Prince Harry’s patronage of Walking With
the Wounded is not your typical royal patronage. After joining them
for part of their 2011 trek to the North Pole, he set a new bar for
himself. As far as WWTW goes, it’s not enough for Prince Harry to
speak at black tie galas, he has to get his hands dirty. And how
could he not? The men and women Walking With the Wounded supports
are soldiers just like…
Are you a royal aficionado? Is History an
interest of yours? Do you like reading? If so, you will enjoy these
books about royal history, all due to be released in November.
After the Sheikhs, Christopher M. Davidson – Release Date: November
11, 2013 Often…
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are one
of their many walkabouts. A Royal Central poll conducted this month
over 1,004 of our readers has shown that 68% of our readers
think the hardest working royal couple are The Queen and Duke of
Edinburgh, with a total of 683 votes were…
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…
