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 1765. The
Mozart family arrived in London fresh from their stay in Paris,
arriving in England at Dover. Our best account…
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 to…
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…
It’s become one of the most talked about
dramas of recent years and now we know when fans of ‘The Crown’
will get their next fix of all things royal. The new season of the
hit Netflix show will be available to view from November 17th 2019.
This show, which charts the reign of Elizabeth II, has been a major
hit since it first aired in 2016. It has won numerous awards
including BAFTAs…
The new memorial that has been erected in
front of the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula on Tower Green marks
the spot ‘identified’ in the Victorian period as being the site of
the scaffold, which may have been a misunderstanding of the Tower’s
geography in proportion to…
Tributes have been paid to royal reporter
Kjell Arne Totland who has died at the age of 74 following a short
illness. Totland, who was royal correspondent for Norwegian TV
station TV 2, regularly appeared in the media across the globe to
offer commentary on The Royal…
Her Majesty The Queen is related to many
of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen
Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess
Carolina of Orange-Nassau. Princess Carolina was born on 28
February 1743 as the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and
Anne, Princess Royal, the daughter of King George II and Caroline
of Ansbach, after whom she would…
The gallery of so-called ‘Windsor
Beauties’ is the name given to the collection of portraits painted
by Sir Peter Lely (1618-80) of celebrated courtesans and women of
the nobility in Restoration England, which can be seen – and
indeed, still admired – in the…
A building in the Oxford suburb of
Marston preserves a unique connection with the lost world of
imperial Russia. Its typical late-Victorian exterior belies the
remarkable nature of its hidden history. In this building for a
period of time, personal possessions once owned by…
The Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria
– Maria being an established Habsburg prefix given to all
the daughters of Empress Maria Theresia to mark the dynasty’s
special veneration for The Virgin Mary – was born as the
15th child of Maria Theresia on 2 November 1755 at around 8.30
in the evening, a ‘small, but completely healthy Archduchess’, as
the Court Chamberlain Khevenhüller…
