With just days to go until the State
Visit by the President of China, preparations are entering their
final stages and every hour of practice time is precious. So in the
early hours of Friday morning, the Army was out in force practicing
manoeuvres for the event that will see it taking a starring role.
They took to the streets of London while most of us slept to
get ready for their ceremonial…
The mystery surrounding the fate of young
brothers, Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of
York is still one that stands today. Many believe that the boys
were murdered and continue to haunt rooms in the Bloody Tower. The
Bloody Tower is also home to the…
Royal Central’s Halloween season begins
with a story of adultery, beheadings, and ghostly apparitions. Here
is Anne Boleyn’s Tale of the Tower. She was the second wife of King
Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, but ultimately Anne
Boleyn met her fate…
Buckingham Palace has released further
details ahead of the President of the People’s Republic of China,
Mr Xi Jinping’s, upcoming State Visit to the United Kingdom as a
guest of Her Majesty The Queen. Mr Jinping will be accompanied by
his wife, Madame Peng Liyuan, on the visit that lasts from 20th to
the 23rd October, and the couple will stay in Buckingham Palace.
Upon their…
Readers will already know of the strong
links between Handel and King George I, which have been already
widely explored. What is less known, however, is the influence of
another figure in the background who though certainly less talked
about, in her lifetime enjoyeda…
Sceptre gifted by Henry V to City of London after Battle of Agincourt goes on display
12th October 2015
It’s just 17 inches tall, but it has a
world of history embedded in its jewels. The beautifully
bejewelled sceptre given in thanks by King Henry V of England to
the City of London for the funding of his forces against the French
at the Battle of Agincourt, fought in…
James was not born to be a King. He was
the third, but second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta
Maria, born on 14 October 1633. Though he was styled as Duke of
York from birth, he was not formally created so until 1643. His
father was executed on 30 January 1649 but by then James
had already fled to The Hague. James later followed his
brother Charles to France, where he served in the…
The Manor House in Knowle, Solihull once
had Elizabeth I as an overnight guest and the house can now be
yours for the small sum of £2,000,000. The “Darnley Portrait”
of Elizabeth I of England The house is suited for quite a large
family and has on the…
Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married
King Louis XII of France on October 9th 1514 On this day, 501 years
ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married the French
king, Louis XII. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in
Northern France transformed Mary into the…
At the request of security services,
flying over the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk will be restricted,
not allowing aircraft within 1.5 miles of Anmer Hall, home of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The rules will apply to Anmer Hall
from the 1st November while similar regulations will come in
to effect for Sandringham House on the 1st December. Sandringham
House The restrictions will cover a…
