On Saturday 2 May 2015, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their second child, a baby girl, Princess Charlotte. Charlotte was born at 08:34 at St Mary’s Hospital in London. The Princess weighed 8lbs and 3oz.
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The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
In a press…
Royal History Mystery: What happened to Henry VI?
1st May 2020
Today we’re looking at a royal history mystery that took place during the Wars of the Roses and resulted in the death of a king. What happened to Henry VI?
Henry VI became the King of England shortly after his birth in 1421. His father, Henry V, died after a sudden…
As the only son of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great, Tsar Paul I succeeded his mother on her death in 1796. He would rule the Russian Empire for the next five years. Probably, he would had ruled the Russian Empire much longer than that. But Paul was murdered. And his…
Seraphine, a fashion brand frequently worn by the Duchess of Cambridge during her pregnancies, has received The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2020.
“The Kate Effect” struck the company when the Duchess wore several of their designs during her first pregnancy, but especially when she sported their fuschia knot-front ‘Jolene’ maternity dress in the…
Marie Antoinette, Last Queen of France?
30th April 2020
In the latest in our series looking at the last consorts of monarchies around the world, we come to one of the most famous royals of all. Marie Antoinette’s whole life was lived in the spotlight and her story continues to fascinate. While other women later took on the…
Royal History Mystery: George III's Secret Marriage?
30th April 2020
George III is rather well-known as a British monarch – The King who lost America, the father of a very large family, the one who went mad. When people think of him, it either tends to be as the devoted family man he was in his early life or his quiet madness in later…
What is so magical about royal weddings?
29th April 2020
They are filled with tradition and part of history and there’s no doubt about it, they’re popular. A royal wedding has a power to fascinate that continues, however much time and society change around it. In the first of a special summer series, Lydia Starbuck, Brittani Barger and Moniek Bloks discuss what makes a royal wedding so…
The Windsor Brides of Westminster Abbey
29th April 2020
It’s been a seat of royal tradition for centuries, a place of coronations, kings and queens. But for much of its ancient history, Westminster Abbey was far from a go to place for royal weddings. From the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 20th, no regal…
The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace
29th April 2020
The Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace first and foremost is the name of the Chapel Royal, that establishment of the Royal Household intended to meet the spiritual needs of the Sovereign; the secondary term refers to the building itself – a royal peculiar – in which…
Royal History Mystery: The Warming Pan Scandal
29th April 2020
There are a number of events in English royal history that seem extraordinary and unbelievable, but the warming pan scandal has to be at the top of the list. The son of James II and Mary of Modena had a very interesting start to life and would be questioned for decades.
James II was not an overly popular monarch; he was Roman Catholic (and was married to a Roman Catholic), attempted to…