A rare coin minted during the reign of
Charles I in 1643 fetched £44,000 at auction earlier this month.
Struck during the English Civil War, the rare gold coin was created
by the Oxford Mint and may have been used as a propaganda piece,
according to the auctioneers at Dix Noonan Webb. The coin is
described as a triple unite that was larger and more valuable than
any previous denominations in…
The world’s most illustrious spy will
meet The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge on 28 September at the premiere of No Time to
Die, the 25th film in the James Bond franchise. Daniel Craig, who
has played the famous MI6 agent…
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli
Mozzi have welcomed a daughter. Their little girl was born on
September 18th 2021 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and is
now eleventh in line to the throne. Following news of her safe
arrival, the baby name guessing game has…
Historic Scottish estate with links to Mary, Queen of Scots opens for visitors after ten-year restoration
18th September 2021
Brucefield Estate, in Forestmill, is
reopening after a ten-year restoration project. The estate was
originally owned by the Stewarts of Rosyth, the family who welcomed
Mary, Queen of Scots, back to Scotland. Brucefield Estate is now
owned by biologist Victoria Bruce-Winkler, who inherited it from
her late father in 2012. She has undertaken a ten-year conservation
project that focused on…
The Queen is set to be asked to pardon a
sixteenth-century abbot posthumously after he was hanged, drawn,
and quartered on 15 November 1539. Blessed Richard Whiting, Abbot
of Glastonbury, was executed for treason in the aftermath of Henry
VIII’s Dissolution of the…
October is quickly approaching, and with
it, breast cancer awareness month. Many European royals are
patrons of cancer research and awareness associations, and Belgium
is no exception. On Tuesday, 14th September, the Belgian branch of
Pink Ribbon launched…
Royal Wedding Rewind: King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
17th September 2021
It was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th
1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark’s
romance has since weathered political crises and exile – here’s a
look back at a very royal wedding…
The Duke of Gloucester has been visiting
Ipswich this week to open a new archive and heritage centre,
connect with students at the University of Suffolk, and visit
Sutton Hoo. The Duke visited The Hold, which was created in
partnership with the University of Suffolk, and…
There’s a day in early autumn which has
rather regal tinges right now. It’s when three of Europe’s best
known royals celebrate their birthday while the continent’s longest
reigning king marks the beginning of his rule on the same date. But
while the…
Opinion: Should The Queen be sending a national day message to the North Korean ruler?
15th September 2021
Buckingham Palace confirmed yesterday
that The Queen had sent a message to North Korea as they celebrated
their national holiday. This came after North Korean state
television, KCNA, revealed that Her Majesty had sent a telegram to
the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un on 7 September. They claimed: “Kim
Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea…
