“She could quite easily take the field,
muster a great army, and wage against me a war as fierce as any her
mother Isabella ever wages in Spain”. – Henry VIII Some readers may
question why I have decided to include Katherine of Aragon in this
blog series on prominent Queen Mothers, possibly because she never
actually lived to see her only-surviving child, Mary, ascend to the
throne. Some may…
Almost instantly, the question of how
this new, foreign dynasty came to rule Great Britain springs to
mind. The Act of Settlement 1701 was passed in the instance that
Queen Anne died without an heir. Even after baring many children,
when she died Anne did not leave a living…
Why can’t we hold a resolution about
getting rid of Scotland, rather than their leaving”, which made me
chuckle happily into my pint of loveliness. But it made me think…
This argument is all the more poignant when you remember that
today, in 1800, the Act of Union was…
Historic Royal Palaces, the independent
charity that looks after unoccupied Royal palaces in the UK, are
going to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by
placing 888,246 poppies in the dry moat over the summer to
create a work of art. The poppies are made of ceramic, one for each
British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war. The
first poppy was planted on 17th July by a…
Bloody Mary’, as she is infamously known
as, was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII from his first
wife Catherine of Aragon. It was on this day in 1554
that Mary I of England married the future King Philip II of
Spain at Winchester Cathedral. The wedding itself was…
Tudor chest belonging to James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor 'discovered'
24th July 2014
James IV, who is widely regarded as one
of the most successful Scottish Kings, married the daughter of the
English King Henry VII, Margaret Tudor in 1503. The pair was
married by proxy in London, on the same day that the Treaty of
Perpetual Peace, an agreement to stop…
Mary Queen of Scots was forced to
abdicate in favour of her infant son James. James would ultimately
become King James I of England and VI of Scotland in 1603. To
understand how this young, vibrant and, by all accounts, attractive
Queen came to turning the majority of the Scottish nobility
against her and being forced to abdicate, we must look at her short
and tempestuous life. Born in December…
The title of Lord of the Manor is one of
the only titles that can be legally bought and sold in the United
Kingdom and the only one which can in England. These historic
titles formerly signified the ownership of a manor in England
though since 1926 have been separate from…
On 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey became
Queen of England after the death of the 14-year-old King Edward VI.
Born in 1537, Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII, making
her a Tudor through her mother’s lineage. As Edward VI was
gradually and without doubt dying…
In London, salutes are fired in Hyde Park
by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and at The Tower of
London. Upon State Visits, the State Opening of Parliament and for
The Queen’s Birthday Parade, Green Park (next to Buckingham Palace)
is used for the salutes instead of Hyde Park. The amount of rounds
varies per occasion and place. A basic royal salute will have 21
rounds. Because Green…
