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 were tourists from overseas, proving that
the popularity of Her Majesty and the entire British Royal Family
extends far beyond the shores of the United Kingdom. “It has been a
very good year. We are about five per cent…
Margaret Rose was born in 1930,
four years after her sister, Princess Elizabeth, at Glamis
Castle in Scotland, which was her mother's ancestral home. At
the time of her birth, George V was the reigning monarch, making
Margaret the fourth-in-line to the throne.
Katherine of Aragon, Margaret Beaufort,
and Eleanor of Aquitane were all examined (a full list of the
series can be found here) in order to understand how they may
have influenced their children who later became Monarchs. Queen
Elizabeth I is one of England’s most…
Queen to make statement on Scottish independence result tomorrow
18th September 2014
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
answered tomorrow morning. A short while ago, Buckingham
Palace commented that The Queen was following events very closely
and was receiving updates both from London and…
Canterbury Panel commemorating 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta completed
16th September 2014
Royal School of Needlework member Rhoda
Nevins was commissioned by Runnymede Borough Council to design and
embroider the twelve panel tapestry to mark the 800th anniversary.
Each of the 12 panels tells the story of the events and the
significant figures involved. Each Magna…
For a female to be crowned in Scotland,
it was evident that the country was experiencing a severe
succession crisis. Being at such a young age, the Scottish Lords
found it very difficult to respect her and so Mary was sent to
France for her safety. Mary lived and grew up in…
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 heir, Edward, after his third wife, Jane Seymour gave birth to
him in 1537. When King Henry VIII died in 1547, he was succeeded by
his nine-year-old son…
When Her Majesty ascended the Throne back
in 1952, she became known as ‘Queen Elizabeth II’. However, some of
her subjects in Scotland considered her to be Queen Elizabeth I,
considering that the original Elizabeth I had never ruled over
Scotland. The fact that Her…
Mike Poulton’s theatrical adaptions of
Hilary Mantel’s two Man Booker prize winning novels, Wolf
Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, have consistently
received five star reviews from newspapers and critics alike since
it debuted in Stratford-upon-Avon last December. These…
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 Wassy in North East France in 1562. The
massacre sent shockwaves not just through France but throughout
Europe. Mary, Queen of Scots signed the document that effectively
ordered the killing of these 60…
