“Mary Queen of Scots”. These were the
words I overheard from a visitor, passing their comment on the
magnificent canopy tomb in the south aisle of the Lady Chapel at
Westminster Abbey, erected on the orders of James I to house the
remains of his mother, transferred from their first burial place of
Peterborough Cathedral to the Abbey in 1612. However, tombs can
tell only part of the truth…
The Crown returned for a second season on
Netflix earlier last month, and dramatised The Queen’s reign from
1955 to roughly 1964, shortly after the birth of Prince Edward.
Today we’re going to separate the fact from fiction in The Crown’s
second season. Please do not…
There have been many royal related films
released over the years. I have listed below my top five royal
associated films. The King’s Speech: The 2010 film starred Colin
Firth as King George VI who struggles with his speech impediment
and receives help from an Australian speech therapist who
provides vital assistance in preparing the nervous King before his
first wartime radio broadcast…
The Queen’s Christmas Message, broadcast
on television, radio, and the internet on Christmas Day, is a
staple of the royal calendar. It is a tradition started by her
grandfather, King George V and continued by her father, King George
VI via radio broadcast. It wasn’t…
Kelli Finger interviews Myka Meir of
Beaumont Etiquette to get a better look at what training Meghan
Markle will need as she joins the Royal Family. With Meghan Markle
due to officially join the Royal Family in May of next year, I was
curious about what training she would…
Members of the Royal Family take up
important positions as they represent their country. Therefore,
they are expected to act dignified, diplomatic and are expected to
be on their best behaviour at all times. However, not all royals
succeed in this task. From time to time some royals speak up
unexpectedly. This was no different in 2017. Here are the top five
worst royal quotes of 2017. 5. “My…
Queen Elizabeth has undertaken 94
official State Visits during her reign, plus two State Visits in
her capacity as Queen of Canada (she visited the United States
twice in the ‘50s). A State Visit is when a foreign head of state
is invited to visit a country by that…
“Dear old Sandringham, the place I love
better than anywhere else in the world…” were the words which King
George V used to describe the Norfolk retreat, beloved by four
generations of the British Royal Family since 1862; it was a
sentimentechoed by…
Kensington Palace was, in its original
form, a Jacobean mansion built in 1605, and bought by William and
Mary in 1689. They directed Sir Christopher Wren to renovate and
expand the building, and Wren added a three-storey pavilion at each
corner to create more space for the Royal Family. The Palace was,
until the time of George II, the favoured house of the monarch. In
its illustrious history, it…
