The earliest memories of a historical
personage are extraordinarily important, as not only do they reveal
first consciousness of their world and circumstances but crucially,
what they remembered first. They tell snippets of true events, as
they saw them. Of course, we know that all true biography begins
before birth and that event could hardly be expected to count
amongst any of even the very…
On 16 March 1861, Queen Victoria’s
mother, the Duchess of Kent, died at Frogmore House, the private
residence in Windsor Great Park which she had often used, living
there for approximately two decades. After her death, the summer
house she had planned during her lifetime…
As D-Day took place, King George VI spoke
to the people of Britain and the Empire it still retained. His
speech was set to inspire, to comfort and to look to the future
with determination as World War Two entered a new phase, one which
he himself referred to as ‘a…
Day one of President Donald Trump and
First Lady Melania Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom ended
with a regal state banquet at Buckingham Palace. So, who were the
guests that toasted to The Queen and President? The British Royal
Family was represented by Her Majesty The Queen, the Prince of
Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke
of York, Earl and Countess…
The Princess Royal was seated next to
President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the State Banquet
held at Buckingham Palace on Monday evening. Different members of
The Royal Family were scattered across the room so a royal could be
seated between every few…
“Mr President, I am delighted to welcome
you and Mrs Trump to Buckingham Palace this evening, just twelve
months after our first meeting at Windsor Castle. Visits by
American Presidents always remind us of the close and longstanding
friendship between the United…
Guests have arrived at Buckingham Palace
for a State Banquet alongside President Trump. The banquet is being
held in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace and will see President
Trump and the First Lady sat with members of The Royal Family and
around 170 other guests. The Queen, the Prince of Wales, the
Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke
of Sussex are among some of…
Why didn't Donald & Melania Trump bow or curtsy to The Queen, Prince Charles or Camilla?
3rd June 2019
On Monday afternoon, The Queen welcomed
President Trump and First Lady Melania to Buckingham Palace, where
they had a tour and enjoyed a private lunch. President Trump and
Melania arrived left the US Ambassador’s residence for Buckingham
Palace by helicopter. The…
The Queen has welcomed the President of
the United States, Donald Trump, to Buckingham Palace as his State
Visit to the UK officially gets underway. President Donald Trump
and First Lady Melania Trump arrived left the US Ambassador’s
residence for Buckingham Palace by…
Queen Victoria’s visited Balmoral in her
beloved Scottish Highlands in the late autumn of 1900. The Queen
could not know it, but it was the last time that she would see the
new castle which Prince Albert had erected in her words as his ‘own
work… as at Osborne’ and which had become a box of intensely
personal memories. So deeply did the Queen feel her first visit to
Balmoral after Prince…
