The monarchy in France has been confined
to the history books for many years now but that hasn’t stopped the
country’s government intervening to stop artefacts linked to its
royal past being auctioned and possibly ending up overseas. The
French Culture Minister has ensured that three items due to be sold
by descendants of the former ruling house of France can’t now go
under the hammer…
The Queen has made Prince Harry a Knight
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in a private
audience at Buckingham Palace, it is announced. The honour, a
personal award from Her Majesty for “services to the Sovereign” is
the second highest grade within the…
The government published a second batch
of letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers,
following the Supreme Court ruling allowing the publication. The
government released a second batch of letters written by Prince
Charles to government ministers, following…
Royal Mail have released a special set of
commemorative stamps to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
The six stamps that have been issued feature text from Magna Carta
as well as text from other charters, bills and declarations that
have developed the rule of law around the world. Magna Carta was
one of the most important documents in Medieval England and was
signed on June 15th 1215…
The Succession to Peerages bill,
introduced in the last session of Parliament, will make a return in
this first of the new Parliament, with renewed hopes that the
long-contested changes to the rules governing succession to
hereditary titles in the UK are changed to allow…
Prince Harry will help launch the Rugby
World Cup Trophy Tour of the UK and Ireland and mark 100 days to go
to the start of the event. In 2014, Prince Harry was part of the
campaign to support the England Women’s rugby team as they headed
to take part in the Women’s…
Gun salutes across the United Kingdom
today marked the 62nd anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation, as Her
Majesty spent the day privately at Buckingham Palace. Salutes were
fired from Hyde Park by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery at
midday to mark the occasion. The gun salute amounted to
41-guns from Hyde Park, formed from the conventional 21 for a
salute and 20 more for Hyde…
On 2 June 1953, Queen Elizabeth II took
the oath to God and country and crowned at a coronation ceremony at
Westminster Abbey in London. Peers of the realm look on during the
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
took the Coronation Oath in front…
Take a step back in time and imagine
Georgian London. The year is 1762 and a building unlike no other
becomes the talk of the town. Many marvelled at its beauty; others
thought it would not last. Artist’s impressions of what the Pagoda
will look like once restoration is…
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their
wedding day in 1937 It was a love story that changed the course of
British history and rocked the monarchy. This is perhaps why a car,
said to have been used to sneak Wallis Simpson in and out of
Balmoral during her relationship with Edward VIII, is expected to
fetch a whopping six figure sum when it goes up for auction in just
a few weeks time. The…
