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 born at Marlborough House on 26
November 1869. She was baptised by John Jackson, Bishop of London
at Marlborough House on 24…
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…
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 renovation for the floors.
The dollhouse was our pride and joy, and we played for it,
admittedly, longer than we should have.
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’…
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 the public,
allowing visitors a chance to see the Royal Family’s most famous
residence for themselves. There are nineteen…
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…
‘As a rule, I like girls more’. The
opinions of Queen Victoria on babies were quite clear. She
might have had a long line of male heirs waiting to inherit
her throne but her devotion to her granddaughters was telling. The
women of the second generation of her…
The Battle of Naseby was the first proper
battle of the New Model Army. The New Model Army was established by
the Parliamentarians in February 1645 during the height of the
English Civil War. They felt that a professional army would be more
successful when pitted against the army of King Charles I. the New
Model Army made the decision after the Battle of Marston Moor.
Though the battle was a major…
