Of Queen Victoria’s nine children, one
alone was born at Windsor Castle. This royal child was also
christened there. This was the second son of the Queen and Prince
Albert, baptised in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle on 6
September 1844. This child would be Prince Alfred, Duke of
Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha after his uncle, Duke
Ernest II. The baby prince’s christening…
On the eve of her wedding to Prince
Albert, Queen Victoria received a sapphire diamond-bordered brooch.
It was an item of personal jewellery to which she would attach
intense sentimental importance. It became in a way, a symbol of her
marriage to Prince Albert and she valued…
In the summer of 1894, the Tsarevich
Nicholas came to England as a guest of Queen Victoria, first
staying for a brief few days with his fiancée, Princess Alix of
Hesse, at Walton-on-Thames before continuing to Windsor Castle.
This was a blissful period for a young couple…
Starting off July on a busy note,
Princess Anne had two engagements in West Cumbria earlier this
week. The Princess Royal opened The Whitehaven Campus, which
combines Mayfield School with St Benedict’s Catholic High School. A
£30 million campus, the site had opened its doors to students back
in January. However, the school had their official opening
yesterday. The Princess was welcomed by…
In honour of The Queen’s Holyrood Week,
we’re taking a look at royal history in and around Edinburgh. Our
senior reporter Kristin Contino headed to Scotland to find out more
about some favourite royal spots. “Britannia is the one place where
I can truly relax,”…
They were an unexpected king and queen
and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King
Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixtieth
wedding anniversary. The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959 in
Brussels, will celebrate surrounded…
Northampton Museums own a pair of flat
shoes, believed to be those worn by Queen Victoria on her wedding
day, 10 February 1840. Of white satin, they certainly would have
complimented the Queen’s own simple wedding dress of finely woven
Spitalfields silk satin in her own words: ‘I wore a white satin
gown with a very deep flounce of Honiton, imitation of old…’
Northampton Museum & Art…
Recently, people have complained that the
Duchess of Sussex appears to have altered her engagement ring. To
them, she has changed a “piece of history”, adding that as such
it’s not fashion that should be changed. I’m going to have to
respectfully disagree with this.
The Duchess of Cambridge was beaming on
Tuesday when she stepped out with youngsters from Action for
Children, to attend a photographic workshop held by the Royal
Photographic Society. The event was timed to coincide with the
announcement from Kensington Palace, that Kate…
The Queen had a good Ascot and so did the
bookies, thanks in part to the now customary practice of predicting
the colour of the royal hat in carriage number one. Betting on the
Queen’s choice of topper is as much a part of Ascot as the royal
procession itself and this year, Her Majesty kept everyone on their
toes by favouring one shade in particular. ICYMI or even if you
didn’t and…
