On this day, 173 years ago, Queen
Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in a ceremony
performed at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace, a moment’s walk
from Buckingham Palace, the home of the Monarch since the beginning
of Queen Victoria’s reign. Queen Victoria was quite unusual by
social convention, she was Queen, yet not yet married. Prince
Albert was always set…
It is a little known fact that most of
the European, and even a lot of other international Monarchs are
related to The Queen of the United Kingdom. This goes back to the
days when Queen Victoria’s children married out of the family and
into overseas Royalty, thus…
As Sovereign, Her Majesty The Queen is
considered font of all honour in the United Kingdom. She has
ultimate authority over issuing honours and titles to citizens.
Several of the most notable orders of chivalry are now issued on
the advise of the government and with the…
There’s no denying that for a lot of
Brits, one of the most stirring and patriotic sounds is the sound
of our national anthem, God Save The Queen, but the tune is not
exclusive to the UK, in fact, the tune is used by many other
countries both as a patriotic song and in some cases even as the
national anthem. We have done a little research and found some
other songs and anthems which use the…
Earlier today, the University Of
Leicester confirmed that the bones it discovered in a car park in
Leicester do indeed belong to England’s last Plantagenet King, King
Richard III. The University publishes these findings after having a
tip off of the location of the…
Today, we encountered an article by the
Daily Mail, written at the end of last month that said they
expected the Duchess Of Cambridge’s father to be granted a title,
they said in specific, the title of Earl of Bucklebury. This
article was then perpetuated by the usual…
This Monday, the University Of Leicester
are to announce whether the bones found in a Leicester car park in
September belong to England’s last King to die in battle. According
to many historians, the outlook is good. There are many
distinguishing features on the corpse that tally with what we
already know about King Richard III. However, other discoveries on
the corpse, if it does prove to…
Queen Elizabeth II has conferred a very
special and extremely rare honour on 12 people to mark the occasion
of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee. Receiving the title of
Regius Professor is a rare honour, designed to reflect an
exceptionally high standard of teaching and…
Zara Phillips, daughter of HRH Princess
Anne and granddaughter to Her Majesty The Queen, and her husband
Mike Tindall have begun their move back into Princess Anne’s
residence, Gatcombe Park. The move was announced a few months
ago and Mike and Zara sold their…
The Prince Of Wales has decided to offer
out the Scottish home he saved for the nation, Dumfries House, in
2007 just before it went on sale at around £25 million. He is
offering 40 guests the chance to enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day
night in Dumfries House. Prince Charles helped put together a
charitable consortium that bought the house and its collection of
Chippendale furniture for…
