A fourteenth-century Anglican church in
the Somerset parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is not perhaps
the place where you might expect to find several remnants from the
lost Palace of Whitehall, the main London residence of England’s
monarchs until 1698. A second fire destroyed most of Whitehall,
with the exception of Inigo Jones’s magnificent neo-classical
Palladian-style Banqueting…
The sixteenth century
late-GothicSint-Andrieskerk on the Augustijnenstraat in Antwerp
preserves a monument with a quite extraordinary royal connection,
for which reason many English visitors in particular, seek it
out.In 1513,Augustine friars established a…
Located in the beautiful Gothic church of
St Mary’s at Bury St Edmunds, is the tomb of a princess of England
and a brief queen of France, the thirdwife of Louis XII. The wife,
daughter and sister of kings, she does not rest in the same royal
burial place as her…
Charlie Proctor explains why The Queen
could soon be appointing her 15th Prime Minister, and it might not
be one of the usual suspects. Boris Johnson has only been Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in that time he
has already broken a political record, not that it is an accolade
he wanted to achieve. After only 11 days in office, the new PM lost
a by-election faster than…
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
has died in prison. According to the BBC, the disgraced financier
killed himself in his Manhattan cell just a few hours after new
court documents were opened. Epstein was facing federal sex
trafficking charges in New York. His…
Have a look at the photos on this page.
For decades, royal children have been caught on camera acting like,
well, children. The moment that Princess Charlotte stuck her tongue
out while accompanying her parents to the King’s Cup in aid of
eight of their charities and…
Continuing our summer series on the lines
of succession to the world’s monarchies, we are looking at the line
of succession to the Jordanian throne, which operates under agnatic
primogeniture. Specifically, the line of succession is governed by
Article 28 of the Constitution of Jordan. Only mentally sound
men who are Muslim who were born to Muslim parents and are
legitimate descendants of…
As part of the ‘Great European Tour’ of
the Mozart family, which began from Salzburg in June 1763 and
extended across the Holy Roman Empire to France, the
Netherlands and Switzerland until November 1766, there
was a long visit to London from April 1764 until 1 August…
Prince George and Princess Charlotte cheer on parents in The King’s Cup Regatta
8th August 2019
Prince George and Princess Charlotte of
Cambridge and their grandfather Michael Middleton are watching the
King’s Cup and are cheering on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in
The King’s Cup Regatta currently underway on the Isle of Wight.
While Prince George came out…
Outside of the traditional burial sites
of Westminster Abbey and St George’s Chapel, Windsor, some English
(and British) monarchs are missing. The tomb of King John resides
in the chancel at Worcester Cathedral, not far from the chantry
that contains the grave of the son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of
York, Henry VIII’s elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales. That of
King Edward II is also one…
