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 ushered in an era of
relative peace in the 1200s. A Desirable Arrangement The year was
1233, and Louis IX of France had been…
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…
The Queen alongside her husband, The Duke
of Edinburgh, arrived in Malta on Thursday for the start of her
three day state visit of the country; where she will attend the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The Queen is
being accompanied by her son – the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall for the duration of the trip where Charles will make a
speech on climate change at a…
Éléanore de Bourbon was born on 30 April
1587 to Henri I de Bourbon and his second wife Charlotte Catherine
de la Tremoille. She was closely related to the French royal family
as her father was a first cousin of King Henry IV of France. She
had a half-sister from her…
A group of Indians have recently
announced their intention to take legal action against The Queen in
a bid to reclaim the Koh-i-noor Diamond that is presently a part of
the Crown Jewels. The Koh-i-noor, which means “mountain of light,”
was mined in India around 800 years…
Spencer House Tomorrow, on 11 November
The Duke of Gloucester will attend a dinner as patron of the
Heritage of London Trust in quite a special building, Spencer
House. Spencer House was built between 1756 and 1766 by John
Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer. He initially employed architect John
Vardy, who was responsible for the external elevations and the
design of the ground floor rooms. He was succeeded…
Windsor Castle came out of World War II
untouched by Blitz that occurred only 24 or so miles away. Decades
later on 20 November 1992, it would meet a far different fate in
the form of fire that would end up costing close to £40 million.
The fire was said to spark by a…
Born as the last of the children of
Empress Maria Theresia and the Holy Roman Emperor, Francis Stephen,
the future Queen of France Marie Antoinette, was also the imperial
couple’s fifteenth child and eleventh daughter. She was born on
November 2 1755, the Feast of the Dead…
The second Princess of Orange, and also
William the Silent’s second wife, is probably the most scandalous
of them all. She was born on 23 December 1544 in Dresden as the
daughter of Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Agnes of Hesse. She
would be their only surviving child and she grew up in the court of
the Saxony Electors. She was just nine when her father died and
continued her education at her…
