Her Majesty The Queen is the epitome of
grandeur and magnificence. She lives in the lap of luxury, and is
always impeccably dressed, and surrounded by splendour. Which makes
it hard to believe that there was a time when her ancestors, Kings
of England themselves, spent months on end living in squalor,
wallowing in mud, and eating food that was barely fit for animals.
And yet they did, for those…
Though her reign is disputed by many,
Lady Jane Grey is undoubtedly this country’s shortest reigning
monarch. Jane is popularly known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’ because
of her curtailed reign. It is often a view of many she was a victim
of her cousin, Edward…
Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria was
the third daughter and youngest surviving child of the Prince and
Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of
Denmark, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of
Hesse-Kassel. Princess Maud was…
In medieval times royal brides were often
quite young when they married, though consummation was usually
forbidden until a more appropriate age was reached. A certain young
bridge might ring a bell as the founder of the Tudor Dynasty. Lady
Margaret Beaufort was first married when she was just 12. Another
‘marriage’ happened when she was just one, but she never recognized
this marriage…
The Stories of Queen Victoria's Grandaughters: Princess Viktoria of Prussia
3rd August 2015
Like the majority of her granddaughters,
Princess Viktoria of Prussia was named after both her mother and
grandmother. Born on April 12, 1866, in Potsdam Palace. Friederike
Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria was the fifth child and second daughter
of Frederick III, Emperor of…
Growing up my father set out to build a
dollhouse for my sister and me. It was three stories high, nine
rooms, complete with an elevator on the outside operated by a
pulley system. My mum used wallpaper samples to cover the walls and
left over carpet and lino from our home…
Oak Apple Day was a formal public holiday
celebrated in England on the 29th May in recognition of the
Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 following ‘The Commonwealth’ of
England and rule of Oliver Cromwell from 1649. It is so named ‘Oak
Apple Day’ because of King Charles II’s escape from the Roundheads
following the Battle of Worcester in 1651, in which he hid in an…
On this day, 126 years ago, a shy young
woman married a man almost two decades older than her in London.
But this was no ordinary wedding. The bride was Princess Louise of
Wales, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and her marriage had set
tongues wagging for her groom was a…
The weather might not be all that
sunny but it is definitely summer season at Buckingham
Palace. Today, the doors of The Queen’s London home are
opened up to visitors from around the world for eight weeks. The
State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open every year to…
On this day in 1860, Queen Victoria
welcomed her first granddaughter. She was a young grandmamma, just
41 at the time, but the baby girl born in Berlin 155 yeas ago today
was Victoria’s second grandchild. She was also the last of the
second generation born in the lifetime of her grandpapa, Prince
Albert. So far, so fairytale. But the life of Charlotte of Prussia
was anything but a happy ever…
