It was on January 10, 1931 at Burrough
Court that Miss. Wallis Simpson was introduced to Edward, Prince of
Wales for the first time. Wallis was a divorced woman who was then
married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a shipping executive, and Edward
was the Heir Apparent to the British throne. They were introduced
to each other through a friend of Wallis’s. Thelma, Lady Furness,
who was the then…
While there have in the past been such
colourful, and funny at times, suggestions, that The Queen could
retake control of America, the fact is that the United States has
been an independent country for 240 years. America adopted the
Declaration of Independence in 1776…
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…
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 in just six short years he
succumbed to his illness, bringing his reign to an end and leaving
the throne unoccupied once…
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…
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 when his father
succeeds to the throne. Firstly, the most notable and questioned
title the heir to the throne usually…
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…
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 President Bush. Mr Kavanaugh
formed part of President Bush’s entourage during his state visit to
the United Kingdom in 2003.
