Does sharing your digs with The Queen
sound up your street? What about managing gardens seen by millions
of visitors a year? If so, head to The Royal Household website
because Her Majesty is looking for a new live-in gardener. The
full-time position involves ensuring “the Royal Gardens and
surrounding areas of Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace are
maintained to an exceptional…
It’s hard to believe that this time last
year, we were anticipating the fairytale wedding of Harry and
Meghan at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The 19th May 2019
marks the first anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who
are expecting the arrival of their…
But for the moving memorial that Queen
Victoria erected to her and for a letter in which this is
described, the name of Ida Bonanomi might have been completely
forgotten in historical terms. Thanks to these, this is not the
case. It can be found in Edinburgh’s Rosebank…
Millions are watching as efforts continue
to save Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris which continues to burn after
a huge fire broke out in the roof in the early evening of April
15th 2019. Messages of support for France are pouring in from
around the world. And among those expressing sadness over the fire
and hopes that some of the medieval glory of the cathedral can be
saved are members of royal…
A race against time and flames to save
the priceless artwork of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has begun
after it caught fire on the late afternoon of April 15th 2019.
Fortunately, it appears that no one has been hurt in the blaze
which engulfed the top part of the church as…
An exquisite gold, sapphire and diamond
brooch crafted in St Petersburg was consigned to auction in October
2018. I had first encountered it as a personal gift from Tsarina
Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) to the friend of her youth, Marion
Louisa ‘Pollie’…
After three years of extensive
renovations, Marie Antoinette’s elaborate apartments will reopen to
visitors at the Palace of Versailles. The public can tour The
Queen’s Bedchamber, The Nobles’ Room, The Royal Table Antechamber,
and The Queens’ Guard Room from 16 April. “The work that has been
done by all the craftsmen who worked on this site has led us to
revisit this…
It’s the biggest royal anniversary of the
year and it’s almost upon us. May 24th 2019 marks two centuries
since the birth of Queen Victoria, a monarch so influential, she
gave her name to an era. And as part of our Victoria series on
Royal Central, we’ve…
In a recent life of Queen Victoria, (A.
N. Wilson, Victoria: A Life, 2014) I stumbled across an
illustration of one of the famous group photographs taken behind
the Palais Edinburg in Coburg, showing Queen Victoria surrounded by
a whole host of contemporary royalty –…
The Queen has been pleased to formally
approve the appointment of Sarah Davies as the new Clerk Assistant
in the House of Commons. Ms Davies will become the first woman to
permanently hold the position in the role’s 400-year history and
will begin her new job later this month. The Queen has approved the
appointment of Sarah Davies as Clerk Assistant of the House of
Commons. She is the…
