The Times has published its annual letter
from Tim O’Donovan detailing the number of engagements undertaken
by members of the Royal Family in the past year. In his annual
survey of the Royal Family’s engagements, Mr O’Donovan noted,
“After the busy Diamond Jubilee year it is not surprising that
members of the Royal Family carried out fewer official duties in…
Apprentice star Karren Brady among those up for New Year's Honours
30th December 2013
The 2014 New Year’s Honours list, one of
the two annual lists of those receiving honours from The Queen, has
been announced today with notable recipients including singer
Katherine Jenkins (OBE), Apprentice star Karren Brady (CBE),
broadcaster Sandi Toksvig (OBE) and…
On this day in 1688, the Dutch
Stateholder William III of Orange made a triumphant march into
London ending the reign of King James II. In what history has since
coined the “Glorious Revolution” William of Orange invaded England
on the 5th of November 1688. It would…
Members of the Royal Family including The
Earl and Countess of Wessex, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the
Princess Royal are set for several weeks of overseas engagements
between them towards the end of January and into February as the
Royal Family return from their festive break early next year. The
Countess of Wessex will travel to France in early February. The
Earl of Wessex is the first to…
The codebreaker and computing pioneer,
Alan Turing, has been granted a posthumous royal pardon. The Pardon
addresses Turing’s conviction for homosexuality in 1952 and his
treatment thereafter. It is believed that Mr Turing may have
shortened World War II by two years…
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…
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 women lived late
in the Anglo-Saxon period. A century before the first of these
three women became queen, another woman – in…
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…
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 further 14 people are being
treated for “very serious injuries” in several hospitals across
Glasgow. The 87-year-old…
