‘As a rule, I like girls more’. The
opinions of Queen Victoria on babies were quite clear. She
might have had a long line of male heirs waiting to inherit
her throne but her devotion to her granddaughters was telling. The
women of the second generation of her descendants were of prime
importance to the great Queen Empress. To the rest of the world she
was a severe looking woman who ruled an…
On 23 July 1986, Prince Andrew married
Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. Thousands of people
lined London’s streets, and an international audience of
approximately 500 million gathered around their television sets to
catch a view The Queen’s second son…
The Battle of Naseby was the first proper
battle of the New Model Army. The New Model Army was established by
the Parliamentarians in February 1645 during the height of the
English Civil War. They felt that a professional army would be more
successful when pitted against the…
Duchess of Cornwall visits RAF training station and Cornwall Air Ambulance on last day in Cornwall
22nd July 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall attended two
engagements following the Ocean Plastics Awareness Day she attended
with The Duke of Cornwall earlier on Wednesday. Camilla ended this
week’s visit to Cornwall with stops at RAF St Mawgan and Cornwall
Air Ambulance. The first event had Camilla visit RAF St Mawgan. RAF
St Mawgan is a training station and home to the Defence SERE
Training Organisation.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall attended
an Ocean Plastics Awareness Day to learn about the efforts of local
charities at Fistral Beach in Newquay on Wednesday. [getty
src=”481534056″ width=”594″ height=”424″] Participating in…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
released a new photograph of Prince George ahead of
his second birthday on Thursday. The photograph shows the Duke
of Cambridge holding Prince George in the gardens at Sandringham
House and is part of the series of official…
Lobster tagging, Chardonnay and clotted cream: Charles and Camilla's day on one of the Isles of Scilly
21st July 2015
After their first day in Cornwall, The
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall spent the day at St Mary’s, the Isle
of Scilly’s largest island and gateway to the rest of the islands.
Charles and Camilla’s day began with them attending the Island Fair
in Hugh Town on St Mary’s. [getty src=”481472134″ width=”594″
height=”396″] Hugh Town is the hub…
British comedian Russell Brand has this
week attracted significant criticism for a post on social media
site Facebook in which he equated The Queen’s German heritage to
Nazism. The post garnered significant attention from Brand’s 3.4m
Facebook followers, many of…
Holdenby House in Northamptonshire first
came to prominence in 1583 when it was built by Sir Christopher
Hatton, Lord Chancellor and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
Holdenby was the largest private house in Elizabethan and was built
by Sir Christopher to honour his beloved…
Eat, drink and be merry: Charles and Camilla enjoy their first day as part of annual visit to Cornwall
20th July 2015
After wrapping up a very successful week
in Wales a few weeks ago, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall began
their annual visit to the South West. A bit of rain did not dampen
the spirit of The Duchess of Cornwall during her visit to Padstow
on Monday. The theme for their time spent in Cornwall is year’s
visit are tourism and supporting local communities. According to
their schedule, for the…
