Francis, Duke of Teck, was born on this day in 1837. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V, and therefore a great-grandfather of the present Queen.
He was born Count Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander of Hohenstein in Esseg, Slavonia (present-day Osijek, Croatia), the son of a morganatic marriage between Duke Alexander of Württemberg and Countess Claudine Rhédey von…
Prince William of Gloucester died on this day in 1972. He was born at Hadley Common, Hertfordshire, on 18 December 1941, the eldest son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (the fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary) and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.
As a…
Anticipation of the Cambridge’s upcoming tour to Canada is building up as we wait for Kensington Palace to officially announce the dates. This certainly is not the first Royal Tour to Canada and won’t even be the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first…
Ronald Harper, a former deputy property manager for the British Royal household has been found guilty of corruption.
Harper was convicted of conspiracy to make corrupt payments over building work contracts at Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace. In his duties, he had an annual budget of 2.3 million pounds of which he could authorise orders up to £30,000.
The Southwark Crown Court came to the…
Nicolas II of Russia was the last Emperor of Russia, whose reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire. He and his family were brutally executed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918.
He began his reign upon the death of his father, Alexander III, on 1 November 1894.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after he managed to climb into the grounds of Buckingham Palace by scaling a security fence.
Police have said that the man, who is from Croydon, was arrested at 04:15am this morning after being spotted on Palace security…
A man who was arrested outside Buckingham Palace and charged with carrying knives and a wire saw has gone on the run after failing to turn up to court for a hearing.
John Bolton, 47, of Banbury in Oxon was arrested just days before Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday in June at Hyde Park Corner on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon in public.
Bolton was later charged with three…
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, the fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was born on this day in 1844 at Windsor Castle.
At birth, he was second in the line of succession behind his elder brother the Prince of Wales. Known affectionately as…
At the request of the former Prime Minister David Cameron, The Queen will bestow honours to 46 individuals who are named on his controversial resignations honours list.
The Prime Minister’s Resignation Honours are granted by Her Majesty the Queen at the request of an…
The future Louis VIII of France was born on 5 September 1187 as the son of Philip II of France and Isabella of Hainault. Isabella died in 1190 after giving birth to short lived twin boys and Louis inherited the Country of Artois through her. On 23 May 1200 Louis was married to Blanche of Castile, a daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England (sister to King Richard I and King…
