The remains of the last Plantagenet King,
Richard III, will be reburied in Leicester cathedral, it has been
revealed. Distant relatives of the King, who formed the Plantagenet
Alliance, have lost their battle in the High Court over where the
remains should be buried. Richard’s skeleton was discovered
underneath a car park by excavation teams from University of
Leicester in September 2012. The…
Robert Anthony Eden was born on 12th June
1897 at Windlestone Hall in County Durham into a Conservative
landed gentry family. His father was Sir William Eden and his
mother Sybil Frances Grey. Eden was educated at two independent
schools, Sandroyd School and Eton…
Renovation work supposedly began on
the home in September of last year after King’s Lynn and West
Norfolk Borough Council agreed on the plans for the
refurbishment. William, Catherine and Prince George currently
reside at their apartment in Kensington Palace, which also…
1953: The Queen in Timaru, a major port
in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand. Crowds gathered
on the banks of the River Thames to catch a glimpse of the Royal
Yacht Britannia bringing Her Majesty and the Royal family home.
Numerous sirens from ships and even factories rang out as the
Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne made
their way down the Thames. They…
Lords Commissioners, chosen by Her
Majesty to act on her behalf at the prorogation, suspended
parliament’s business by reading out The Queen’s proclamation in
the House of Lords at the close of business today in Parliament.
The date for prorogation was decided in the…
Beginning on August 5th and ending on
Remembrance Day (11th November), the dry moat will be turned into a
sea of red as each poppy will mark the British or Colonial soldier
killed during the conflict. There will be 888,246 poppies will be
laid in the moat to represent the…
Ratan Tata is the Chairman emeritus
of the Tata Group, an Indian multi-national company. In the past,
the UK has benefited from inward investment from the Tata Group,
which took over Jaguar Land Rover in 2008, and is currently the
largest manufacturing employer in the country. In 2009, an honorary
KBE (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) was
granted to Mr Tata. This year, he…
On 4 May 1953, The Duke of Edinburgh
received his wings. The Duke was awarded his pilot’s wings in a
private ceremony that was held at Buckingham Palace. Air Chief
Marshall Sir William Dickson, Chief of Air Staff, present The
Prince with the award. Flight-Lieutenant Caryl…
Her Majesty, who will be joined by
the Prince of Wales as Great Master of the order, will invest new
senior knights during the occasion as well as attending the
religious service during the occasion. The chapel of the order
is Henry VII Lady Chapel inside Westminster…
The festival was coordinated to
commemorate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It
exhibited Britain's c past, present, and future contributions to
society through the arts, science technology and industrial design.
Crowds gathered as the Royal Family made their way from Buckingham
Palace to St Paul’s. The Royal procession stopped at Temple Bar for
the traditional ceremony where…
