The monarchy in France has been confined
to the history books for many years now but that hasn’t stopped the
country’s government intervening to stop artefacts linked to its
royal past being auctioned and possibly ending up overseas. The
French Culture Minister has ensured that three items due to be sold
by descendants of the former ruling house of France can’t now go
under the hammer…
The architect who designed
The Queen’s £1m royal jubilee barge has been found dead at his
home in South Devon. Ed Burnett was behind the plans for Gloriana,
the barge which was originally designed to carry The Queen and
other members of the royal family up the…
Royal Mail have released a special set of
commemorative stamps to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
The six stamps that have been issued feature text from Magna Carta
as well as text from other charters, bills and declarations that
have developed the rule of law…
The Succession to Peerages bill,
introduced in the last session of Parliament, will make a return in
this first of the new Parliament, with renewed hopes that the
long-contested changes to the rules governing succession to
hereditary titles in the UK are changed to allow female succession.
The bill – introduced by Lord Trefgarne – seeks to create a blanket
rule to allow hereditary…
Gun salutes across the United Kingdom
today marked the 62nd anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation, as Her
Majesty spent the day privately at Buckingham Palace. Salutes were
fired from Hyde Park by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery at
midday to mark the…
On 2 June 1953, Queen Elizabeth II took
the oath to God and country and crowned at a coronation ceremony at
Westminster Abbey in London. Peers of the realm look on during the
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
took the Coronation Oath in front…
Take a step back in time and imagine
Georgian London. The year is 1762 and a building unlike no other
becomes the talk of the town. Many marvelled at its beauty; others
thought it would not last. Artist’s impressions of what the Pagoda
will look like once restoration is finished. Photo Courtesy of
Historic Royal Palaces. The Great Pagoda at Kew, designed and
constructed during Chinoiserie craze…
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their
wedding day in 1937 It was a love story that changed the course of
British history and rocked the monarchy. This is perhaps why a car,
said to have been used to sneak Wallis Simpson in and out of
Balmoral during her relationship with…
Two law professors in Canada are
challenging the change to royal succession rules which now mean
that a girl can succeed ahead of a younger born brother. They are
arguing that the alterations this made to Canadian law are
‘unconstitutional’ and ‘colonialist’. The…
Anne Boleyn is probably best remembered
as the most controversial Queen in British history, which is
perhaps not entirely deserved. Even though much is said about her,
there are a lot things we don’t know, such as her birthday.
Unfortunately for women of that time period, it was not uncommon
for her birth date not to be recorded. Eric Ives settles on 1501 in
his magnificent biography on…
