From director Susannah Ward come Secrets
of the Manor House – a look into the world of the British
Manor House and the people, including both aristocrats and the
servants that lived in them. Dunham Massey House The British Manor
House is an institution that has fueled the imaginations of
Hollywood alike creating popular costume dramas like Downton Abbey.
Secrets of the Manor House…
Queen Elizabeth’s first years as Queen
will soon be aired in Canada and the United States. Queen Elizabeth
II on her coronation A young 25-year-old Elizabeth was a mother to
Prince Charles, three years old and an 18-month-old Princess
Anne. In 1952, the sudden death…
It’s been her home for most of her life
and the county where the littlest princess is spending her first
summer has really taken her to its heart. Norfolk has Cambridge
mania and it’s all thanks to baby Charlotte. The peaceful landscape
of Norfolk has been home…
It is better known as the back drop to
royal Christmas celebrations but a little church in Norfolk is
about to write another chapter in its long regal
history. St Mary Magadalene on the Sandringham Estate in
Norfolk, where Princess Charlotte will be christened on Sunday,
already boasts a pretty impressive royal pedigree. But the decision
of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to bring their…
Henry VII not only founded the Tudor
Dynasty in 1485, he also founded the concept of the Royal Body
Guard, and for the last 520 years elite soldiers have guarded the
King or Queen. He probably never envisaged the spectacle that now
draws the tourists to London. The ceremony…
The presentation of debutantes to the
sovereign at court once marked the start of the social season. View
image | gettyimages.com From the time of Edward VII’s reign, court
presentations of young women from aristocratic families took place
to the monarch. The event…
I won’t write about fashion trends of the
royals. There are enough sites out there that analyse their fashion
decisions. I enjoy keeping up with the British Royal Family because
I don’t think there is enough focus or attention given to the fact
that they are human beings. I see complaints and opinions from
people online who think nothing of criticising them over one small
matter or…
Anne Boleyn is probably best remembered
as the most controversial Queen in British history, which is
perhaps not entirely deserved. Even though much is said about her,
there are a lot things we don’t know, such as her birthday.
Unfortunately for women of that time…
On 17 November 1558 England’s first
undisputed Queen regnant, Mary I, died, paving the way for the
accession of her half-sister Elizabeth I. Mary had been a
staunch Roman Catholic and she had been determined to bring England
back to what she believed to be the true…
A new TV drama based on the life of Queen
Victoria will begin filming in September If you were looking for a
perfect television character to star in a new eight part Sunday
night drama then the ruler of an empire and a woman who had
such a large family that she ended up as the ancestor of just about
every other reigning house in Europe would be pretty
irresistible. So it’s no surprise that…
