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…
‘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…
Holdenby House in Northamptonshire first
came to prominence in 1583 when it was built by Sir Christopher
Hatton, Lord Chancellor and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
Holdenby was the largest private house in Elizabethan and was built
by Sir Christopher to honour his beloved Queen Elizabeth , even
refusing to live in it prior to Good Queen Bess’s first visit.
Original structure of Holdenby…
For many, Frogmore’s associations are
chiefly with those of royal burial. The estate, located between
Windsor Great Park and Home Park, is indeed the setting for two
important royal mausoleums – the Royal Mausoleum of Queen Victoria
and Albert, the Prince Consort…
The 70th anniversary of Victory over
Japan Day will be commemorated by the Royal Family on Saturday 15th
August as The Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip, will attend a
service at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. On the
same day, the Prince of Wales will be…
The Great Storm of 1703 occurred during
the reign of Queen Anne and was one of the worst natural disasters
ever recorded in Southern England. The week long hurricane began on
26th November 1703 and sent the roofs of houses flying and knocking
flat thousands of trees including 4000 oaks in the New Forest and
17000 in the county of Kent. Westminster Abbey sustained
considerable damage during the…
It may be the summer residence of Her
Majesty The Queen, but Balmoral Castle will open its doors to a
whole new audience at the end of July as it plays host to the
popular BBC programme, Antiques Roadshow. People are invited to
visit The Queen’s summer retreat near…
Royal Family mark 75th anniversary of Battle of Britain in RAF flypast
10th July 2015
A spectacular RAF
Flypast took place over London this morning, marking 75
years since the start of the Battle of Britain. The majestic
display formed part of an enhanced Changing the Guard ceremony
and The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh and other
senior…
She is one of the most recognised figures
in Scottish history, and her son went on to become the first King
of both England and Scotland. Now, Mary Queen of Scots, is to be
honored with her own festival, which is to be held in
Kinross-shire. Mary Stuart was born on 8 December, 1542, to James V
of Scotland and his French wife, Mary of Guise. Within a week of
her birth, Mary’s father died, making…
