‘Royals Month’ begins this Friday. More
information about each documentary can be found below: Elizabeth:
Queen, Wife, Mother – Friday 12th Sep, 8pm This documentary focuses
on Her Majesty The Queen through the perspectives of those closest
to her. Rare interviews with the likes of Prince Philip, the Duke
of York and Princes William and Harry throw light on Her Majesty
during her teenage…
For a female to be crowned in Scotland,
it was evident that the country was experiencing a severe
succession crisis. Being at such a young age, the Scottish Lords
found it very difficult to respect her and so Mary was sent to
France for her safety. Mary lived and grew up in…
another girl. Elizabeth’s childhood was a
somewhat difficult and complex one after losing her mother at the
tender age of two. Elizabeth and her half-sister, Mary, were
declared illegitimate as Henry VIII sought to create space for his
male heir, Edward, after his third…
When Her Majesty ascended the Throne back
in 1952, she became known as ‘Queen Elizabeth II’. However, some of
her subjects in Scotland considered her to be Queen Elizabeth I,
considering that the original Elizabeth I had never ruled over
Scotland. The fact that Her Majesty was considered their second
Queen Elizabeth was somewhat unacceptable to many Scots. So let’s
skip forward to 28th…
The famous dress was designed by David
and Elizabeth Emmanuel, and featured a 25ft train, puffed sleeves
and a ruffled collar. It has been kept on the Althorp Estate,
Diana’s childhood home, for two months of the year, as part of an
exhibition called ‘Diana: A…
Mike Poulton’s theatrical adaptions of
Hilary Mantel’s two Man Booker prize winning novels, Wolf
Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, have consistently
received five star reviews from newspapers and critics alike since
it debuted in Stratford-upon-Avon last December. These…
“Great by birth, greater by marriage,
greatest in her offspring: here lies Matilda, the daughter, wife,
and mother of Henry” – The epitaph on Empress Matilda’s tomb In
the first blog of this series, we looked at the prominent
medieval figure of Eleanor of Aquitaine. However, Eleanor
wasn’t the only dominant female, or ‘Queen Mother’ to be specific,
of the Middle Ages. It is in…
th century. The Navy is the oldest of the
British Armed Services and was the largest and most powerful from
the 18th century until the middle of the 20th century. With its
fabled history, it is no surprise that the Royal Navy is a premier
choice for service of The Royal…
one chap who is constantly sticking his
nose into things that don’t concern him, badgers people about
issues he knows nothing about or constantly insists that they know
what is going on and everyone should listen to them. These people
are all around us and, let’s face…
why Camilla must become our Queen‘. Since
its publication, the article became the site’s single most
discussed article, receiving over several hundred comments
with varying views and numerous email responses to the site’s
editors. In the piece, I argued it would create a dangerous
precedent for Camilla to be denied the rightful title of Queen and
could create uncertainty about the future…
