The Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster
Abbey is part of what is the oldest surviving medieval house in
London. Its history is significant, but the room itself little
seen, because it is not open to the general public. It is part of
what is known as Cheneygates, the ancient house of the Abbots of
Westminster, being built by Nicholas Litlyngton, who was Abbot from
1362-86 and whose initials feature in…
Royal Baby Cambridge Number 3 is due
imminently and the bookies have already made their minds up as to
the new fifth in line to the throne. They’re confident Prince
George and Princess Charlotte are getting a baby sister and she’s
going to be called Mary.
The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of
Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal
bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow
blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July
29th 1981 for her marriage to the Prince…
The exclusive range of official pale blue
and white commemorative china, commissioned by Buckingham Palace to
mark the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has been
released. Their wedding will take placeat St George’s Chapel,
Windsor, on 19 May 2018. Made from English bone china, the design
features the coronet of His Royal Highness, above the entwined
monogram of…
In addition to the six Tudor royal
burials at Westminster Abbey, there are several more whose location
is either unknown or well-hidden to the immediate eye. These royal
children, whilst (almost) invisible in terms of a lack of memorial
or a monument that is at best, unseen, we tend quite naturally to
only look for those tombs which we know can be found. All of the
(legitimate) children of Henry…
