For 634 years, some form of monarchy had
been in operation in Russia, first as the Principality of Moscow,
then as the Tsardom of Russia, and more recently, the Russian
Empire with some of the most high profile monarchs to ever reign in
Europe from Ivan the Terrible to Catherine the Great. Nicholas II
was the last Tsar of Russia, as a successful revolution forced him
to abdicate. Nicholas II’s…
A servant was sent the notes from the
Royal couple, which complained about the food they received, and
their dietary preferences. George V was never known for his humour,
nor was his wife, and so the tone of the letters comes as no
surprise to anyone familiar with the Royal…
Although this appears to be a recent
phenomenon, it is in fact nothing new but rather a repetition of
the misconceptions and slanders repeated about him from the moment
that his engagement to Queen Victoria was announced. Even before he
arrived in England for his wedding in…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has named
her daughter after her Welsh born great aunt While Ulrike Eleonora,
queen regnant and queen consort of the country in the 18th century,
is quite possibly the inspiration for the first name chosen by
Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill for their daughter, there is
no doubt about the origins of her second name. Europe’s littlest
princess, born on February…
When a new portrait of the Queen is
unveiled it joins a catalogue of work that began in 1933 when the
seven year old Princess Elizabeth sat for Philip Alexius de László,
who had been commissioned by her mother, the then Duchess of York
to paint the first portrait of…
In July 1540 Anne of Cleves – the fourth
wife of Henry VIII – went from being queen of England back to Anne,
the Daughter of Cleves, with alarming speed. Life as an ex-queen of
England was very nearly uncharted territory, but, for Anne, who was
only twenty-five, her life…
It has been revealed that the DNA of the
skeleton belonging to Richard III is to sequenced. This could
potentially uncover details about the last Plantagenet King, such
as his eye and hair colour. This is the next project in a long line
of plans to discover more about the King, whose remains were
discovered under a car park in Leicester in 2012. This study is to
be led by the geneticist from the…
Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry
VIII, endured the shortest marriage of any of the six wives. In
fact, her marriage was over before it had even begun. In late June
1540 Anne was informed that, due to plague in London, she was to
move to Richmond Palace immediately.
found in a forgotten storage box in a
museum. King Alfred, who was born in 849, succeeded to the throne
after the deaths of his three elder brothers, and ruled Wessex from
871 until his death in 899. During his reign he successfully
defended Wessex from multiple Viking…
It was a long time coming, almost a
century had passed since James VI & I took over control of the
English and Scottish thrones because of his shared Tudor blood with
Elizabeth I. Between that time and 1707, the monarch of both
Kingdoms had to deal with separate Parliaments, issues and regional
disorder. The Act of Union brought together common frustrations, as
well as common glory, under the…
