Palaces & BuildingsQueen Elizabeth II

Visits to Balmoral at an all time high

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6th October 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen's Scottish home has had a near record number of visitors this year. Over 70,000 tourists visited Balmoral this summer – a figure that is five percent more than it was last year. This increase in tourist numbers means that now, over half of the costs of running the castle are met by tourist revenue alone. It is reported that 40 percent of the visitors…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Queen to make statement on Scottish independence result tomorrow

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18th September 2014
<![CDATA[The Queen is to make a written statement tomorrow afternoon in the wake of the result of the Scottish independence referendum held today across the country. Polls closed just a short while ago at 10pm and the votes are now being counted up at polling stations across Scotland before the big result on the question of whether Scotland shall be an independent country will be…
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FeaturesHistory

History Rewind: Birth of Queen Elizabeth I

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7th September 2014
<![CDATA[On 7th September 1533, Anne Boleyn gave birth to King Henry VIII's second child at Greenwich Palace. Disappointingly for him, it was another girl. Elizabeth’s childhood was a somewhat difficult and complex one after losing her mother at the tender age of two. Elizabeth and her half-sister, Mary, were declared illegitimate as Henry VIII sought to create space for his male…
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History

Manuscript by Mary, Queen of Scots up for sale

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31st August 2014
<![CDATA[A very rare piece of history will take centre stage at an American auction on 18th September as a manuscript that was signed by Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution is being put up for sale. The document in question relates to an estate in France where one of the country's biggest and bloodiest massacres took place. More than 60 Protestant worshippers were slayed in a barn in…
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