With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
packing up from their Anmer Hall home to relocate their main base
to London, Kensington Palace is starting to become a tad squishy.
Currently home to Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the
Cambridges along with Prince Harry who lives in Nottingham Cottage
and Princess Eugenie and her…
Donald Trump’s State Visit to the UK will
not happen until Autumn at the earliest, due to the King and Queen
of Spain visiting in the summer. President Trump’s State Visit was
announced before King Felipe’s, however, a firm date has been set
for the Spanish…
EXCLUSIVE: 9 out of 10 people believe there should be a public holiday for Sapphire Jubilee
6th March 2017
An exclusive Royal Central poll shows
that more than nine out of ten people believe there should be a
public holiday to commemorate The Queen’s Sapphire Jubilee at some
point in 2017. More than 1,000 people were polled online and close
to 93% said that they support the…
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…
