Prince & Princess of Wales

Royal Mint celebrates birth of Princess Charlotte with commemorative £5 coin

We were wrong to think that we had seen the last of the celebrations commemorating the recent birth of Princess Charlotte as the Royal Mint have recently unveiled a commemorative £5 coin. The Queen, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, have given their own seal of approval to the Royal Mint to produce 500 gold coins as well as 9500 silver coins. The…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Baby princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Palace announce

The baby daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Kensington Palace have announced. She’ll be known as Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. The names came just two days after the baby’s birth on Saturday morning in London. The baby girl was born at 08:34am in the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington after Kate was admitted there…
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History

Charlotte, a name with royal pedigree

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge named their daughter Charlotte. It’s not a big shock – the name has been one of the favourites with the bookmakers almost since Kate announced she was expecting back in September. And one of the reasons it’s always been such a popular…
The Yorks

Moving down line of succession no longer requires Beatrice to ask The Queen for permission to marry

Princess Beatrice can now say ‘I do’ without checking with The Queen first Dave Clark might want to keep his girlfriend away from jewellers’ windows as it just got a bit easier for him and Princess Beatrice to get married. The birth of the daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge over the weekend moved Beatrice down one place in the line of succession. It means she no longer has…
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History

Richard III - Myth or Monster, Saint or Sinner

Although one of our more controversial monarchs, Richard III has been ill-served by history. On the basis of very little evidence, he has been portrayed as a child-killing monster who waded in blood to a throne that wasn’t his to take, but the facts show that relatively…
Prince & Princess of Wales

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave hospital with their daughter

The Duchess of Cambridge and her new daughter have left hospital less than ten hours after the new royal baby was born. Kate, William and their little princess left the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s in Paddington just after 6pm this evening. The royal couple emerged from the famous doors with the baby girl in the arms of her mother. The Duke and Duchess emerged to cheers and stood on the steps of…
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