On Sunday and Monday, much of the world
watched as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave a tell-all interview
with Oprah Winfrey. The media are scrambling to keep up with
fact-checking and responses as more clips are shared afterwards.
Emotions are running high, and people on all sides of this are
shouting their thoughts from the rooftops. However, I would argue
that the American…
Marking the 479th anniversary of Catherine Howard's execution
13th February 2021
On 13 February in 1542, Catherine Howard
met her tragic end. The youngest of Henry VIII’s consorts, Howard
and her short tenure, is often forgotten for Catherine of Aragon
and Anne Boleyn. However, her execution was nothing like that of
her cousin Boleyn. The daughter…
On 10 February in 1840, Queen Victoria
married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gothe at St James’s
Chapel. The Royal Collection Trust (RCT) chose to mark the 181st
anniversary of the wedding by looking back at several royal wedding
dresses, from Queen Victoria’s dress…
With the fourth season of The Crown just
released in November 2020 and filming starting this year for the
next season (and a new cast), and a new photo of Kristin Stewart as
Diana just released, public attention is once again focused on the
current members of the British Royal Family. And with that
increased attention comes the question: is bringing current royals
to life on screen truly…
Last week, Sarah, Duchess of York
announced that she would be co-authoring a Mills and Boon romance
novel about her great-great-aunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas
Scott. Royal romances are a popular topic both in books and on the
screen. Queen Victoria and Prince…
The 13th of December is St. Lucia’s Day
and traditionally was celebrated in the holiday season. While it is
a less popular holiday in the United Kingdom and North America, it
is still widely celebrated in Scandinavia and Northern Italy. Like
many other Scandinavian…
Princess Louise, the sixth child and
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, holds an
interesting spot in history. She supported higher education for
women and feminist causes and was closely involved in the arts –
not at all common for a Victorian princess. In opposition to her
siblings, her mother wanted her to marry a British suitor rather
than a foreign one. Louise married the…
Princess Margaret, younger sister to
Queen Elizabeth II, passed away in 2002, shortly before their
mother. The later years of her life were quiet and difficult, due
to strokes, surgeries, and accidents. However, she was a popular
royal and led a busy life as sister to The…
Mary, Queen of Scots is one of the most
tragic figures in royal history. She inherited her crown at only
six-days-old and spent her childhood and adolescence in France.
After the death of her first husband, King Francis II died in 1560,
she returned to a turbulent and…
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
undertook a month-long tour of Canada in May and June of 1939,
visiting every province, the Dominion of Newfoundland, and they
also spent a few days in the United States. The tour was more
ambitious than any of the previous Canadian tours. But the King’s
speech on May 24th, 1939 from Government House in Winnipeg was a
historic occasion. The King and…
