Holdenby House in Northamptonshire first came to prominence in 1583 when it was built by Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Holdenby was the largest private house in Elizabethan and was built by Sir Christopher to honour his beloved Queen Elizabeth , even refusing to live in it prior to Good Queen Bess’s first visit.
Original structure of Holdenby…
For many, Frogmore’s associations are chiefly with those of royal burial. The estate, located between Windsor Great Park and Home Park, is indeed the setting for two important royal mausoleums – the Royal Mausoleum of Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort…
The Great Storm of 1703 occurred during the reign of Queen Anne and was one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded in Southern England. The week long hurricane began on 26th November 1703 and sent the roofs of houses flying and knocking flat thousands of trees…
She is one of the most recognised figures in Scottish history, and her son went on to become the first King of both England and Scotland. Now, Mary Queen of Scots, is to be honored with her own festival, which is to be held in Kinross-shire.
Mary Stuart was born on 8 December, 1542, to James V of Scotland and his French wife, Mary of Guise. Within a week of her birth, Mary’s father died…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are keen followers of tennis. Here they are at Wimbledon in 2011.
With so many focused on the attendance of royals at Wimbledon for the quarter-finals, it seems appropriate to take readers on a history of the sport and the influence royalty…
Court dress example from 1822- note the length of the train
A visit to Buckingham Palace involves many customs that one may not be accustom to- court dress for example. While today there is no official dress code, many wouldn’t dream of showing up in denim and a…
Richard III reburied - History fans get a chance to vote on whether The King has really been found
30th June 2015
Earlier this year, King Richard III was reburied with great fanfare at Leicester Cathedral. The reinterment took place after months of research and DNA analysis to determine whether the bones found under a car park in Leicester were those of the last Plantagenet monarch. But it seems that the debate is still on, as visitors to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition will be given the chance…
The debate about whether the Romanov dynasty could return to Russia has taken another turn with a lawmaker asking the two people who claim to be the family’s head in 2015 to come back to the country.
Vladimir Petrov is a member of the legislative assembly of the Leningrad…
The date is 15th June 1215 and in Runnymede, Windsor, King John has just sealed one of the most important documents in Medieval England. A document that has become recognised as a cornerstone of liberty influencing much of the civilised world even in the 21st century- that…
The world has just witnessed the last Plantagenet King, Richard III, be reburied at Leicester Cathedral and now researchers believe that a second Monarch could be buried under a car-park in Reading. That Monarch is none other than the youngest son of William the Conqueror, King Henry I.
Just months after King Richard III’s reburial, Philippa Langley, who was behind the successful hunt for…
