Villagers on a remote island in the South
Pacific are counting the days until they welcome their god back to
his rightful home, their god being Prince Philip. Children are
taught that Philip is a god who lives in England and will one day
return. A group of people on the island of Tanna called the
Yaohnanen believe that a man who descended from their spirit
ancestors will next month return to the…
The moment we saw Prince George on the
steps of St James’s Palace in only his second public appearance, we
knew what the British front pages would feature. Some newspapers
may be considered over the top where as some newspapers have not
featured the christening at all.
A Royal Christening: Why the Cambridges will forge their own path
22nd October 2013
On the eve of His Royal Highness Prince
George Alexander Louis of Cambridge’s christening – with all
of the speculation circulating about godparents and wardrobe
choices – I think it’s important to look at the only
information we know for sure…
Old portrait of an aging Queen Elizabeth
I gets a second look. A rare portrait from 1593 of Queen Elizabeth
I is on display at The Museum of the Albemarle in North Carolina.
This overlooked gem hung without notice for over 50 years in the
Elizabethan Gardens Gatehouse on Roanoke Island at the Outer Banks
of North Carolina. Many walked past the portrait without giving it
a second thought. Professor…
TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at
an Olympic committee reception Born into a life of unimaginable
privilege, Their Royal Highnesses Prince William and Prince Harry
may have taken the choice to turn their backs on the world.
Like some of our past royals, the young…
Shyama Perera is a weekly newspaper
reviewer and social commentator on BBC London and also regularly
reviews the newspaper front pages on the BBC News Channel. Shyama
also contributes to programmes such as The Jeremy Vine Show and
Woman’s hour. On our televisions, we…
One would expect, in this day and age,
for Buckingham Palace to be the height of security, though as was
demonstrated last week, this is far from the case. In case you
didn’t see the news, a man was arrested in one of the State Rooms
at the Palace last Monday after scaling a fence and allegedly
kicking open a door. The mainstream media jumped straight in with
the same chastisement about how…
The fifteenth century was littered with
Edwards. It had always been a popular royal name and the London
associations with Edward the Confessor, whose tomb was located
within Westminster Abbey, made it a favourite choice for royal
mothers giving birth there. It was also…
Buckingham Palace is the most iconic
symbol of the British Monarchy, but far from popular opinion, this
200-year-old building isn’t actually The Queen’s official
residence, and this is why… Buckingham Palace remains only the
London home of The Queen. Her…
“I know I have the body of a weak, feeble
Woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and a King of
England too” (Queen Elizabeth I to her troops at Tilbury) What
springs to mind when you think about Elizabeth I, is it ‘The Virgin
Queen’, ‘Gloriana’ or maybe The Spanish Armada? It’s the last
of these that I want to focus on in this blog today…
