by Alexander Bassano, half-plate glass
negative, circa 1888 It has been quite some time since the last
Princess of Cambridge – 132 years to be exact. Princess Mary
Adelaide of Cambridge was born in 1833. She had earned the nickname
of Fat Mary and is recorded as a “jolly old maid” in the Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography. Luckily for her, that was not her
only nickname.
As the birth of the new Royal Princess
was announced, the unofficial town crier of England, in full pomp
and splendour, made an appearance on the steps of the Lindo Wing.
On the steps he cried: “Oyez, Oyez! On this day the 2nd of May in
the year 2015, we welcome with…
We are all familiar with the practices
that will take place once the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s son
or daughter are born. Not only are there traditional celebrations,
but Commonwealth countries around the world will have their unique
way of celebrating the birth…
‘William, Kate, and George: The New
Royals’ gets its UK Premiere on True Entertainment this Sunday. The
royals have always been figures of fascination for their subjects –
from the intrigue of the early Game of Thrones-worthy battles for
the crown, to today’s rather more friendly modern manifestations in
which the public jostle for selfies with their favourites. The
family has…
The Last Days… is a new series on Channel
5 which looks at the final moments of the lives of a variety of
notorious and infamous characters in history. Tonight’s episode
looks particularly at the final days of Charles I, the King who
faced Civil Wars, was overthrown by…
On 26th March, thousands came
together to say goodbye to the last Plantagenet King, Richard
III. The King’s much-publicised reburial marks the first time
since 1485 that the two opposing sides in the Wars of the Roses,
the Yorks and the Lancasters have met at…
Queen Anne quite frankly had a tremendous
reign becoming the first monarch of a united single sovereign
state, known as Great Britain in 1707 as well as showing her worth
as a Queen Regnant in a male-dominated society. Though tragedy was
never far away from the last of the Stuarts as not many people will
be aware that Queen Anne became pregnant an astonishing 18 times,
though not one of her…
One of the more well known and oldest
Royal Families in Europe comes from Sweden. The current Swedish
Royal Family is made up of King Carl XVI Gustaf (b.1946), Queen
Silvia (1943), Crown Princess Victoria (1977), Prince Daniel
(1973), Princess Estelle (2012), Prince Carl…
On 9 April 2005 Prince Charles married
Camilla Parker-Bowles more than 30 years after their romance began.
View image | gettyimages.com The Royal couple appeared after their
civil wedding ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor, arm in arm
smiling and waving to the estimated…
On 31 March 1905 an extraordinary woman
died at Coates Castle in Sussex, aged 92. Although she had been
widowed since 1885, Louisa Jane, the first Duchess of Abercorn, was
not going to let advancing years and the loss of a husband
interfere with the rest of her life. She may have outlived her
close friend, Queen Victoria, by four years, but she was unlikely
to be lonely. This is a version of a…
