Charles, son of Charles I and Henrietta
Maria of France on 29 May 1630 in St James’s Palace. He became The
Prince of Wales at the age of eight but was never formally invested
with honours of his position. Charles was twelve when the English
Civil War broke out between the Cavaliers and the Puritans. After
the war was lost and his father Charles I was executed, young
Charles went into exile and…
Readers will already know of the strong
links between Handel and King George I, which have been already
widely explored. What is less known, however, is the influence of
another figure in the background who though certainly less talked
about, in her lifetime enjoyeda…
On this day, in 1344, a little girl was
born to a famous king and queen. She entered the expected role of a
royal daughter from birth as her future husband, an important
political ally, was already living in the regal nursery she would
call home. This royal baby spent her…
William III and Mary II are an odd couple
in British royal history. They are our only joint sovereigns, so
far, and they swept to power in a series of events that were
romantically named the ‘Glorious Revolution’. The deal they did
with parliament to make themselves monarchs altered the way the
crown could be inherited for centuries. The couple set up two of
London’s most famous…
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Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married
King Louis XII of France on October 9th 1514 On this day, 501 years
ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married the French
king, Louis XII. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in
Northern France transformed Mary into the…
When you think of the Victorian era, you
often think of Dickensian London, with its back-alleys, opium dens,
brothels, corrupt aristocrats and shady characters. Perhaps there
is some truth in this perception, Dickens being a social
commentator of the age; this image is also reflected in the fact
that Queen Victoria survived seven assassination attempts. Victoria
survived seven attempts on her life…
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked…
The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is a
royal peculiar and it dates back to 1520. It is situated in the
Tower’s Inner Ward, the name of the church comes from St Peter’s
incarceration under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem. Although the
present chapel dates back to 1520…
True Plantagenet, The Life of Edmund
Mortimer is a historical novel published on the life of
Edmund Mortimer, fifth Earl of March. Edmund was born in to a life
of turmoil following the deposition of King Richard II and the
accession of Henry Bolingbroke, whose claim to the throne was
somewhat bogus. Edmund Mortimer’s claim to the throne was
considered far more superior than Henry’s…
