King George VI contemplated declaring war
on Germany prior to Hitler’s Invasion of Poland in 1939. Sotheby’s
will auction off an initial draft of King George VI’s speech in
which he tells the country that Britain was ready, willing and
able to declare war on Germany. It is the first time in
74 years, that the draft has become available. The speech was
the King’s first broadcast…
One of the lesser known members of the
British Royal Family is the Princess Royal’s husband, Vice-Admiral
Sir Timothy Laurence. Generally referred to as Tim, he is her
second husband. He is very often overlooked, but is an interesting
royal nevertheless. This post…
Prince Harry’s patronage of Walking With
the Wounded is not your typical royal patronage. After joining them
for part of their 2011 trek to the North Pole, he set a new bar for
himself. As far as WWTW goes, it’s not enough for Prince Harry to
speak at black tie galas, he…
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are one
of their many walkabouts. A Royal Central poll conducted this month
over 1,004 of our readers has shown that 68% of our readers
think the hardest working royal couple are The Queen and Duke of
Edinburgh, with a total of 683 votes were cast in favour of Her
Majesty and The Duke. Coming in second with 16% of the share and a
total of 163 votes were Prince…
Villagers on a remote island in the South
Pacific are counting the days until they welcome their god back to
his rightful home, their god being Prince Philip. Children are
taught that Philip is a god who lives in England and will one day
return. A group of people on the…
Old portrait of an aging Queen Elizabeth
I gets a second look. A rare portrait from 1593 of Queen Elizabeth
I is on display at The Museum of the Albemarle in North Carolina.
This overlooked gem hung without notice for over 50 years in the
Elizabethan Gardens Gatehouse on…
One would expect, in this day and age,
for Buckingham Palace to be the height of security, though as was
demonstrated last week, this is far from the case. In case you
didn’t see the news, a man was arrested in one of the State Rooms
at the Palace last Monday after scaling a fence and allegedly
kicking open a door. The mainstream media jumped straight in with
the same chastisement about how…
The fifteenth century was littered with
Edwards. It had always been a popular royal name and the London
associations with Edward the Confessor, whose tomb was located
within Westminster Abbey, made it a favourite choice for royal
mothers giving birth there. It was also…
Buckingham Palace is the most iconic
symbol of the British Monarchy, but far from popular opinion, this
200-year-old building isn’t actually The Queen’s official
residence, and this is why… Buckingham Palace remains only the
London home of The Queen. Her…
“I know I have the body of a weak, feeble
Woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and a King of
England too” (Queen Elizabeth I to her troops at Tilbury) What
springs to mind when you think about Elizabeth I, is it ‘The Virgin
Queen’, ‘Gloriana’ or maybe The Spanish Armada? It’s the last
of these that I want to focus on in this blog today…
