King George I, King George II, King
George III, King George IV and Queen Victoria. All Hanoverian
Monarchs of the United Kingdom but the House of Hanover also
presented us with another King – William IV. He may not have
brought the Hanoverians to Britain like his great-grandfather or
had the lengthy reign like his father and his niece but he was King
nonetheless, a King whose reign saw…
As Her Majesty The Queen is poised
to become the longest serving Monarch Britain has seen, Runnymede
Pleasure Ground will soon be unveiling a 10ft bronze statue of the
Monarch, in recognition of this remarkable achievement. The
project, which will cost an estimated…
The Royal Family to commemorate the Centenary of Gallipoli Campaign and Anzac Day in UK and Turkey
6th March 2015
Members of The Royal Family will attend
various engagements in April to commemorate the centenary of the
Gallipoli Campaign as well as Anzac Day. The Gallipoli Campaign was
a First World War campaign that took place on the Gallipoli
peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between…
It has been claimed that The Queen could
miss Victory in Europe Day commemorations in May in order to
distance herself from any coalition talks following this years
General Election. Victory in Europe Day is on May 8th and marked
the end of the Second World War. With the polls predicting a
hung parliament as the outcome of the upcoming May 7th
General Election, it has been reported that…
Our series continues with a look at The
Queen Mother during my favourite decade: The 1980s. The 1980s would
usher in a disastrous racing season, but the mood would change with
The Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday on 4th August. In May 1980,
The Queen Mother made her…
At the height of the Second World War
Wallis Simpson, wife of the former King Edward VIII, ordered a top
level diplomatic mission to rescue a swimming costume that she had
left behind at her luxury South of France villa. Mrs Simpson
ordered the American Minister in Lisbon…
#RoyalVisitChina Embarrassment for Prince William as elephants forced to perform close to animal sanctuary
4th March 2015
As he continued his Royal tour of China,
Prince William visited an animal sanctuary in Yunnan Province. His
visit was marred by embarrassment after it was revealed by Sky News
that elephants were being forced to perform for tourists very close
to the sanctuary. It was revealed that as Prince William was
photographed with an elephant, others just yards away were waiting
in enclosures with their…
It has been announced that Channel 4 will
be following the reburial of Richard III’s remains with a number of
live broadcasts of the last Plantagenet King’s re-internment later
this month. Channel 4, who were the broadcasters to produce the
award-winning documentary…
During his final day of his Royal tour of
China, The Duke of Cambridge spoke out and condemned the illegal
wildlife trade in a speech to the Regional Wildlife and
Conservation Conference. Prince William began his final day in
China by meeting villagers in Xishuangbanna, and…
Day four of The Duke of Cambridge’s Far
East Tour had him visit the Tohoku Region in North East Japan to
visit the city of Ishinomaki. Ishinomaki is a town, and port found
on the eastern Miyagi-ken (prefecture), northeastern Honshu, Japan.
Founded in the 4th century, the city of Ishinokai was a booming
rice-shipping port from 1603–1867. The opening of the T?hoku
railway in the late 19th…
