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…
Why Cambridge University has been luckier for queens in class than kings in waiting
11th January 2014
Edward VII, William’s
great-great-great-grandfather, wasn’t the first British royal to
attend the university but he was the first heir to the throne to
finish his studies there. And his mother, Queen Victoria, might
have wished he hadn’t bothered. Albert Edward…
Everyone knows that Henry VIII had six
wives, with the rhyme ‘Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced,
Beheaded, Survived’, recording their largely unenviable fates.
Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, is a household name, but what of
the other Queen Anne – the fourth wife…
Prince Harry could move into Kensington Palace apartment next door to the Cambridges
6th January 2014
Princess Michael of Kent, who also lives
next door to William and Catherine has said that Harry could move
into the residence currently occupied by the Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester. Princess Michael told Tatler magazine that the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge have a “lovely big apartment, next to the
Gloucesters who I think will leave their enormous apartment because
their children have…
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…
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 however, take nearly two
months of struggle for William to depose of King James and claim
the throne for himself and his wife…
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…
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 left for Sandringham
House on Thursday, setting off from Kings Cross Station in London
and travelling by normal scheduled…
