Was Queen Victoria a Victorian? The
question is a complex and fascinating one to answer. In the
immediate response, Victoria would seem to typify what it meant to
be ‘Victorian’ because her long reign straddled the nineteenth
century, and the age was accordingly named after her. It begs then
the further question of what a Victorian was if Queen Victoria
wasn’t one, as well as…
The name of Miss M. Hope Robson belongs
to that both visible and invisible host of British royal nannies
and governesses which appeared at the royal courts of Europe in the
nineteenth century, known to their charges but in some cases,
almost forgotten to biography.
Aged 10 ¾ years old, Princess Victoria
composed a story. This delightful children’s tale, written by the
future Queen, survives in its own little red ‘Composition’ notebook
in the Royal Archives. To understand how it was made and the full
significance of it, we need…
Queen Victoria is for many, synonymous
with the notion of afternoon tea, probably because the social
ceremony became properly established during the later years of her
reign. The Queen’s evident love of tea, however, reaches back much
further than this elegant ritual. Indeed, the word occurs 7,587
times in the various typescripts or edited copies of her journal,
proving it was part of her…
Below is an opinion on the ongoing saga
of Delphine Boël and her quest to have King Albert recognise her as
his daughter, by our Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger. King Albert,
by continuing to drag out this paternity suit, you only further
damage your reputation. It makes you…
It’s been used once before and yet we’ve
all been talking about it for months as if it were a royal regular.
After a gap of almost two centuries, we have a new Duke of Sussex.
The Queen has granted that title to Prince Harry who becomes just
the second man to hold the…
Tulle and organdie were layered to create
a cream and blush effect It was a closely guarded secret but now we
know. Lady Gabriella Windsor’s wedding dress had caused plenty of
speculation ahead of her big day but in the end the only daughter
of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent chose a romantic design
along classic lines for her marriage to Thomas Kingston at St.
George’s Chapel…
The brides of the House of Kent have
shown a penchant for pastel wedding flowers and the latest to join
their number, Lady Gabriella Windsor, is no different. For her
marriage to Thomas Kingston, at Windsor, Lady Ella added some
colour to her petals, just as her Kent…
One of the primary things that shows a
member of the Royal Family’s status is their title and style. The
title is the part which precedes their name and the style is what
determines how one addresses the royal. Royal titles haven’t always
been as they are now.
And so we finally have it, the most
talked about piece of paper in the land. Since the moment his birth
was announced, the registration of Archie Harrison
Mountbatten-Windsor has got everyone very excited indeed. Much of
that eagerness to see the record has come from the fact that the
location of his birth hadn’t been formally announced. But the place
(the Portland Hospital in London) is…
