First and foremost, we think of bells as
something we hear and don’t see. The bells of Westminster Abbey now
mingle in between the great soundscape of London noise and the busy
restlessness of Westminster, blending the secular with the divine,
much as they have done for…
Research from the company Paymentsense
has shown that people in and around Windsor spent 45% more than the
average weekend during the Royal Wedding weekend. The wedding is
estimated to have cost £30 million with a large chunk of the budget
being spent on defence, but it is believed that it has brought in
around £500 million to the economy. There were lots of factors
which added to the huge…
In St. Thomas’ Church, Newport on the
Isle of Wight, stands an extraordinary monument, touching in its
simplicity. It was erected over the tomb of Princess Elizabeth,
daughter of Charles I (1635-1650). This beloved royal child was
immortalized as such by Van Dyck in his great portrait of the five
children of Charles I, in which the future Charles II stands at the
centre, his left hand resting…
Following her wedding at St James’s
Palace to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on 10 February 1840,
Queen Victoria drove to Windsor for her honeymoon. Windsor had
mixed associations for the Queen. It was the place of the famous
contretemps between her uncle, King…
The flowers that framed the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex as they emerged from St. George’s Chapel, Windsor
on Saturday as husband and wife have become part of another very
special moment. For some of those blooms have been turned into
posies which have been sent to hospices and women’s refuges across
London. The gifts from Harry and Meghan came to light on Sunday
evening when a series of tweets…
