She was the long dead widow who was used
by a king to overthrow his own nephew and yet her name is all but
forgotten today. Eleanor Butler was the woman who helped change the
royal history of England forever and almost brought one of its most
famous dynasties to disaster before they had even secured the
throne. But was she also Queen of England? Eleanor never claimed a
crown for herself but as…
The Enigmatic Fate of The Fair Rosamund:
Mistress to a King and a Mysterious Death The story of Rosamund
Clifford, one of medieval England’s most iconic and enigmatic
figures, has long captivated historians and storytellers alike.
Known as the “Fair…
The tiara left by a princess to her young godson to give to his future bride
18th July 2025
The Duchess of Gloucester has a jewellery
collection to rival some of those held by royal dynasties in
Europe. Some of her pieces come from Queen Mary thanks to the
current duke’s mother and her mother-in-law, Princess Alice. But
one tiara in particular has a different…
When King George V inherited the throne
from his father, Edward VII, in 1910, he was the second monarch in
the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. However, he would also be the
last monarch of the dynasty. Queen Victoria was the sixth
monarch in the House of Hanover. In 1840, she married Prince Albert
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Their son, King Edward VII, took the
throne in 1901 upon his…
Let the King choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury? Not without a constitutional crisis
17th July 2025
A recent letter published in The
Spectator has stirred the waters of Church and State by proposing
that King Charles III should personally choose the next Archbishop
of Canterbury. The suggestion, made by a parish vicar, speaks to a
deep sense of dissatisfaction in some…
It is a scenario that lies more in the
realm of royal drama than modern reality: a monarch dies suddenly,
leaving behind a pregnant consort and a nation unsure of its next
sovereign. Yet this constitutional conundrum is one that has been
anticipated for centuries. British…
It was an act that shocked the world and
which is still seen as one of the most tragic royal ends of all. On
17 July 1918, the former Russian Imperial Family was executed by
the new Bolshevik government. Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina
Alexandra Feodorovna, and their children, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand
Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and
Tsarevich Alexei were first…
it’s one of the most important royal
weddings in history and led to the foundation of one of the most
famous dynasties of all. But it began in controversy. In July 1893,
the Duke of York married Princess Mary of Teck at St. James’s
Palace. However, the duke…
The Queen’s Reading Room will be lending
a hand by providing support for a government initiative next
year. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has shared that
2026 will officially be a National Year of Reading in the United
Kingdom. The government- in…
Queen Elizabeth II amassed an impressive
collection of jewellery. She not only had access to the Royal
Collection, but received many pieces as gifts throughout her life
and inherited more from her mother. One of her most interesting
pieces, though, is the Scarab Brooch, a gift from The Duke of
Edinburgh. Also known as the Grima Ruby Brooch, this one-of-a-kind
piece features a central…
