God save our gracious King…This famous anthem has potential to invoke trips down memory lane and possibly create aristocratic fantasies in the minds of those that sing it with pride. However, one of the greatest Monarchs in British history is not someone who had the dream of Sovereignty. Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George originally of
Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, originally of…
The Queen likely to host Donald Trump at Balmoral to avoid large protests
1st February 2017
Despite a record number of Britons signing a petition to avoid having The Queen meet with Donald Trump while on his State Visit, it seems all is a go.
However, the mass amounts of protests to his visit have raised substantial problems and to help minimise those, it is likely…
The last letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution is being put for public display by the National Library of Scotland. She wrote the letter just six hours before her execution on 8 February 1587.
The letter has not been on display since 2009, and for…
Buckingham Palace express concern that The Queen is being dragged into the Trump State Visit row
30th January 2017
Buckingham Palace has privately expressed concern with Downing Street that The Queen is inadvertently being dragged into the Donald Trump State Visit controversy.
According to The Times, the Palace are unhappy that Her Majesty has been put into a politically explosive situation following the heavy controversy that has arisen.
The news comes after Downing Street sais that the Prime Minister…
Recreating the extraordinary world of The Queen and the royal family was a daunting prospect for the team behind Netflix’s opulent royal drama The Crown, and it quickly became apparent that building it from the ground up was near impossible.
The original plan to build most…
One million people sign petition to cancel Trump’s State Visit, to avoid embarrassing The Queen
29th January 2017
Over one million Britons have signed a petition demanding that the government cancels a planned State Visit to the UK by President Donald Trump.
The petition, which is the most signed petition to ever feature on the government’s website, says that the State Visit should…
British politicians call for Donald Trump's State Visit to be cancelled
29th January 2017
A significant number of British MPs, including two party leaders, have called for Donald Trump’s State Visit to the United Kingdom to be cancelled following travel restrictions he has put in place to some immigrants.
The Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, has said that he is not happy for President Trump’s State Visit to go ahead while the controversial bans preventing people…
Donald Trump has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to visit the UK later this year for a State Visit.
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, confirmed at a press conference that President Trump and the First Lady, Melania Trump, will be travelling to the…
On 24 March 1603 Queen Elizabeth I breathed her last and – left with no legitimate heir – the House of Tudor came to an end after more than 100 years on the English throne.
Beginnings
The House of Tudor was founded in 1485 when Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III in…
The less than flattering assessment given to King George III by many today has recently been shown to be rather inaccurate, pending new insights derived from a number of papers just uncovered that detail George III’s reign and activities during the course of the American War of Independence.
King George III is famed mainly for losing the American colonies and then for slipping into an…
