Hers is a line which has ruled Britain
for almost 200 years and which has given us two of the longest
reigning monarchs in our history. So allegations that Queen
Victoria wasn’t really a (British) royal certainly raised eyebrows.
But now the doubts over her lineage have been resolved – by the
respected author who brought them up in the first place. Queen
Victoria at her coronation – by then…
The Richard effect: Seven-fold increase in visitors to Bosworth during Richard III's reinterment week
3rd April 2015
Move over Kate! A new phenomenon – the
Richard effect – has begun to take the world by storm, following
the reinterment of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral last
week. More than 2,500 people attended the service held in honour of
the Plantagenet King, and an…
On 31 March 1905 an extraordinary woman
died at Coates Castle in Sussex, aged 92. Although she had been
widowed since 1885, Louisa Jane, the first Duchess of Abercorn, was
not going to let advancing years and the loss of a husband
interfere with the rest of her life. She may…
The Queen’s proclamation – approved in a
meeting of the Privy Council earlier today – was read out in London
and Edinburgh today, setting out the date when Parliament will
formally return following the General Election on 7th May. [youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfg14tX–ZE?rel=0&w=680&h=383]
Read at both the Royal Exchange in the City of London and Mercat
Cross in Edinburgh, the…
The Australia Magna Carta Embroidery - commemorating the spread of law and order throughout the world
30th March 2015
The Australia panel of the twelve panel
Magna Carta embroidery is now completed. The latest delicately
embroidered, highly detailed piece, tells the story of how the
abiding principles of the Magna Carta influenced and remained the
basis of common law in many countries…
The Queen made a sudden return
to Buckingham Palace on Monday morning to receive the Prime
Minister David Cameron after the dissolution of Parliament. The
Queen, who is residing at Windsor Castle for the next month for
Easter Court, received Mr Cameron shortly after 11…
Elizabeth Tower fell silent on Saturday
night. A team from the Palace of Westminster Clockmakers climbed
the tower to physically move the clock’s hands from Greenwich Mean
Time to British Summer Time. Besides the clock at the Elizabeth
Tower, the team of clockmakers still had 2,000 clocks dotted around
the Palace of Westminster and other parliamentary buildings to
change in readiness for British…
In this new ongoing series of articles,
we will be delving in to the world of the House of Stuart, a royal
dynasty who first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland in the
late 14th century before eventually inheriting the Kingdoms of
England and Ireland in the early 17th…
Today, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick
Clegg announced that – following the much-awaited enacting of the
necessary laws in Australia – the changes to royal succession have
finally been implemented. It’s taken four years since the Perth
Agreement in 2011 to make these…
Under the former law, dating back to
1701, women were succeeded by their brothers in succession even if
they were the first born. The act also allows the future monarch to
marry a Roman Catholic. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 came
into force after being approved by all 16 Commonwealth countries
where Her Majesty is head of state. In October 2011, the
legislation was decided in principle at…
