Arise Sir Ken Dodd! Ken Dodd, the
89-year-old comedian, was given the honour by the Duke of Cambridge
at Buckingham Palace for his services to entertainment in a career
that has lasted over 60 years and for his charity work. His skills
as a comedian have created a long lasting career with both radio
and television shows, as well as a recording career. His most
well-known song…
When Prince Andrew, Duke of York, married
Sarah Ferguson in 1986, The Queen gifted them with a £15 million
12-bedroom mansion she had built for them. Their marriage only
lasted ten years; now after two years of demolition, their love
nest and former home has been torn down…
Across the street from Buckingham Palace,
a rather unusual embassy has been established through less than
official and legal means. Dubbed by its occupants as ‘the Rogue
Embassy’, the seven-storey property on the very fashionable
Grosvenor Gardens. has been taken…
Built of 775 rooms and housing no less
than 78 bathrooms and 1,514 doors, it’s little wonder that
Buckingham Palace has become a world famous architectural and
cultural landmark. Present-day Buckingham Palace – with its more
than 40,000 light bulbs and protection guards so iconic they have
their own emoji – has come a long way from its modest beginnings in
1703. Originally commissioned as a…
Theresa May was spotted sitting on the
steps of The Queen’s throne in the House of Lords on Monday during
the debate on the triggering of Article 50. Mrs May is the first
Prime Minister to exercise her rights to sit on the steps of
the throne in living memory. She is…
The War of the Roses was a period marked
by the deep-set and bitter hatred that burned between the Houses of
Lancaster and York. After the overthrow of Richard II by his cousin
King Henry IV, the House of Plantagenet gave way to the House of
Lancaster and the Kingdom of…
In the early modern period, the allure of
court life was more than desirable, which caused families to seek
positions that were in service of the crown. It has been said that
to be around a king and his court was like being next to the sun,
but when away it was only darkness. For daughters of wealthy
nobles, an appointment as a lady-in-waiting was highly sought
after, with service to the queen…
In order to know how a story ends, it is
indispensable to understand the essence of how it began. The years
leading up to the French Revolution were tumultuous. Deep in a
financial crisis, King Louis XVI and his advisors attempted to
implement a taxation system, which was…
Around 2:00 am on the 10th February 1567
the area around Kirk O’ Field in Scotland was rocked by two large
explosions. Following them, two people were found dead in a nearby
orchard. One was Lord Darnley, and the other his valet. His wife
Mary, Queen of Scots, was not…
Speaker of the House, John Bercow, to block President Trump from addressing UK Parliament
6th February 2017
Speaker of the House of Commons, John
Bercow, has said that he strongly opposes the matter of Donald
Trump addressing the UK Parliament during his State Visit to the
country later this year. Because of the Speaker’s opposition,
President Trump will not be able to address Parliament in
Westminster Hall, and it is looking unlikely that he will be able
to make an address at all. Speaking in the…
