Held at Buckingham Palace, The Queen was
joined by Tony Tan Keng Yam and Mrs Tan as guests of
honour on their visit to the UK. The extended family attended the
banquet, with Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and
Sophie, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Alexandra and
The Duke of Kent also there. A total of 170 guests were at the
Palace. Other guests included Prime Minister…
The Queen, along with The Duke of
Edinburgh, arrived by car at Horse Guards Parade this morning
shortly after 11:00am, amidst the cold and windy weather. A few
minutes later, the Singaporean President and his wife
arrived, accompanied by The Duke and Duchess of…
The 11th Duke of Marlborough, who
recently died on October 16th, left a widow, Lily. Now the Dowager
Duchess, over thirty years the Duke’s junior, she married him in
2008 and became his fourth wife and second duchess. It was she who
was instrumental in reconciling the Duke…
Whether a State occasion or travel
between the Tower of London, Windsor, Hampton Court, Westminster or
Greenwich, the Thames was the means for travel and the men who
rowed the Royal barges up and down the river were known as the
Royal Watermen. Grand Ceremonial events often were held on the
Thames such as Henry VII’s Queen Elizabeth traveling from Greenwich
by barge for her coronation in 1487…
Until 1782, the office was one of great
political significance and held Cabinet rank. After 1924, the
office would change over as the government changed. The Lord
Steward was at one time head of his own department of the Household
that was in charge of the ‘below stairs’…
This was only the second or
third time that I've ever visited Windsor and covering an
Investiture was certainly something that I never thought I'd be
doing so to be invited to sit in on one of these magnificent
ceremonies as a guest, I felt incredibly…
The route which Richard III’s remains
will follow before being reinterred in Leicester Cathedral has now
been revealed to the public. On Sunday 22nd March 2015, the last
Plantagenet King will make his final journey before being laid to
rest in the cathedral on Thursday 26th March. During the late
morning on 22nd March, the hearse of the King will leave the
University of Leicester, which is where…
The knee-length bloomers were one of a
number of items to be sold at auction this week. The overseas buyer
of Britain’s longest reigning monarch’s bloomers wishes to remain
anonymous, according to the auctioneer. A pair of silk stockings,
also belonging to Victoria, sold…
Our journey of influential queen mothers
continues with Cecily Neville, the mother of two King’s of
England. Cecily was born in 1415 with royal lineage that linked her
to John of Gaunt, King Henry IV and Edward III of England. By the
age of nine she was betrothed to…
Victoria faced the most assassination
attempts in centuries 5. In June 1850, Robert Pate became the fifth
person to make an attempt on Victoria’s life. Once more, her
children witnessed the attack – Bertie, Alice, and Affie – and this
time, Victoria was injured. Pate, a former army officer, waited for
Victoria in Picadilly, where she was visiting the dying Duke of
Cambridge, also her…
