‘William, Kate, and George: The New
Royals’ gets its UK Premiere on True Entertainment this Sunday. The
royals have always been figures of fascination for their subjects –
from the intrigue of the early Game of Thrones-worthy battles for
the crown, to today’s rather more friendly modern manifestations in
which the public jostle for selfies with their favourites. The
family has…
Their face will be on tea towels, mugs
and calendars sold in London’s shops for years to come. Already the
new royal baby is giving a boost to the tourist trade in the
capital – before they’re even born. Experts are predicting that the
arrival of the second child of…
The Last Days… is a new series on Channel
5 which looks at the final moments of the lives of a variety of
notorious and infamous characters in history. Tonight’s episode
looks particularly at the final days of Charles I, the King who
faced Civil Wars, was overthrown by…
On 26th March, thousands came
together to say goodbye to the last Plantagenet King, Richard
III. The King’s much-publicised reburial marks the first time
since 1485 that the two opposing sides in the Wars of the Roses,
the Yorks and the Lancasters have met at Bosworth. However in 1486,
the year after the famed battle, the two families met in a very
different place. On 18th January, Elizabeth…
The Queen invests Prince Philip with the Insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia
22nd April 2015
The Queen officially invested Prince
Philip with the Insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia on
Wednesday at Windsor Castle. The short investiture took place in
the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, where Her Majesty and The
Duke of Edinburgh are currently…
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…
Prince William completes first phase of air ambulance pilot training earlier than expected
21st April 2015
Kensington Palace have confirmed that The
Duke of Cambridge has completed his first phase of air ambulance
helicopter training earlier than anticipated. This early completion
of training means that Prince William will be at the side of his
wife Kate for the imminent birth of their second child. A
Kensington Palace spokesperson commented, “The Duke of Cambridge
has completed the first phase…
It's a boy! According to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home William and Kate are having a prince
21st April 2015
There have been plenty of predictions
about whether the new fourth in line to the throne, due any day
now, is a boy or a girl. We’ve had guessing the gender of the
baby from Kate’s cravings (lots of sweets, apparently, which means
a princess) and taking a punt by the…
A devout royalist pensioner has said he
is ‘well prepared’ to wait as long as he must for the arrival of
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second child, even sleeping
rough outside the Lindo Wing. Terry Hutt from Weston-Super-Mare is
planning to live on a…
As Australia prepares to mark the 100
year anniversary of the Anzac Gallipoli landings, a programme
supported by The Prince of Wales is being introduced to help
today’s veterans resume to civilian life as entrepreneurs. The
Prince’s Charities Australia has set up the Lead Your Own Business
programme. The Prince’s Charities Australia created the Lead Your
Own Business scheme to…
