Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel is the ninth
Princess of Orange. She was born on 7 February 1688 as the daughter
of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Maria Amalia of
Courland. Marie Louise was their 11th child. She was raised as a
protestant and she was noticed as a possible bride for Johan Willem
Friso. He visited Kassel in 1707 to meet with the then 21-year-old
Marie Louise. The advice he…
The time-old coronation ceremony of
monarchs could be set to change, following the publication of an
inquiry into modern religious observance. A report from the
Commision on Religion and Belief in British Public Life has
recommended the ceremony should encompass the diverse…
On Sunday evening at 8pm, viewers in the
UK will be treated to an episode of BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow
which is this week airing from Balmoral Castle. Balmoral Castle,
The Queen’s private residence in Scotland, opened it’s doors
at the end of July where…
You may have heard of this Princess of
Orange before, as the 7th Princess of Orange was also an
English Princess. Mary was the daughter of Charles I and
Henrietta Maria of France and also the first bearer of the title,
‘Princess Royal’, which was created by Henrietta Maria who wished
to imitate the French ‘Madame Royale’ style. Mary was born
on 4 November 1631 at St.
Mary Queen of Scots was born on 8
December 1542, at Linlithgow Palace, incidentally the birthplace of
her father, James V of Scotland, in West Lothian, some fifteen
miles distance from Edinburgh. The palace’s name translates
literally as the “loch in the damp…
Are you curious to see how the Royal
Family would have celebrated Christmas centuries ago? Windsor
Castle has created a beautiful display to show just that in the
opulent State Apartments. The Christmas Display is set up to mimic
a Regency era Christmas, between 1811 and…
King Stephen of England was born in Blois
in France in either 1092 or 1096. It’s quite unusual that we do not
have a birth date for a future King of England, but by the time of
his birth, it was not expected that he would ever be king. His
parents were Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois and Chartres and Adela
of Normandy, who was the sister of Henry I of England. He was their
third surviving son.
In the High Middle Ages, there were four
sisters known by the famous moniker of “the Provençal Sisters” and
they married four of the most influential men of Europe at the
time. It is through these four marriages that the sisters:
Margaret, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice…
Buckingham Palace State Dining Room Closed Over Ceiling Safety Fears
1st December 2015
Buckingham Palace, the principal royal
abode of The Queen has been the setting of great splendour and
elegance. Just over a month ago, the Chinese President Xi Jinping
met with The Queen and The Duchess of Cambridge amongst other
important personages. However, Buckingham…
Two men have been arrested after a
security alert yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace, after they
managed to climb onto the roof of the Queen’s official residence.
The men were seen being taken away in a police van after being
arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site. The
campaign group New Fathers 4 Justice have told Royal Central that
they are involved in the stunt and…
