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 elder sister, the Princess Royal and
would be worn by future generations of royal babies. Her Godparents
were her Maternal Grandmother…
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 Dublin, a marker stands with King
George’s name Although my name prediction for Baby Cambridge was
Arthur, I cannot say I was overly shocked that the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge named their new-born son George. Because of his birth,
I have started to dig deeper into the royal history behind the
name. I always knew that George was a historically significant name
(there are six Kings with…
On 21st May 1471, 17 days after
Tewkesbury, King Henry VI died in the Tower of London. On that same
day King Edward IV returned to London in triumph. The White Queen
showed us one version of this event, but it did not sit well
with the source material available. The…
King Henry VI, who contested the Wars of
the Roses, in spirit at least, with King Edward IV had only one
child, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales. In 1469, the Earl of
Warwick, the Kingmaker, had rebelled against King Edward IV with
the king’s brother George. In need…
Like millions of others last night, I was
an avid view of the BBC 1 adaptation of ‘The White Queen’, the
reason I choose now to blog on the programme is because of the way
Anne Neville was portrayed in last night’s episode. For some
unknown reason I never believed Anne Neville to be so uncaring and
quite frankly nasty. So I decided to take a look at the life and
times of Anne Neville and to…
King James VI became King James I of
England in 1603, creating the personal union between the English
and Scottish thrones. The British Monarchy was formed when King
James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England in 1603. Prior
to that, Kings and Queens of England and…
Good or Evil? Let us talk rather of
shades of grey, for that is what all real people are made up of.
And what is often forgotten is that, just like you and I, King
Richard III was a real person, a man of his times, yes, but a man
with hopes and dreams, with fears and…
Badar Azim who recently displayed Prince
George’s birth announcement on the easel has left the UK. On the
evening Prince George’s birth was announced, his face was spread
across the globe but now Badar Azim, the footman who placed the
birth announcement on the easel, has left the country. According to
a insider, Azim’s visa had run out just days after he placed the
announcement on the easel…
