If, like me, you are a massive fan of all
things Harry Potter, then I am sure you would have visited the
dedicated Wikipedia site to all things related to the boy
wizard and his world. Just recently I visited the site and was
surprised at how much thought had been put in to the connections
between the magical world and the history of our Royal Family, it
truly was astounding and I just had to…
Entertainment fit for a King or Queen: The Royal Variety Performance
15th August 2015
Dating back to 1912, the Royal Variety
Performance has seen an outstanding 87 spectacular shows. View
image | gettyimages.com King George V and Queen Mary first agreed
to attend a ‘Royal Command Performance’ which was to take place at
the Palace Theatre in…
Highclere Castle, located in England’s
southern county of Berkshire, is the seat of the Earl of Carnarvo,n
and has been owned by the Herbert family since 1679. The history of
the estate may be traced back some 1,300 years when owned by the
Bishops of Winchester. George…
Part of the job of being royal is
dressing the part and Queen Elizabeth II has never disappointed
when it comes to choosing the right thing to wear. Whether she is
entertaining guests at a glittering state banquet or performing a
royal walkabout, Her Majesty The Queen always looks very elegant
and beautiful. Much of this is due to her lovely dresses that never
fail to entrance and enchant but…
Every year, the finances of both The
Queen and the Prince of Wales are released, in great detail, to the
media and the public. While figures show that the Prince of Wales
is a net contributor to public funds, the funding arrangements of
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge…
Honey golden sun and the sweet smell of
Mediterranean flowers – when the Ancient Greeks arrived in Malta
they calledit ‘honey sweet’ and the Romans used the same namefor
the island, Melita. In the 19th century, this pretty and
picturesque…
If there is something that Buckingham
Palace does exceptionally well, it would be the State Banquets that
are put on the first evening of a state visit by a visiting Head of
State. Taking place in the ballroom, the State Banquet is one of
the most formal events the Palace holds. The upwards of 150 guests
dress in formal ‘white tie and decorations’, which includes tiaras
for the…
An engraving showing the Privy Council in
1770. It’s often forgotten that just like the Prime Minister has
his body of advisers in the Cabinet, Her Majesty has her own in the
form of the Privy Council. Originally descended from the Curia
Regis, a group of household…
At the end of this month, a lock of hair
snipped from the head of a woman who died almost 500 years ago will
be sold at auction. The estimate on this tiny lot is up
to £500. The sale will take place just days after a pair of
100 year old bloomers sold for over £12,000.
The dream of attending an Investiture is
something that makes up my dreams. An Investiture is where a person
who is awarded an honour receives that award in person from
The Queen, The Prince of Wales and sometimes The Princess Royal or
Prince William. View image | gettyimages.com Anyone can nominate
any person they see fit to receive an honour, following the
guidelines of “achievement…
