Members of the Royal Family are set to join The Queen for Christmas at Sandringham House tomorrow, with all members expected to be in attendance this year.
The Royal Family traditionally gather annually at Sandringham for Christmas.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh themselves left for Sandringham House on Thursday, setting off from Kings Cross Station in London and travelling by normal scheduled…
Anglo-Saxon queens receive very little attention, with it commonly believed that there were no pre-Conquest queens in England. Such an assertion is patently untrue, as the lives of early queens, such as Elfrida, Emma of Normandy and Edith Godwin show. All three of these…
On 25 November 1120 the White Ship sank off the coast of Normandy not long after it set out for England. The ship, which was fast and well-built, went down quickly, with only two survivors. Unfortunately, William, the sole legitimate son of King Henry I was not one of…
Kensington Palace commemorates the holidays with celebration reminiscent of William III's Winter Palace
30th November 2013
The Christmas season is upon us and Kensington Palace is providing a delightful setting in which to celebrate.
The historic royal residence recently completed renovations to the late Princess Margaret’s former Apartment 1A and it is now the new abode of Their Royal Hignesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George. Prince Harry also relocated last year to an apartment within the…
Queen sends her 'thoughts and prayers' to Glasgow helicopter crash victims
30th November 2013
The Queen has sent a message of support to the victims of the Glasgow police helicopter crash.
A police helicopter carrying three people crashed into a pub in the city centre on Friday evening, killing those on board and five inside the pub. Scottish police confirmed a…
Just recently on the 6th of November, Australia marked 14 years since voting “no” in a referendum to abolish the Australian Monarchy and become the Republic of Australia. The topic of Monarchy vs Republic has always been one of fervent discussion in many…
Charles II was famous for his illegitimate children, and there have been many monarchs and their families that have had secrets they wanted to keep hidden.  Now it has been suggested that one of Queen Victoria’s daughters, Princess Louise, could have been one of them.
Art historian and biographer, Lucinda Hawksley, has claimed that Princess Louise, 4th daughter of Victoria and Albert, had a…
King George VI contemplated declaring war on Germany prior to Hitler’s Invasion of Poland in 1939.
Sotheby’s will auction off an initial draft of King George VI’s speech in which he tells the country that Britain was ready, willing and able to declare war on…
If skating through history catches ones fancy, then the chance to hit the ice at the Tower of London is a must. Now in its 8th year, the Tower moat is the site for the holiday ice skating.
Undoubtedly the Tower moat is the most recognized moat in London, if not in the…
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce during her speech on Friday 22nd of November has become the first Governor-General in the position’s history to come out in favour of Australia severing ties to the Monarchy. The very comments have seen some of Ms Bryce’s supporters turn on her very quickly.
Ms Bryce said “perhaps, my friends, one day, one young girl or boy may even grow up to be…
