History

#OnThisDay: Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was born

//eclkmpsa.com/adServe/banners?tid=79479_131506_0&tagid=2//go.pub2srv.com/apu.php?zoneid=683723//go.mobisla.com/notice.php?p=683724&interactive=1&pushup=1//eclkmpsa.com/adServe/banners?tid=79479_131506_0&tagid=2//go.onclasrv.com/apu.php?zoneid=676655 Maria Walpole was born in 1736, a time when the importance of Parliament had grown. In fact, she herself was a grand-daughter of Robert Walpole…
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Monarchy Rules: A Look at Elizabeth I

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…
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#OnThisDay in 1911: King George V and Queen Mary are crowned at Westminster Abbey

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 George’s paternal grandmother, and King Christian IX of Denmark was his maternal grandfather. He was christened on 7 July 1865 at…
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Wallis and Edward: Love Over Duty

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 British throne. They were introduced to each other through a friend of Wallis’s. Thelma, Lady Furness, who was the then…
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State & Ceremonial

Long to rain over us - The Patron's Lunch gets underway, despite the weather

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 members of the Royal Family got a picnic commemorating The Queen’s 90th birthday. Each guest attending the Patron’s Lunch will…
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