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…
President of the United States, Donald J
Trump, is undertaking his first State Visit to the United Kingdom
this week – a much-anticipated event. When the American billionaire
arrives at Buckingham Palace following a ceremonial welcome, all
will seem well between The…
The Queen was crowned 66 years ago today.
The coronation of Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey and
while the ancient ceremony took place, a nation celebrated. This
glittering moment in what would become a record breaking reign was
shared by millions who took to the…
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took
place 66 years ago today. The young monarch, who had succeeded to
the throne on the death of her father, King George VI, on February
6th 1952 was carried to this ancient ceremony in a golden coach
while the world watched. Millions of people around the world
celebrated with Elizabeth, then just 27 years old, at the start of
what would become a record…
Donald Trump describes the Duchess of Sussex as 'nasty' ahead of his State Visit next week
31st May 2019
The President of the United States,
Donald Trump, has used the adjective ‘nasty’ to describe the
Duchess of Sussex just a week before he arrives in the UK for a
State Visit. President Trump said that Meghan’s comments about the
American leader have been…
Was Queen Victoria a Victorian? The
question is a complex and fascinating one to answer. In the
immediate response, Victoria would seem to typify what it meant to
be ‘Victorian’ because her long reign straddled the nineteenth
century, and the age was accordingly…
The name of Miss M. Hope Robson belongs
to that both visible and invisible host of British royal nannies
and governesses which appeared at the royal courts of Europe in the
nineteenth century, known to their charges but in some cases,
almost forgotten to biography. Correspondence sent to them in
burgeoning childish scrawl and later in a mature script, chart the
chronology in pen or pencil of the…
It has been revealed that Charlotte
Casiraghi and her fiancé, Dimitri Rassam will tie the knot this
Saturday at the Princely Palace of Monaco. The daughter of Princess
Caroline of Monaco and Mr Rassam have reportedly decided to baptise
their seven-month-old son on the same…
The three sons of Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Rashid Al Maktoum – the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates
and Rule of Dubai – will hold their wedding reception during
Eid on Thursday, 6 June where thousands are expected to attend. It
is expected to take place at…
Aged 10 ¾ years old, Princess Victoria
composed a story. This delightful children’s tale, written by the
future Queen, survives in its own little red ‘Composition’ notebook
in the Royal Archives. To understand how it was made and the full
significance of it, we need only look at the age of the princess
when she wrote it. I surmise that if it was written at the age of
ten and three-quarter…
