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 child to succeed her and
so the Protestant succession was secured by that of
her closest successor; her third cousin, George…
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…
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 relatively
uneventful, but the marriage was a pretty serious affair. Since
England’s break with Rome, the Catholic cause in…
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…
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 the land. In 2002, a law
was passed which required the vestigial rights that come with the
titles to be registered with the…
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…
Although Shakespeare credited King
Richard III with being a hunchback —and thus identified
him with an evil creature who could murder his two nephews to
gain the throne—new studies are calling this a mistake. Being one
of Duchess Cecily Neville’s three sons to live into adulthood,
Richard was given the title Duke of Gloucester before he took
to the throne after the death of his brother…
