His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
is set to begin his return to public engagements on 12th August
when he presents medals at the Royal Society Edinburgh. The Duke
will also perform his first mainstream engagement at the end of
September, over 4 months after being admitted to the London Clinic
for ‘exploratory surgery’. The BBC’s Peter Hunt confirmed late on
Saturday that the Duke of…
In the past year, I have read seven
biographies on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Many of the these
books contained the same stories, the same milestones and
followed similar patterns. One book changed that, Elizabeth The
Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell…
Last night I went to see The Changeling
Theatre’s adaptation of Richard III at Upnor Castle. Whilst I
was really looking forward to the production, I was also feeling
ready to tut under my breath at the unrealistic representation of
Richard III – a man I have come to…
Time moves on remarkably quickly in this
BBC series. It is the only way that the producers have been able to
fit in decades of dramatic history without missing out as many
details as possible. This episode begins with a prominent date in
many royal historians minds – 1483. Max Irons fans, be prepared for
this episode; Edward IV falls gravely ill. Knowing his fate, Edward
names his brother…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
formally registered Prince George’s birth. The new parents
registered the baby’s birth on Friday morning in Kensington, just
over a week after the little Prince’s arrival. George’s name and
surname appears as ‘His Royal…
Two days following the birth of HRH
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge to TRH The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, the Royal Household, via the Royal Collection
Trust, was pleased to unveil an exclusive range of official royal
baby commemorative china to celebrate the…
This fourth blog in the series focuses on
the joint married Monarchs, Queen Mary II and King William III.
Queen Mary being the fifth Monarch of the House of Stuart and King
William being the first Monarch (in England) of the House of
Orange. Mary was born on 30th April 1662 at St James’s Palace to
the future King James II and his first wife Lady Anne Hyde. At the
time of her birth, the throne…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
received a congratulatory call from Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik
and Princess Mary on the arrival of their first child, Prince
George. Earlier this week, the Danish Palace confirmed Frederik and
Mary had made a call to the new…
The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed
one-week-old Prince George is a really “beautiful baby.” Camilla
was attending the Sandringham Flower Show with Prince Charles on
Wednesday when she was asked by 73-year-old Freda Aspinall about
the new addition to the family. The…
In the third episode of this series, Dr
David Starkey concentrates his investigation into how the Great
British music has been influenced by our monarchy by looking at the
eighteenth century. The 1700s was a time of economic boom for the
British people and the military was a significant source of power.
However, this was a time of great delicacy for our monarchy. The
effects of the English Civil…
