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…
The Spanish Armada - Queen Elizabeth I's Greatest and Only Success?
28th August 2013
“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…
Last weekend, Karen Kilrow and I visited the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace. I was looking forward to it, even though I had been some years before. What I was most looking forward to, however, was the new exhibition for 2013, “The Queen’s Coronation…
Last week, I wrote about King George I. Click here to read about his life and reign.
A bust of King George II
Born George Augustus on 30 October 1683 to the future King George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, King George II was the last British Monarch to be born outside…
Prince George turned one month this week, and the cozy microcosm of his mother’s arms has evolved into a world rich with sounds, colours, smells and textures of all kinds…
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Off to Wales we go…
Mum and babe have left the heather-blanketed plains and woodlands of the peaceful Bucklebury countryside, with its sheep, deer, and monarch…
For any family, the birth of a baby is a momentous occasion and welcoming a new person into the world is one of life’s highlights. Most parents will spend the first few months getting used to sleepless nights, changing nappies and caring for their new arrival. Decisions…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have appeared to take inspiration from their European counterparts as they release the first official photos of Prince George.
Proud parents William and Kate decided to unveil a relaxed family portrait for George’s first official photo…
Born on the 15th of August 2013 to Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor, Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina is the first grandchild of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, first cousin twice removed of Her Majesty the Queen and now 47th in line to the British throne.
Lord Frederick Windsor is the first-born and only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. He was born at St Mary’s Hospital in London…
