A journal filled with gossip and some
handwritten notes from Queen Victoria’s court are set to go on
display at Osborne House after being bought for nearly
£4,000 on Monday. Osborne House – Queen Victoria’s residence
on the Isle of Wight The ‘court gossip’ book is really the journal
of Lt Gen Somerset Calthorpe, a British politician and soldier who
served in the…
Prince Charles was born to fulfill a
specific purpose – to one day be King. 66 years later, he is still
waiting. Some princes wait longer than others to fulfill their
destiny. Henry VI became King of England in 1422 at the age of only
nine months, following his father…
A community appeal that was launched in
November last year to raise money for the reinterment of King
Richard III has managed to raise £11,000 of the £2.5 million
required for the reburial of the former King of England. The
community appeal hopes to raise as much as…
For millions of people across the globe,
tuning in to The Queen’s Christmas Message is a part of their
Christmas tradition, and with the internet it is now much easier to
view Her Majesty’s broadcast at one’s convenience. The theme of
this year’s message (December 2014) was reconciliation, with
particular reference to the state of the world 100 years ago as the
first of four wartime…
In the years leading up to the Civil War,
it was not King Charles’s intention to purposely isolate as many
parts of the population as possible, but history sure tells a
different story. His absolutist point of view was of concern to
Parliament. In 1629, he decided to…
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