Most kings are born into regal families and grow up with the knowledge that someday they will rule over a country. However, when he was born in 1683, the future King George II was nothing more than the heir to the heir to a small German Duchy – a far cry from the throne of England that he would someday sit upon.
A portrait of King George II, when Prince of Wales, by Sir Godfrey…
October is truly the king of all the autumn months as the leaves turn to gold and regal red and the fading sun adds a gentle sparkle to all it touches. And it’s marked the beginning of five royal roads that ended with a crown – although all five monarchs had very…
Hampton Court is alive with the sound of music! How many readers sang that in their head as they read that sentence?
The celebration continues marking Hampton Court’s 500th birthday as Historic Royal Palaces has teamed up with English Touring Opera to mark 500 years…
Through the passage of time, every important historical figure is identified by the mundane or significant events of their lives. Unfortunately, some of these facts may unfairly portray them in an unkind light and obscure other interesting and overlooked details that shaped their character and legacies. In the case of King George III, he is known for losing the American colonies and for going…
Queen Victoria’s grandaughter’s heart to be laid to rest after seven decades
29th September 2015
Marie of Romania in 1936, by Philip de László
Queen Marie of Romania’s heart has been in the Natural Museum of Romanian History since 1971 in a silver box. Now, it’s finally going home to Pelisor Castle which she loved and where she lived and died on 18 July…
It is being reported that Balmoral Castle could become Her Majesty The Queen’s second home in the event of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh. Should Prince Philip die before her, it is being reported that Queen Elizabeth has expressed a wish to spend more time at her…
Victoria, Duchess of Kent: Queen Victoria's biggest influence?
25th September 2015
Victoria may not have been the wife of a King, but anyone who thinks that this diminished her influence would be thinking wrong. Some may argue that the influence that the Duchess of Kent possessed over her daughter was for the young Victoria’s own good, while many will claim otherwise.
The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria.
When the future Queen Victoria was born in 1819, there was…
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The bodies of the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia are exhumed
24th September 2015
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On Friday 25 September, the Duke of Gloucester will be visiting the historic and highly unique Blenheim Palace. Ever since being built at the dawn of the 18th century, it has been home to a long and illustrious lineage of the Dukes of Marlborough. Over the centuries, it has been the home of various great personages, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Sir Winston Churchill among them.
The…
