble cake. But while the twelve new stars of the
BBC One show will no doubt win legions of fans – providing there’s
no more Baked Alaska in the bin – the Royal Family have shown
off plenty of…
Though her reign is disputed by many,
Lady Jane Grey is undoubtedly this country’s shortest reigning
monarch. Jane is popularly known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’ because
of her curtailed reign. It is often a view of many she was a victim
of her cousin, Edward…
Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria was
the third daughter and youngest surviving child of the Prince and
Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of
Denmark, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of
Hesse-Kassel. Princess Maud was…
It might be August and the height of
summer but already minds are turning to bringing in the harvest and
the apple haul this year will be rather varied – thanks to The
Prince of Wales. Charles has been growing a wide range of rare and
historic apples to help try and preserve the fruit. Prince Charles
is looking to protect and preserve some rare and historic varieties
of apple The Prince has…
Every year, the finances of both The
Queen and the Prince of Wales are released, in great detail, to the
media and the public. While figures show that the Prince of Wales
is a net contributor to public funds, the funding arrangements of
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge…
New photo exhibition shows Queen, Camilla and William in remarkable mirrored portraits
1st August 2015
A new exhibition which begins this
month at Eleven in London titled The Queen’s People
is set to show some of Britain’s high office holders in their
traditional outfits, using a photographic technique inspired by
17th century portrait painting. The…
The stories of Queen Victoria's granddaughters: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
1st August 2015
‘A supremely honest woman, full of
courage’. Those words, written about Queen Victoria’s second
granddaughter, perhaps sum her up better than anything
else.Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine lived through many tragedies
but never gave up. Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, second left in
this image, was the second granddaughter of Queen Victoria This
princess who called Queen Victoria…
Oak Apple Day was a formal public holiday
celebrated in England on the 29th May in recognition of the
Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 following ‘The Commonwealth’ of
England and rule of Oliver Cromwell from 1649. It is so named ‘Oak
Apple Day’…
Arriving by carriage as per tradition,
The Prince of Wales attended the 134th Sandringham Flower Show with
The Duchess of Cornwall on Wednesday. Prince Charles has been
Patron of the Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society
since 2002. [getty…
The Prince of Wales visited The Old
Prison in Northleach on Tuesday meeting volunteers and members of
The Friends of the Cotswolds. The site was built in the 1790s as
the Northleach House of Correction, one of four houses of
correction in Gloucestershire. Built in the 1790s, The Old Prison
was at the time the example of a how a prison could encourage
adequate care and rehabilitation of prisoners…
