As the introduction states: “Under Queen
Elizabeth II royalty has continued to adapt to the modern world,
and despite some bad times, remains the strongest of British
institutions”. In many ways, this sense of pride and admiration for
the British monarchy is the overriding feeling you are presented
with when reading this book. A Century of Royalty focuses
on the past one hundred years of the…
1953: The Queen in Timaru, a major port
in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand. Crowds gathered
on the banks of the River Thames to catch a glimpse of the Royal
Yacht Britannia bringing Her Majesty and the Royal family home.
Numerous sirens from ships and even…
62 years later and our Queen is still
going strong and, unbelievably, is on her twelfth prime minister.
So here, in this series of blogs, I wish to take you on a royal and
political journey, introducing you to Her Majesty's Prime
Ministers. Let's start all the way…
last week’s episode, which focused
on the issues that the new Georgian dynasty faced with the
ascendance of George I, in the second episode Dr Lucy Worsley
continued with her investigation into the lives of the Hanovarian
Kings and focused on George II and Queen Caroline, whom she calls
her “favourite Queen”. Dr Lucy Worsley with a portrait of Queen
Caroline, wife of George II, by Joseph…
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, also known
as Bonnie Prince Charlie or the ‘Young Pretender’, was the grandson
of the Stuart King James II of England, and a claimant to the
throne. After James II, a Catholic ruler, was deposed in favour of
his Protestant daughter and…
On 4 May 1953, The Duke of Edinburgh
received his wings. The Duke was awarded his pilot’s wings in a
private ceremony that was held at Buckingham Palace. Air Chief
Marshall Sir William Dickson, Chief of Air Staff, present The
Prince with the award. Flight-Lieutenant Caryl…
The festival was coordinated to
commemorate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It
exhibited Britain's c past, present, and future contributions to
society through the arts, science technology and industrial design.
Crowds gathered as the Royal Family made their way from Buckingham
Palace to St Paul’s. The Royal procession stopped at Temple Bar for
the traditional ceremony where…
Royal Central, we were delighted to have
the chance to interview Historic Royal Palaces’ Chief Curator Dr
Lucy Worsley last month about her upcoming television
series on the first Georgian Kings of Great Britain. Last
night, BBC Four aired the first episode of the…
On 29 April 1986 The Duchess of Windsor,
Wallis Simpson was buried alongside her husband, The Duke of
Windsor at Frogmore in Windsor. The Duchess was buried in an
English oak coffin that contained a silver inscribed plate stating,
“Wallis, Duchess of Windsor…
“Dear Dilys,” begins the letter, which is
addressed to Dilys Cheetham, a fellow humanitarian campaigner from
North Yorkshire who was hijacked by armed paramilitaries. Written
on paper bearing the official Kensington Palace
letterhead, the letter is dated 11 August 1997, less than three
weeks before Diana’s untimely death in a car crash in Paris. Dilys
Cheetham was the founder of the…
