The King and Queen will be spending their
summer at Balmoral Castle with their annual stay on the estate in
Aberdeenshire coming after a busy time. Balmoral has bee a royal
home for over 150 years. What do the royals do when they are on
holiday at Balmoral? The Balmoral estate is a private
property, meaning that it belongs to The King personally and is not
a working royal home like…
It’s impossible to escape it. The Royal
Family, once the epitome of calm, dignity, and tradition, is now a
never-ending soap opera. And with every headline featuring the
Sussexes or the Yorks, it becomes clearer: the public has had
enough. This week, we find ourselves…
After fifteen years at the heart of the
monarchy’s ceremonial life, Tyrone, one of the most beloved Windsor
Grey carriage horses, has officially retired from royal duties.
From his early days in the royal service over a decade ago, through
to his most recent appearance…
A 1974 kidnap plot exposed deep flaws in
the security of Britain’s royals. Half a century on, the system it
disrupted remains stronger because of it. In the early 1970s, royal
security was less science than symbolism. Police officers in peaked
caps stood near palace gates. Detectives accompanied royals on
major public outings. But the notion that a direct, violent attack
could strike the…
On the night of March 20, 1974, Inspector
Jim Beaton – then a Metropolitan Police protection officer assigned
as a royal bodyguard – stepped out of a Royal limousine and into
history. “I’ve still got a bit of bullet lodged in my hand,” he
recalled in a…
On 1 August 1714, a chapter closed in
British history. Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, died at
Kensington Palace at the age of 49, ushering the Hanoverian period.
Anne is now largely thought of as an hysterical queen who wrapped
up in her personal relationships thanks…
As the monarchy prepares, in time, for
the transition from King Charles III to his heir, the Prince of
Wales, questions of royal protocol and constitutional formality
inevitably begin to surface. Among them, one matter of subtle yet
significant consequence awaits a decision by the future King
William V: what title will Queen Camilla bear should she outlive
her husband? The answer lies in a…
As the modern monarchy continues its
evolution under King Charles III, attention is already beginning to
turn toward the future reign of his heir, the Prince of Wales.
Among the constitutional considerations that will inevitably arise
is a delicate and significant decision…
Windsor Castle is the most popular royal
home for visitors, welcoming more paying customers than any other.
The latest report from the Royal Collection Trust shows that almost
1.4 million people bought a ticket to go into Windsor Castle in
2024-2025. Buckingham Palace…
He was the outsider who never truly felt
he belonged – a man of charm, culture, and conviction, who walked
several paces behind a Queen but longed, quietly and then not so
quietly, to be recognised as her equal. Prince Henrik of Denmark,
the French-born husband of Queen Margrethe II, stirred controversy
late in life when he declared he would not be buried beside his
wife in Roskilde…
