John, let me begin by saying how much I
enjoy your show, Last Week Tonight. Your political satire is
absolutely hilarious. You are one of the best satirists in the
business, and with that comes a lot of power to influence the
discourse in the United States and abroad. We agree on many things,
such as how utterly asinine pennies have become (and nickels for
that matter). From Puerto Rican…
With the Invictus Games at Disney’s Wide
World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, just under a month
away, we have yet to see much promotion or advertising of the event
here in the United States. Even at Walt Disney World, there are no
signs or advertisements on the…
Prince Harry recently concluded his first
trip to Nepal, where he visited a Gurkha camp, went trekking, and
met earthquake survivors. The tour, which started as a four day
trip in the capital of Kathmandu, was later extended by six days to
help rebuild a school, in an…
I never watch royal documentaries, ever!
In fact, the last documentary I watched which focused on The Royal
Family was on the occasion of The Duke of Edinburgh’s 90th birthday
back in 2011, so it seems fitting my next watch would celebrate Her
Majesty’s 90th birthday. The build up to the programme was immense.
All major news publications, both national and international,
talked about the…
I have a few pet peeves in life – people
who eat with their mouth open (or no table manners in general),
slow walkers in front of me, and when the Duchess of Cambridge gets
called ‘Kate Middleton’. While I fully understand that those who
are not royal…
Growing up in the shadow of a future
monarch must be hard. Firstly, while raised as a prince/princess,
it is a job that you may never fully fulfil. The chances of one day
being sovereign are very slim and society expects you to find a
career path to match their expectations…
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal
wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth wife was
Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who had risen
from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty years. The
woman who became a royal bride on that Julyday at Hampton Court was
also one of her country’s most interesting…
True Plantagenet, The Life of Edmund
Mortimer is a historical novel published on the life of
Edmund Mortimer, fifth Earl of March. Edmund was born in to a life
of turmoil following the deposition of King Richard II and the
accession of Henry Bolingbroke, whose claim to the…
The King’s Curse is quite simply an epic
read and Philippa Gregory, author of the acclaimed The Cousins War
series, tells the story of deposed royal, Margaret Pole, quite
spectacularly. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Margaret Pole
is the daughter of George, Duke…
As summer draws to an end, there is a new
royal fashion queen in town and it’s not who you might expect. In
the quiet days of August, several polls have appeared telling us
who the most stylish royals are and one woman keeps floating to the
top of them. The Duchess of Cambridge and Queen Letizia of Spain
might have got the most headlines in recent months but both of them
lose out in the summer…
