One of the big questions on everybody’s
lips, with the royal baby on its way is, what will happen to Prince
Harry? Harry who is currently third in line for the British throne
will drop down to fourth. With this there will be less pressure on
him as a royal, because it is even more unlikely that he will
become King. He can therefore focus more on his military career and
charity work, without…
If you enjoy historical fiction as much
as me, I am sure that you will be looking forward to the BBC’s new
programme ‘The White Queen’, starting tonight at 9pm, as much as I
am. Based on Philippa Gregory’s popular ‘cousin’ books this…
Vivid colour photograph of inside the
Abbey during The Queen’s coronation service. 60 years ago tomorrow,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in
front of over 7,000 people inside the Abbey and for the first time,
millions on television. Here…
90 years ago today, The Queen’s parents,
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later known as The Queen
Mother), at the time known as Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married at Westminster Abbey. Despite the
grand and sumptuous day, the occasion required more than just the
hard work of the organisers. Prince Albert had to propose to
Elizabeth 3 times before he got a…
It was in the early morning of 21 April
1926, when the surgeon, Sir Harry Simpson, ended, with great skill,
a difficult caesarean section with which it came to light the small
baby called Elizabeth. The first doctor’s words were: “She was born
a…
There’s no doubt with us that the British
Monarchy is the most iconic and famous Monarchy in the world. Its
history, though, is just as iconic as its present. In this article,
we explain how England, and then Britain’s Monarchy came to begin
to in bite size…
With all the fuss about the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge being made every time a new engagement is
announced, it’s worth reflecting sometimes that despite their
public appearance, and the media coverage of their appearances,
they are by no means the most active members of the Royal Family.
Indeed now, it is often the most active members who are overlooked.
Princess Anne has been performing…
This is the second interview in our
series. Click here to see our first interview with Andrew Jamieson,
the Queen’s official scribe and illuminator. Grant Harrold worked
in the Prince of Wales’s household from 2004-2011. You can see
Grant’s new…
Much has been made of the Queen’s and
Prince Charles’ apparent veto power over proposed legislation in
the House of Commons (see, for example, The Independent and the BBC
News). These ‘veto’ powers have been around for centuries and
are part of…
This is the first in what we hope will be
a series of fascinating and candid interviews with some very
interesting (and in some cases, lesser known) people who are
involved in working with the Royal Family. Andrew Stewart
Jamieson is Her Majesty The Queen’s Official Scribe and
Illuminator and he very kindly spared us some of his time to answer
a few questions about just what it is he does.
