I have often wondered what a Royal Peculiar is, as the name suggests they sound very peculiar. It’s for that reason that we begin this series on Royal Peculiars though first we must establish just what one is.
A Royal Peculiar is a church that does not come under the jurisdiction of a bishop nor does it belong to a diocese, it belongs directly to the Monarch. From its origins in Anglo-Saxon…
The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and defeat of Napoleon will be commemorated in 2015.
The new exhibit will run through 2015, Waterloo at Windsor: 1815 – 2015. It will bring together a themed trail through the State Apartments containing an exhibition of…
Kate to officially name The Clore Art Room at Barlby Primary School
6th January 2015
On Thursday 15 January, The Duchess of Cambridge, Royal Patron of The Art Room, will officially name The Clore Art Room at Barlby Primary School.
The Duchess will meet Barlby Primary School staff and students and will then be greeted into the new Art Room. There she will…
Not even 18 months old and Prince George of Cambridge has made it into GQ magazine’s best dressed list, along with his father, The Duke of Cambridge and grandfather, The Prince of Wales.Â
The top spots went to actors Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch, but Prince Charles made it in seventh place, thanks to the panel of industry experts and magazine staff.
GQ have said of Charles…
In the years leading up to the Civil War, it was not King Charles’s intention to purposely isolate as many parts of the population as possible, but history sure tells a different story.
His absolutist point of view was of concern to Parliament. In 1629, he decided to…
Prince Charles 'hardest working royal' for seventh year running
1st January 2015
The annual survey of the Royal Family’s public engagements has been released in the customary letter to the Times from the paper’s ‘unofficial royal archivist’, Tim O’donovan, now on his 36th year of conducting the survey.
A total of…
Author of Diana play denies James Hewitt paternity rumours to BBC
31st December 2014
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