Why can’t we hold a resolution about
getting rid of Scotland, rather than their leaving”, which made me
chuckle happily into my pint of loveliness. But it made me think…
This argument is all the more poignant when you remember that
today, in 1800, the Act of Union was passed and the Kingdoms
of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland were merged into the
United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Bloody Mary’, as she is infamously known
as, was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII from his first
wife Catherine of Aragon. It was on this day in 1554
that Mary I of England married the future King Philip II of
Spain at Winchester Cathedral. The wedding itself was…
Tudor chest belonging to James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor 'discovered'
24th July 2014
James IV, who is widely regarded as one
of the most successful Scottish Kings, married the daughter of the
English King Henry VII, Margaret Tudor in 1503. The pair was
married by proxy in London, on the same day that the Treaty of
Perpetual Peace, an agreement to stop…
Mary Queen of Scots was forced to
abdicate in favour of her infant son James. James would ultimately
become King James I of England and VI of Scotland in 1603. To
understand how this young, vibrant and, by all accounts, attractive
Queen came to turning the majority of the Scottish nobility
against her and being forced to abdicate, we must look at her short
and tempestuous life. Born in December…
On 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey became
Queen of England after the death of the 14-year-old King Edward VI.
Born in 1537, Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII, making
her a Tudor through her mother’s lineage. As Edward VI was
gradually and without doubt dying…
In London, salutes are fired in Hyde Park
by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and at The Tower of
London. Upon State Visits, the State Opening of Parliament and for
The Queen’s Birthday Parade, Green Park (next to Buckingham Palace)
is used for the salutes instead…
Although Shakespeare credited King
Richard III with being a hunchback —and thus identified
him with an evil creature who could murder his two nephews to
gain the throne—new studies are calling this a mistake. Being one
of Duchess Cecily Neville’s three sons to live into adulthood,
Richard was given the title Duke of Gloucester before he took
to the throne after the death of his brother…
Firstly, thank you for once again
allowing me the pleasure to discuss another one of your programmes
with Royal Central. My pleasure – I’m glad that your readers are
interested in the work we do at Historic Royal Palaces! You have
given viewers insight in the Royal…
King William IV had one dying wish and
that was to see the anniversary of Waterloo on 18 June. Two days
later on 20 June 1837, The King died around two in the morning at
Windsor Castle. William IV was 71 when he died. It has been noted
that he drank more than a bottle of…
The gardeners at Historic Royal Palaces
have “planted” the seeds of restoration at Hampton Court Palace and
what has grown is a newly restored Kitchen Garden. The Kitchen
Garden recreates the gardens that would have provided a wide
variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits to have fed the Royals
during the Georgian era. A team of professional gardeners are
restoring the pathways and seeding…
