Margaret Rose was born in 1930,
four years after her sister, Princess Elizabeth, at Glamis
Castle in Scotland, which was her mother's ancestral home. At
the time of her birth, George V was the reigning monarch, making
Margaret the fourth-in-line to the throne. Margaret's mother, the
then Duchess of York, wanted to call her second daughter
Ann Margaret, as she thought the two names…
Katherine of Aragon, Margaret Beaufort,
and Eleanor of Aquitane were all examined (a full list of the
series can be found here) in order to understand how they may
have influenced their children who later became Monarchs. Queen
Elizabeth I is one of England’s most…
Canterbury Panel commemorating 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta completed
16th September 2014
Royal School of Needlework member Rhoda
Nevins was commissioned by Runnymede Borough Council to design and
embroider the twelve panel tapestry to mark the 800th anniversary.
Each of the 12 panels tells the story of the events and the
significant figures involved. Each Magna…
For a female to be crowned in Scotland,
it was evident that the country was experiencing a severe
succession crisis. Being at such a young age, the Scottish Lords
found it very difficult to respect her and so Mary was sent to
France for her safety. Mary lived and grew up in France where she
married the future King of France, Francis II. Mary didn’t return
to her native homeland of Scotland…
another girl. Elizabeth’s childhood was a
somewhat difficult and complex one after losing her mother at the
tender age of two. Elizabeth and her half-sister, Mary, were
declared illegitimate as Henry VIII sought to create space for his
male heir, Edward, after his third…
When Her Majesty ascended the Throne back
in 1952, she became known as ‘Queen Elizabeth II’. However, some of
her subjects in Scotland considered her to be Queen Elizabeth I,
considering that the original Elizabeth I had never ruled over
Scotland. The fact that Her…
Mike Poulton’s theatrical adaptions of
Hilary Mantel’s two Man Booker prize winning novels, Wolf
Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, have consistently
received five star reviews from newspapers and critics alike since
it debuted in Stratford-upon-Avon last December. These productions
moved to Aldwych Theatre in May and even though, due to sheer
popular demand, it has been extended to the start…
The document in question relates to an
estate in France where one of the country's biggest and bloodiest
massacres took place. More than 60 Protestant worshippers were
slayed in a barn in Wassy in North East France in 1562. The
massacre sent shockwaves not just through…
Saturday in Chicago by Cindy Stockman It
was early Saturday evening and I tuned into NPR (National Public
Radio) to catch the BBC news. What I thought was a typical evening
of listening to the news before heading out to dinner proved to be
wrong. It was Sunday morning in…
It wasn't just Mountbatten who perished
in the boat; one of his twin grandson's, Nicholas, and a local boat
boy, Paul Maxwell, also died as a result of the bomb explosion.
Another passenger on the boat, the Dowager Lady Brabourne, died the
day after the attack from injuries sustained in the blast.
Lord Mountbatten and his family were on their traditional summer
holiday at their…
