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…
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 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…
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…
On This Day in 2011: Prince William married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey
29th April 2020
Friday, 29 April, 2011, about two billion
people are said to have watched from around the world as Prince
William wed Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. The
Metropolitan Police said that about a million people lined the
route of the royal procession on…
The Queen is to deliver an address to the
nation early next month – the second such speech to be delivered
within the space of a few weeks. Her Majesty will speak to the UK
about VE Day as she leads the nation in commemorating the 75th
anniversary of the…
On This Day in 1940: King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav were almost killed in a bomb attack
28th April 2020
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian Royal
Family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old
Prince Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal
family managed to escape and lived in exile in the UK and the
US for the next five years. Crown Princess Martha left Norway with
Prince Harald, Princess Ragnhild and Princess…
Today we’re looking at a royal history
mystery involving a noblewoman of the Elizabethan age. What
happened to Amy Robsart? Amy Robsart was born in Norfolk on 7 June
1532, the only child of Sir John Robsart and his wife Elizabeth
Scott. Raised in a prominent…
Princess Alexandra has thanked staff
working at a hospital treating patients with Covid-19. The Queen’s
cousin praised their efforts in a message sent to the Princess
Alexandra Hospital in Essex as it marked its 55th anniversary. The
hospital, in Harlow, was named…
Today we’re looking at a royal history
mystery involving, perhaps, the most controversial queen consort
England ever had. When did Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn get married?
The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is long and convoluted and
has been studied, dissected and theorized about for centuries.
There are as many interpretations as there are scholars who study
the history. Suffice to…
