Palaces & Buildings

Preparing for football fever in the grounds of Buckingham Palace

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21st September 2013
The garden at Buckingham Palace is being prepared for another milestone celebration. It is not a famous garden party hosted by Her Majesty, but a football match complete with a replica of the Wembley pitch. Buckingham Palace’s garden will be converted into a one-day-only football pitch. Next month the two oldest English amateur clubs, Polytechnic FC and Civil Service FC will square off in a…
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History

The Defence of King Richard III Part 5 - Brotherly Love

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15th September 2013
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…
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State & Ceremonial

Rolf Harris portrait of The Queen 'missing'

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9th September 2013
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 hasn’t been seen…
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History

King Richard III suffered with roundworm

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4th September 2013
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…
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