Palaces & Buildings

"Your new Prime Minister is a liar" is projected onto Buckingham Palace

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24th July 2019
A projection featuring Boris Johnson has been projected onto the front of Buckingham Palace claiming the new Prime Minister is a liar. The image featuring Mr Johnson holding a kipper alongside the words “Your Majesty, your new Prime Minister is a LIAR” appeared on The Queen’s London residence.Day one of @BorisJohnson as PM pic.twitter.com/F8MOoR3aLF — Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) July…
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Prince Napoleon's journey to Norway in 1856

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24th July 2019
In August 1856, Christiania received an exceptionally grand visit. Seven royals from three royal houses, one Imperial house and a princely house were gathered in Norway’s capital that summer. One of them was Napoleon, although it wasn’t the Napoleon most of us…
State & Ceremonial

BREAKING: The Queen to appoint Boris Johnson as her 14th Prime Minister

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23rd July 2019
Boris Johnson has been elected leader of the Conservative Party meaning he will be appointed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he meets The Queen on Wednesday. Mr Johnson will travel to Buckingham Palace tomorrow where Her Majesty will ask if he has the confidence of the House of Commons to form a government. Presuming he answers in the affirmative, from that moment Mr Johnson will…
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From Canterbury to The Hague: Mozart and Princess Carolina of Nassau

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21st July 2019
Having given several royal performances before George III and Queen Charlotte, the boy Mozart’s sonatas for keyboard and violin K10-15 were engraved before the end of 1764, dedicated to the musical Queen: ‘Six Sonates pour le clavecin que peuvent se jouer avec l’accompagnement de violin our flaute/traversiere/Tres humblement dediees/a sa Majeste Charlotte/Reine de la Grande Bretagne/composes…
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The Illegitimate Royals: Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset

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20th July 2019
King Henry VIII certainly took enough mistresses in his day, but only one of the resulting children was acknowledged: his beloved son, Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. He was born in June 1519, the son of Elizabeth “Bessie” Blount and Henry VIII. Bessie Blount was a 17-year-old lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon, and she caught the eye of the king whilst his wife was…
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