Her story is amongst the most
controversial of all the Queens of England and centuries after her
death, a new twist appeared in the tale of Elizabeth Woodville. An
expert at the National Archives in London found a document
suggesting that the consort who revolutionised royalty may have
died of the plague. Euan Roger is a records specialist at the
National Archives and while looking through 16th…
Royal weddings bring all kinds of
expectations and among them is one filled with sparkle and glitter.
For we all assume a royal bride will arrive for her marriage
wearing a tiara. When the wedding will result in them becoming a
consort or consort in waiting, the expectation…
If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie for her marriage to Prince Edward
1st August 2023
It was the last Windsor wedding of the
20th century and a turning point for the Royal Family after a
troubled time. The bride chose a modern gown with nods to history
and it soon became a classic. If ever a royal wedding dress summed
up its wearer, it was the gown chosen…
The queen who refused to play by royal rules and founded history's most famous royal family
1st August 2023
For a woman who founded one of the most
famous royal dynasties in British history, she is surprisingly
enigmatic. Katherine of Valois was the first Kate to be Queen of
England and yet much of the modern imagining of her comes from her
fleeting appearance in the works of Shakespeare. But what little we
do know seems to indicate that the ‘fair Kate’ of Henry V was every
bit as ambitious…
The marriage of King Baudouin of the
Belgians and Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, on December 15th 1960, gave
a country a new queen and began a royal partnership that would
become one of the most successful in modern regal history. The
discreet monarch and his equally dignified…
It was a famous royal love story that
shocked as much as it thrilled and its descendants still hold
thrones today. John of Gaunt was the ultra-ambitious prince whose
desire to be a king almost cost him his life, Katherine Swynford
was the mysterious commoner who…
His birth secured the succession in a way
the British royal family had never known before. When Mary, Duchess
of York delivered a healthy boy on June 23rd 1894 she ensured that
her royal dynasty had three heirs in direct line to the throne. But
the baby who arrived that day would take the crown from ultimate
security to compete crisis. The baby grew up to be Edward VIII, the
king who abdicated for…
Just days before the third anniversary of
his self imposed exile from Spain, King Juan Carlos has returned to
the country. The former monarch was spotted sailing off the coast
of Galicia as his son and successor headed to Mallorca where the
Spanish royal family…
Victoria was the monarch who invented
jubilees as we know them. The celebrations of 1887 and 1897 are
among the most famous events of royal history and helped shape her
legacy. But our modern minds assume there must also have been a
silver version, for that is the pattern we…
The birth of a new family member always
brings joy but for Queen Elizabeth II, the arrival of her first
great grandson also made history. For the first time in over a
century, a Monarch saw three generations of heirs in line for the
throne. The direct succession was guaranteed into the 22nd century.
The birth of George Alexander Louis, on July 22nd 2013 at St.
Mary’s Hospital, Paddington…
