It would appear that every single male in
the Windsor family loves polo. Prince George has his very own
mallet already and this was gifted to him by the former President
of America, Barack Obama. He’s just gone five and he is already
being groomed to partake in the sport. This begs the big question,
why does every single member of the Royal Family choose to play
polo? And why are sites such as…
A look back at the Duke of Sussex's life so far on his birthday
15th September 2019
During the fall of 1984, Diana, Princess
of Wales gave birth to her second son, a boy affectionately known
as Harry. They revealed his full name would be Henry Charles Albert
David, a perfect name for someone third in line to the throne.
Harry is now sixth-in-line to the…
Donna Paola Margherita Maria Antonia
Consiglia Ruffo di Calabria was born on 11 September 1937 at Villa
Claudia in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, as the seventh and youngest
child of Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, a First World War flying
ace, and Countess Luisa Gazelli, a…
For centuries, hereditary titles were
dispensed to close allies of the Sovereign as a mark of the
Monarch’s patronage, nowadays hereditary titles are no longer
dispensed and having an existing hereditary title no longer permits
one to sit in the House of Lords. Instead what are known as ‘life
peerages’ are awarded which permit the holder to bear a title and
sit in the House of Lords. On…
On 27th August 1979 Her Majesty The
Queen’s cousin, LordMountbatten, was tragically killed by an IRA
bomb blast whilst on his boat in Ireland. It wasn’t just
Mountbatten who perished in the boat; one of his twin grandson’s,
Nicholas, and a local boat boy, Paul…
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester was
born on the 26 August 1944; the youngest grandchild of King George
V and Queen Mary, and the younger of two brothers born to Prince
Henry, Duke of Gloucester and his wife, Princess Alice. Shortly
after his birth, he went to Australia…
The Princess Royal is often said to be
the ‘hardest working’ member of the British Royal Family and has a
reputation for being a formidable and forthright personality. Seen
widely as very much her father’s daughter, Her Royal Highness is a
popular character and a tenacious supporter of charitable causes.
Birth On the 15th August 1950, just before midday, HRH Princess
Elizabeth, Duchess…
On1 May 1876, Queen Victoria was
proclaimed Empress Of India after discussion with Prime Minister of
the day, Benjamin Disraeli led to Queen Victoria wanting a title
boost after her daughter became Empress Of Germany. From 1876 until
the Empire Of India was disbanded…
Frederick II, accorded the epithet ‘the
Great’ already during his own lifetime, had in fact, a whole other
life after death, aside from his legacy. The great King’s legend
stalks the eighteenth century like a gigantic historic shadow, much
as the oversize silhouette of…
In the British Library five letters from
Princess Alix of Hesse, later Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of
Russia (1872-1918) are preserved. Initially, I thought there were
seven letters of hers at the British Library, but further research
has enabled me to establish that these are instead, two postcards
in Russian, to her only son, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich
(1904-1918). These letters are…
