For the first time during her historic 70
year reign, The Queen was represented at the Maundy Thursday
service by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. The
Prince handed out the traditional Maundy money, which was created
specifically to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. 96 men and 96
women were chosen to receive Maundy money this year to mark Her
Majesty’s 96 years. They…
Continuing on with a rota of tours to
mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Clarence House announced Monday
morning that The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall would be
visiting Canada in May. No specific dates have been announced
yet, but they will be visiting…
Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer,
continues to be busy in his career. It was announced this week that
his seventh book, the 2017 To Catch a King: Charles II’s Great
Escape, will be developed for the screen. Steve Coogan and Jeff
Pope, the duo behind The Lost…
Today the Duchess of Cornwall will be
visiting Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton. The beloved English
author spent the last eight years of her life in the cottage before
her death in Winchester 1817. Austen is a rare author who still
remains a favourite choice amongst royal readers over two centuries
later. King George IV While George was the Prince Regent, he
immediately…
While Queen Mary was known to be a magpie
with a large jewellery collection, her mother-in-law also had a
strong collection of her own. And amongst the most famous pieces is
the gem now known as Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara. In 1888,
the then Prince and Princess of…
The Countess of Wessex has been granted
an honorary position that her late father-in-law held for half a
century, following the Service of Thanksgiving celebrating his
life. It has been announced that Sophie will now hold the position
of Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal…
The Queen has access to countless
impressive tiaras, many that we know of and more that we don’t.
However, one of her most worn and most beloved tiaras is “Granny’s
Tiara”, also known as Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and
Ireland Tiara. Lady Eve Greville formed a committee of society
women in 1893 to raise funds to purchase a tiara for Princess Mary
of Teck in honour of…
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent
attended The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert held at Royal Albert
Hall earlier this week in London. The Queen’s Jubilee concert
featured soprano Laura Wright who sang “God Save The Queen,” as
well as many other…
One of the most significant milestones of
The Queen’s historic 70-year reign was her May 2011 State Visit to
the Republic of Ireland. From 17 to 20 May 2011, Queen
Elizabeth II and her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, made a State
Visit to Ireland. She was the first…
The Queen was incredibly close to her
younger sister, Princess Margaret. However, the pair’s relationship
suffered in the late 1950s when Margaret had hoped to marry Group
Captain Peter Townsend. Townsend had served as an equerry to
King George VI, after serving in the RAF in the 1930s and 1940s. In
1950 he was made Master of the Household and in 1952 became the
Queen Mother’s…
