Queen Elizabeth I – known also as ‘The
Virgin Queen’, ‘Gloriana’ or ‘Good Queen Bess’ – ruled as Queen of
England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.
Tall, slender and with the characteristic Tudor red hair Elizabeth
was a woman of intelligence, fickleness and sometimes temper.
Ascending to the throne at the age of twenty-five Elizabeth was a
cautious and…
On the Sandringham Estate,
Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark was born
on the 2nd of July 1903. He would later become The Crown Prince of
Norway and the eventual, King Olav V of Norway. He was born to
Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales. His…
On this day in 1911, King George V and
Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. George
Frederick Ernest Albert was born on 3 June 1865 in Marlborough
House as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Albert
and Alexandra. Queen Victoria was…
On June 21, 1377, ten-year-old Prince
Richard of England succeeded his grandfather, King Edward III, to
become King Richard II. At the time of his death, King Edward was
64 years old and had ruled England for half a century. Prince
Richard was born in Bordeaux, in France, on January 6, 1367. He was
the younger son of Edward, Prince of Wales, and Joan of Kent, and
at the time of his birth, he was…
Today the Earl and Countess of Wessex
celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. The couple met in 1993 at
a tennis event and began dating afterwards, ultimately for six
years before an engagement. The prince proposed with an engagement
ring from Garrard & Co. worth an…
It was on January 10, 1931 at Burrough
Court that Miss. Wallis Simpson was introduced to Edward, Prince of
Wales for the first time. Wallis was a divorced woman who was then
married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a shipping executive, and Edward
was the Heir Apparent to the…
On 13 June 1987 Princess Anne, only
daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of
Edinburgh was given the title of ‘Princess Royal’. In her role as
Princess Royal, Princess Anne supports the Queen’s role as
sovereign and carries out official duties on her behalf. In fact,
the Princess Royal she is one of the busiest members of the royal
family performing hundreds of…
After a fashion, in any event. We’ve been
seeing people marking Her Majesty’s Official Birthday up and down
the country and across the Commonwealth, from parades, to speeches,
to garden parties held even in typically rainy weather.
However one local resident of…
The country’s biggest street party gets
underway today on The Mall for The Patron’s Lunch, despite the very
British weather. Embed from Getty Images 10,000 guests are expected
to descend to the Mall outside of Buckingham Palace, where they
will be joined by…
#OnThisDay in 1683: The Rye House Plot, to assassinate English king Charles II was discovered
12th June 2016
On this day in 1683 a plot to assassinate
King Charles II of England and his brother/heir James was
discovered. King Charles II was unpopular with the Protestant
members of Parliament because although he was officially an
Anglican, both he and his brother/heir were very sympathetic to
Catholics. Most of King Charles II’s foreign allies were Catholics
and this was seen as a threat by some…
