Charles I was never popular with his
Parliament. Upon his accession to the throne in 1625, members made
clear that they would not be bullied. In an unprecedented break
with tradition, England’s law-making body decided to allow the king
to collect customs duties for only one year, as opposed to previous
monarchs who had been granted the right for life. Despite this,
Charles decided to levy tax…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge named
their daughter Charlotte. It’s not a big shock – the name has been
one of the favourites with the bookmakers almost since Kate
announced she was expecting back in September. And one of the
reasons it’s always been such a popular…
On Saturday 2nd May, the Duchess of
Cambridge gave birth to her and Prince William’s second child –
Princess Charlotte. The new baby Princess already ranks at
4th-in-line to the throne, and because of royal succession changes
only recently implemented, she cannot be…
Although one of our more controversial
monarchs, Richard III has been ill-served by history. On the basis
of very little evidence, he has been portrayed as a child-killing
monster who waded in blood to a throne that wasn’t his to take, but
the facts show that relatively little blood was shed as Richard of
Gloucester assumed the crown. Far less was shed during his reign
than ever was to flow…
On 26th March, thousands came
together to say goodbye to the last Plantagenet King, Richard
III. The King’s much-publicised reburial marks the first time
since 1485 that the two opposing sides in the Wars of the Roses,
the Yorks and the Lancasters have met at…
Queen Anne quite frankly had a tremendous
reign becoming the first monarch of a united single sovereign
state, known as Great Britain in 1707 as well as showing her worth
as a Queen Regnant in a male-dominated society. Though tragedy was
never far away from the last of the…
The staff of Windsor Castle have voted to
take industrial action over a dispute of pay. The 76 wardens,
employed by the Royal Collection Trust, voted in favour by 84% of a
action short of strike. The turn out was 82%. The strike, which may
start from the end of April, would see the wardens, all who
are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union omit
from activities that they are…
It was the room where Queen Victoria
entertained European royalty in the later part of her reign, and
designed as a state setting in what had, until then, been her
family and personal retreat. Now the Durbar Room at Osborne House
on the Isle of Wight has been restored to…
What really happened to the Princes in the Tower? The Richard III Society seeks answers
13th April 2015
There have been many great mysteries in
history. Perhaps though none greater than that of the Princes in
the Tower – the two young sons of King Edward IV, who disappeared
into the Tower of London and never seen again. According to
Shakespeare, the boys were killed by their…
Repair work will soon get underway aboard
a Victorian battleship, the HMS Warrior, which was once a part of
the high-tech marine fleet of Queen Victoria. Anchored at the
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the vessel has deteriorated over the
past century and requires urgent engineering intervention. HMS
Warrior, launched in 1860, was the pride of Queen Victoria’s fleet.
Powered by steam and sail, she…
