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…
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…
