The official website of The British Royal
Family has been given a major overhaul and will have a soft launch
this evening before replacing the current site next week. The two
sites will run concurrently with each other before the current
www.royal.gov.uk is turned off. Visitors can browse to the new site
at: www.royal.uk. It is the first time in eight years to make it
more user-friendly…
Welcome to April – a month that
promises several important events in several European royal houses.
We will have birthdays, Jubilees, state visits and royal … births!
Photo: The Royal Court, Sweden Yes, this week we
enter another official #BabyWatchSeason…
Prince Harry recently concluded his first
trip to Nepal, where he visited a Gurkha camp, went trekking, and
met earthquake survivors. The tour, which started as a four day
trip in the capital of Kathmandu, was later extended by six days to
help rebuild a school, in an…
Probably best known for the exquisite
Easter eggs that he crafted for the Russian Imperial house of
Romanov, Peter Carl Faberge was Russia’s premier master goldsmith
at the beginning of the twentieth century, the House of Faberge
having been founded in St. Petersburg by his father, Gustav Faberge
in 1842. Although Faberge would go on to design spectacularobjects
of ornamentation such…
Books in Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, which
were reproduced in full-size format and published by the Royal
Collection in association with Walker Books Ltd, are available as
children’s books to purchase fromthe Royal Collection.These
little…
I never watch royal documentaries, ever!
In fact, the last documentary I watched which focused on The Royal
Family was on the occasion of The Duke of Edinburgh’s 90th birthday
back in 2011, so it seems fitting my next watch would celebrate Her
Majesty’s 90th…
On Thursday 26 March 2015, the reburial
of King Richard III took place at Leicester Cathedral. One year on,
the city of Leicester has chosen to mark this historic day with a
special programme of commemorative events taking place at the
Cathedral, Guildhall, St. Martin’s House and Leicester Market. The
programme will include a reflective ceremony celebrated twelve
months to the day, with the…
It has often been said that no one should
have the right to participate in the legislative process without a
democratic mandate. This principle is where the House of Commons
and the Government get their political legitimacy. However, without
a written constitution, what…
Buckingham Palace have made a formal
written complaint to the press watchdog over claims made Today’s
newspaper front page by The Sun newspaper which suggests The Queen
is in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. The
tabloid newspaper reports that…
For those interested in retracing the
steps of Henry VIII’s fourth wife in England, they can of course do
so at Hever Castle, the Boleyn seat which was granted her as part
of her annulment settlement, at the site of Richmond Palace, which
remained hers until her death, together with the Kentish residences
of Dartford and Penshurst, the latter of which was offered to her
in exchange for…
