King Henry VIII was crowned King of
England on 24th June 1509. Five hundred and four years ago today,
Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were crowned King and Queen of
England in a ceremony of pomp and splendour at Westminster Abbey.
The coronation ceremony was performed by William
Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury. Despite having six wives only
Queen Katherine of Aragon and Queen Anne Boleyn…
If you enjoy historical fiction as much
as me, I am sure that you will be looking forward to the BBC’s new
programme ‘The White Queen’, starting tonight at 9pm, as much as I
am. Based on Philippa Gregory’s popular ‘cousin’ books this…
As somebody who was not around at the
time of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, in fact somebody
who was born nearly 40 years after her accession, it was amazing to
watch today the whole thing from start to finish. From the
procession to Westminster Abbey, to…
Vivid colour photograph of inside the
Abbey during The Queen’s coronation service. 60 years ago tomorrow,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in
front of over 7,000 people inside the Abbey and for the first time,
millions on television. Here…
The Queen of the Netherlands (Beatrix)
today abdicated her throne and was succeeded by her eldest son, who
is now His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and his wife, Queen
Maxima, who is Queen Consort of the Netherlands. A ceremony took
place at 10am this morning where the three…
When Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
officially abdicates on April 30, she will end a 33-year reign that
is viewed as one of the most successful in Dutch history. But it is
also marred with personal tragedy. In 2002, Beatrix lost her
companion and consort, Prince Claus, whom she had married 38 years
earlier. Claus had been battling Parkinson’s Disease and had
previously dealt with cancer and…
The 75-year-old Monarch announced her
intended abdication in January and since then preparations have
been underway to prepare for Prince Willem-Alexander’s accession as
King. When he accedes, Willem-Alexander will become Europe’s
youngest Monarch at the age of…
90 years ago today, The Queen’s parents,
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later known as The Queen
Mother), at the time known as Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married at Westminster Abbey. Despite the
grand and sumptuous day, the occasion…
It was in the early morning of 21 April
1926, when the surgeon, Sir Harry Simpson, ended, with great skill,
a difficult caesarean section with which it came to light the small
baby called Elizabeth. The first doctor’s words were: “She was born
a Queen!” They were challenging times in Europe: In Italy, the
fascists came into power and in Germany was the triumph of the
anarchy…
