Thomas Becket is famously
remembered as the Archbishop of Canterbury who was
murdered upon the supposed orders of King Henry II. Becket’s legacy
has continued into the modern day, with many authors, poets, and
films being centred on his struggles with Henry II and his
infamous and untimely death. Both the Catholic Church and Anglican
Communion have recognised Becket as a martyr and a saint…
66 year-old John Mould from East Molesey
has served as a gardener at the Royal Palace for nearly 50 years.
The gardens and estates manager, Graham Dillamore, said about him:
“We were asked if we had anyone suitable and we replied that we
have just the right man. John was…
The ‘Cumberland Art Gallery’ will now
occupy the Georgian suite of rooms William Kent designed for King
George II and Queen Caroline’s youngest son, William Augustus, the
Duke of Cumberland. The rooms have been restored to the original
Kent interiors, as over time…
Other duties include looking after
Buckingham Palace’s Grand entrance, where they supervise the
arrivals and departures of various individuals such as ambassadors
and others that Her Majesty may receive. The Pages are responsible
for the Privy Purse Door where the infamous Red Boxes arrive daily
as well as people who have business with members of the Royal
Household. The Pages also oversee the…
On the 17th November 1558 the first
English Queen Regnant, Queen Mary I, died at St James’ Palace.
At her funeral service, the Bishop of Winchester summed up her
life quite aptly: “She was a King’s daughter, she was a King’s
sister, she was a King’s wife. She…
The Title ‘Scarlet Rod’ is from the
characteristic insignia of the office which is a long silver gilt
rod. The shaft is covered with scarlet enamel that signifies the
mantles of the Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Order. The
holders of the office have been senior…
William and Adelaide’s marriage proved to
be a happy one. Both King and Queen were popular with the British
public, and Adelaide even more so, for her modesty and charitable
nature. Curiously, Adelaide was the only Georgian Queen to survive
her husband, and, as Dowager Queen, she lived well into the reign
of Queen Victoria. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was born on 13th
August 1792, and was the…
completing the ‘Blood Swept Lands and
Seas of Red’, the ceramic art installation conceived by Paul
Cummins. Cummins, a graduate and now PhD student at the University
of Derby, handed the final poppy to 13-year-old Army cadet Harry
Hayes who planted it in the Tower moat…
Perhaps the best remembered Percy is
Henry 'Hotspur', who first served and then rebelled against King
Henry IV, before being slain in battle. Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy
(henceforth referred to just as Hotspur to avoid confusion with any
other Henry Percy) was born…
The Queen and the King of the
Belgians open the new Flanders memorial at Wellington Barracks
on Thursday. The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen, King of the Belgians
and Duke of Cambridge on the dais.© Crown Copyright 2014, Sergeant
Rupert Frere The Queen lays a wreath at the memorial.© Crown
Copyright 2014, Sergeant Rupert Frere The King of the Belgians lays
his wreath at the memorial.© Crown…
