Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of
the most popular TV shows produced in recent decades. The show
gives us a look at the life of the Crawleys, a fictional
aristocratic family who run and own the Downton estate. Set in the
early 1900s, the show gives a fairly accurate idea of life for the
aristocracy at this time and the changes that the first world war
brought to the United Kingdom’s…
While King Henry VIII lived, his greatest
fear was dying without a male heir to the throne. As it turns out,
he needn’t have worried, for when he died in 1547, King Henry was
succeeded by his son Edward VI. But the new King Edward was very
frail and sickly boy of nine, and…
One of the most talked about issues in
royal history, and British history in general, is the relationship
of Henry VIII and his six wives. In 1525, after 18 years of
marriage to Catherine of Aragon, daughter to Ferdinand II of Aragon
and Isabella I of Castille, the…
Senior government minister witnessed the birth of Princess Alexandra to ensure there was no baby swapping
21st May 2020
In years gone by, it was customary for
the birth of any royal baby to be witnessed by the UK Home
Secretary ensuring the new arrival was genuine. The Queen’s cousin,
Princess Alexandra, was the last royal to have had her birth
witnessed by the by an official political observer in 1936. Sir
John Simon, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Office,
was present when Princess…
It has come to our attention recently
that there is some confusion about the Duke and Duchess Of
Cambridge’s placement in terms of entitlement to titles, in order
to try and redress this, here’s our short, yet we hope informative
guide, to what Prince William is in line…
For centuries, the reigning Monarch in
Britain has been considered the font of justice. But what does this
mean, and does it mean The Queen can do whatever she wants without
legal repercussions? We’re about to take a look back at the days
when Monarchs played a vital role…
Queen Anne quite frankly had a tremendous
reign becoming the first Monarch of a united single sovereign
state, known as Great Britain in 1707 as well as showing her worth
as a Queen Regnant in a male dominated society. Though tragedy was
never far away from the last of the Stuarts as not many people will
be aware that Queen Anne became pregnant an astonishing 18 times,
though not one of her…
Over the decades, The Queen has hosted
thousands of guests at Buckingham Palace, from international
dignitaries to controversial world leaders. Back in 2003, one of
Her Majesty’s guests at the palace was Brett Kavanaugh, who at the
time was a little known secretary to…
Alot of comments Royal Central receives
raise the question of why Prince Philip isn’t king, despite the
wife of a king being a queen. On the face of it, it seems bizarre,
perhaps eve sexist, though in this post we’ll explain why exactly
Prince Philip…
Social distancing measures will be in
place for many months, perhaps even for a couple of years, meaning
everyday life will remain disrupted for the foreseeable future. In
April, The Queen celebrated her 94th birthday – a moment which some
royal commentators have mooted may be her last before retirement.
It has been widely reported in the media that the monarch could
make her eldest son…
