When a new portrait of the Queen is
unveiled it joins a catalogue of work that began in 1933 when the
seven year old Princess Elizabeth sat for Philip Alexius de László,
who had been commissioned by her mother, the then Duchess of York
to paint the first portrait of Princess Elizabeth. Since then, the
Queen has sat for a total of 139 official portraits, only two of
them with the Duke of…
Malmesbury House, in Cathedral Close
Salisbury, was once owned by Charles II. It has now been put up for
sale at the 'bargain' price of £5 million. This piece of
architectural history was used in for about a year 1665 by the
'Merrie Monarch' to escape a…
In July 1540 Anne of Cleves – the fourth
wife of Henry VIII – went from being queen of England back to Anne,
the Daughter of Cleves, with alarming speed. Life as an ex-queen of
England was very nearly uncharted territory, but, for Anne, who was
only twenty-five, her life…
It has been revealed that the DNA of the
skeleton belonging to Richard III is to sequenced. This could
potentially uncover details about the last Plantagenet King, such
as his eye and hair colour. This is the next project in a long line
of plans to discover more about the King, whose remains were
discovered under a car park in Leicester in 2012. This study is to
be led by the geneticist from the…
A poll which was conducted by ReachTEL
found that 41.6% of people oppose the country becoming a republic
and the remaining 19% have no opinion. Speaking to the Sydney
Morning Herald, the Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy
convener, David Flint, said that these…
Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry
VIII, endured the shortest marriage of any of the six wives. In
fact, her marriage was over before it had even begun. In late June
1540 Anne was informed that, due to plague in London, she was to
move to Richmond Palace immediately.
found in a forgotten storage box in a
museum. King Alfred, who was born in 849, succeeded to the throne
after the deaths of his three elder brothers, and ruled Wessex from
871 until his death in 899. During his reign he successfully
defended Wessex from multiple Viking invasions, and became the only
king to ever be styled with the epithet “The Great.” Interestingly,
he was also the first King…
Prince Edward has been appointed ‘Lord
High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland’ for 2014, Royal Central has learnt. The appointment,
though only active for one week (General Assembly week) in
Scotland, will involve Prince Edward sitting in…
It was a long time coming, almost a
century had passed since James VI & I took over control of the
English and Scottish thrones because of his shared Tudor blood with
Elizabeth I. Between that time and 1707, the monarch of both
Kingdoms had to deal with separate Parliaments…
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck was born
on 26th May 1867 at Kensington Palace in London. Her parents were
Prince Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of
Cambridge who was the youngest Daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of
Cambridge. When May was baptised in the chapel royal of Kensington
Palace, her godparents included Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales
(later her father in law King…
