Edward in childhood The Duke of Windsor
was born to be king. He was called by destiny to the highest
position in the State. As the eldest son of the eldest surviving
son of the heir-apparent, he was in direct line of succession. His
entire early life, every aspect of his education and training, was
directed towards equipping him to undertake the massive
responsibility that was destined to be…
Elizabeth I inherited many traits from
her father King Henry VIII, such as her hair colour, her boundless
intelligence, and her often used the skill with propaganda.
Elizabeth was technically only England’s second queen, so she had
to prove to her people that she had…
When Issue 41 of The Rake magazine hit
newsstands a couple of weeks ago, it threw the spotlight on Prince
Charles again. But the immediate focus wasn’t on his involvement in
public life or the content of the letters to government ministers
that have plagued the front…
Today, images of the Royal Family are
everywhere. As technology advances, we can instantly retrieve
images of any member of the Royal Family, both in private and
outperforming their royal duties. Now, because of this, the members
of the royal family can be recognized instantly. However, this was
not always the case, many of the royal portraits released by
monarchs of the past were not very…
While King Henry VIII lived, his greatest
fear was dying without a male heir to the throne. As it turns out,
he needn’t have worried, for when he died in 1547, King Henry was
succeeded by his son Edward VI. But the new King Edward was very
frail and sickly boy of nine…
Monarchy Monday: The love story of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
24th August 2015
No questions asked Queen Victoria, and
Prince Albert have one of the most famous love stories of the royal
family of all time. Although Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip do
have one that comes a close second. Princess Elizabeth, Prince
Philip and Prime Minister Louis St.
Sam Launer came to England from
Czechoslovakia as a Jewish immigrant and founded the company of
Launer around 1941. He brought with him an idea that is as
important to the company today as it was then: leather goods should
be elegant, be formed out of the best materials available and made
by highly skilled craftspeople. Launer championed British, handmade
goods at a time when others in the…
On Monday 10th August, Queen Elizabeth II
arrived for her annual summer holiday at the Scottish retreat of
Balmoral Castle. For the next two months, she will reside at this
50,000-acre estate in Aberdeenshire. Originally purchased in 1852
by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert…
Palaces to pixels: how the royal web presence has developed over the years
16th August 2015
137 years ago, on 14 January 1878, Queen
Victoria became one of the first people to see Professor Alexander
Graham Bell’s brand new invention in action. Bell’s demonstration
of the telephone, which took place at Osborne House, was a roaring
success, and it went…
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…
