For millions of people across the globe, tuning in to The Queen’s Christmas Message is a part of their Christmas tradition, and with the internet it is now much easier to view Her Majesty’s broadcast at one’s convenience.
The theme of this year’s message (December 2014) was reconciliation, with particular reference to the state of the world 100 years ago as the first of four wartime…
So as a New Year begins, so too does a new series on Royal Central. 2015 marks 115 years since the birth of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and what better way to remember that milestone than by looking back at The Queen Mother’s incredible life in a series of…
The Battle of Waterloo: a quick primer for the 200th anniversary
7th January 2015
This year commemorates 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Today we take a brief look at the who, what, where and why of this pivotal part of European history.
So where did this all begin? Who was part of this battle?
On 18 June 1815 the stage was set on a 4 square…
I have often wondered what a Royal Peculiar is, as the name suggests they sound very peculiar. It’s for that reason that we begin this series on Royal Peculiars though first we must establish just what one is.
A Royal Peculiar is a church that does not come under the jurisdiction of a bishop nor does it belong to a diocese, it belongs directly to the Monarch. From its origins in Anglo-Saxon…
Not even 18 months old and Prince George of Cambridge has made it into GQ magazine’s best dressed list, along with his father, The Duke of Cambridge and grandfather, The Prince of Wales.Â
The top spots went to actors Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch, but Prince…
In the years leading up to the Civil War, it was not King Charles’s intention to purposely isolate as many parts of the population as possible, but history sure tells a different story.
His absolutist point of view was of concern to Parliament. In 1629, he decided to…
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