Now April is here we can say in all confidence that the next royal wedding happens next month. And as Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston make the final preparations for their big day, set for May 18th at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, there’s plenty of excitement over the details of this latest marital celebration.
Lady Gabriella will be the latest bride from the House of…
If you think royal baby mania is a new thing, think again. For centuries, the arrival of a regal bundle of joy has got plenty of people talking. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert kept the papers and the people happy for the best part of two decades as they went about building…
Two hundred years after her birth, Queen Victoria is taking over Buckingham Palace again. As part of the celebrations for the bicentenary of the birth of Britain’s second longest reigning monarch, the most famous royal residence of them all will host a special exhibition…
When Prince Edward, the youngest child of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, married Sophie Rhys-Jones in June 1999, it was expected that he would be bestowed with a dukedom, as is customary for the son of a monarch on the occasion of marriage. It was instead announced that the Prince would become the Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn, and his new bride would be known as HRH the Countess of…
It’s a royal relationship that has continued to intrigue even though it officially came to an end over twenty years ago. Now, the possible reunion of the Duke of York and his former wife, Sarah, is hitting the headlines once again as the pair travelled to Bahrain…
When HM The Queen bestowed the title of Duke of Cambridge on her grandson, Prince William, on his wedding day in April 2011, it marked the recreation of a title that first originated in the time of King Charles II.
A dukedom is the highest title in the British peerage system…
Moments that defined the British Monarchy – The abdication and scandal of Edward VIII
28th March 2019
On 20 January 1936, Britain’s King George V died. George V was a popular monarch with strong public morals, his son, the Prince of Wales acceded to the throne upon his father’s death. He became King Edward VIII, a name chosen as opposed to King David as there had been no British King David before.
At first, Edward VIII’s public popularity was promising. But this wasn’t to last, behind the…
Theresa May has announced her intention to leave office, saying she has no desire to continue as Prime Minister during the next stage of Brexit negotiations.
As such, a leadership contest looms in the Conservative Party and unless a General Election is called, their new…
The Queen is set to appoint her 14th Prime Minister as Theresa May announces her intention to resign
27th March 2019
The Queen is on track to appoint her 14th Prime Minister as Theresa May announces she will not stay on as PM during the next phase of Brexit negotiations.
Mrs May made the revelation during a meeting of Conservative MPs on Wednesday evening.
If she does indeed resign, it is…
Contained within the report made by Nicholas Sokolov, who was charged with conducting the official investigation into the fate of the Russian Imperial Family by the White Russian Government in February 1919, is an extraordinary set of four images, listed as ‘Nos. 15, 16, 17 and 18’ in my copy of The Sokolov Investigation, translation and commentary by John F. O’ Connor (1971).
It is a…
