The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are
keen followers of tennis. Here they are at Wimbledon in 2011. With
so many focused on the attendance of royals at Wimbledon for the
quarter-finals, it seems appropriate to take readers on a history
of the sport and the influence royalty has played in shaping tennis
over hundreds of years. When researching the history of tennis, it
was no surprise to me why the…
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…
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 to Princess Charlotte for most of her
early life Since her birth on May 2nd and arrival at Anmer Hall
soon afterwards, a whole…
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…
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 was labeled as their “coming out” and the
ladies were known as debutantes- the court presentation
represented…
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…
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 faith. Her short reign and
early death ended her ambitions of re-establishing Roman
Catholicism in England and she reluctantly…
