While we retain the Monarch as head of
state in Australia it isn’t to often that the Australian Royal
Family makes the news here, but local media has been sent into
meltdown with the royal tour currently underway in Australia. You
can’t turn on a television, read a paper or news website without
seeing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Everywhere you go that
has had or is expecting the Royal…
In 1525, after 18 years of marriage to
Catherine of Aragon, daughter to Ferdinand II of Aragon and
Isabella I of Castille, the Spanish king and queen, Henry VIII
began to seek an annulment of his marriage. This was not unheard
of. In fact, the Pope had previously allowed…
The Earl and Countess of Wessex are set
for a week of engagements in Scotland during mid-May as Prince
Edward attends the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly from
16th-24th May. During this time, he and his wife will swap their
‘HRHs’ for the higher style of His and…
The Queen, the Lover, the Mother, the
Outcast, the Victim and the Survivor; the six wives of Henry the
8th. Historian and Tudor expert Alison Weir brings to life these
six remarkable women in her book titled The Six Wives of Henry the
8th. The book is divided into three main chapters. In the first,
the reader is introduced to the ‘Princess from
Spain’, Catherine of Aragon: her arrival to…
Much as the Royal Family is enjoying the
current resurgence in popularity, things do feel rather clinical
and perfect of late. By comparison, the nineties were a tumultuous
and especially colourful time. High glamour, low morals, divisive
personalities – real soap opera…
Hanoverians: The First Georges which will
air on BBC Four this month. The First Georgians presenter portrait.
First of all let me thank you for taking the time and say what an
honour it is to interview you. No way! That’s just so unbelievably
courteous of you. It’s…
The Plantagenets, Professor Robert
Bartlett reveals the events that led to the downfall of England’s
longest ruling dynasty in the fifteenth century. The Death of
Kings sees Professor Bartlett discuss the bloodiest decades of
the Plantagenet’s history. Bartlett takes viewers through how
family rivalries became so brutal that close relatives turned upon
one another and usurped the crowns of…
They are the men who have been on hand at
some of the most pivotal moments in royal history. Among their
number are those who took King John to sign the Magna Carta, or who
carried Anne Boleyn on her coronation day. In modern times, they
were at the heart of the Diamond…
Dame Quentin left Government House with a
full police escort bound for the Australian War Memorial. She
arrived at the AWM with her husband, Michael, and both were greeted
by Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the AWM. She went on to lay a
wreath at the tomb of the unknown…
This year, to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of King George I’s ascension to the throne in 1714,
Historic Royal Palaces across the country are opening their doors
to the public to celebrate the event, with fascinating pieces of
royal history that have never been seen before. Having been born
and raised in Hanover, George I ascended to the British throne in
1714 upon the passing of Queen Anne.
