As we continue to spotlight various
Patronages that members of The Royal Family currently hold, today’s
piece will focus on Her Majesty The Queen’s role as Patron of the
Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund (EABF). The origins of the
EABF began way back on December 4th 1907 when The Music Hall
Artistes’ Railway Association proposed at its General Meeting that
a levy of…
Royal watchers around the world will be
delighted – the Dutch Royal Household has just relaunched its
official website. The brand new format at www.koninklijkhuis.nl can
also be accessed in an English language version at
www.royal-house.nl. And one of the ways this…
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…
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 considerableinfluence thatcannot be
overestimated. This figure is Ehrengard Melusine von der
Schulenberg, the…
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…
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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…
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 about. The baby, a little girl,
was immediately taken off to a nursery decked in scarlet and gold
where a string of attendants…
