We have seen so far how Shakespeare has
collated various rumours and fabrications to construct a villain in
his King Richard III who is a murderer, cold blooded and willing to
admit his vicious deeds. We have seen how the foundations were laid
for a man capable of killing a young prince in Edward of
Westminster. Add to this the killing of a king, Henry VI and there
remains only one piece of the…
Prime Minister of New Zealand to visit Queen at Balmoral Castle
11th September 2013
NZ PM John Key With Prince William Prime
Minister of New Zealand The Right Honourable John Key has been
extended an invitation by Her Majesty The Queen to visit Balmoral
Castle along with his wife and children later this month. The visit
will be his fifth official one with…
From hen houses to bee hives, organic
preserves to shortbread, the Highgrove Shop sells exclusive
products that often reflect the personal interests of His Royal
Highness The Prince of Wales. The latest product on offer is an
“ethically grown cedar” hedgehog house, which…
Since The Queen ascended the throne in
1952, there have been more than 130 official portraits of her by
many different artists. However, one royal portrait painted to mark
the Queen’s 80th birthday has ‘disappeared’. The painting captured
by Australian born Rolf Harris had been on display in many places
from the BBC to Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery but now the
painting…
The Duke of York was challenged by armed
officers on Wednesday in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, The
Sunday Express reports. Scotland Yard have confirmed that a man was
stopped in the Palace gardens at around 6pm on Wednesday and
ordered to verify his identity, but said…
A man has been arrested at Buckingham
Palace on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage, it
is reported today. The man was arrested for the break in on Monday
at about 10:20pm. The man was found in one of the State Rooms at
the Palace which are currently open to…
A team of experts have concluded that
Richard III who was found buried in Leicester last year, suffered
with a roundworm infection. In a soil sample taken from the pelvis
of the King, scientists found many roundworm eggs. Ever since King
Richard’s skeleton was found under a carpark in Sepetember last
year, scientists have been conducting careful analysis of the
remains to give us more…
On a spring day, April 14th 1857 the last
of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children was born. The
little princess’s baptism took place in the private chapel of
Buckingham Palace on the 16th June 1857, she wore the same baptism
gown that was worn by her…
Last week, I wrote about King George I.
Click here to read about his life and reign. A bust of King George
II Born George Augustus on 30 October 1683 to the future King
George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, King George II was the last
British Monarch to be born outside…
On 22nd August 1485 King Richard III led
a thunderous charge of cavalry across the field at the Battle of
Bosworth in an attempt to crush Henry Tudor, the invader who laid
claim to Richard’s throne. Unlike the presentation given by The
White Queen, it was not a dozen men in half their armour with no
helmets on scrapping in a snow dusted forest. Upwards of 15,000 men
took the field that day and…
