1. Planning Ahead Funerals for top
members of the Royal Family are already planned ahead. For many
years, the funerals for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal
Highness The Duke of Edinburgh have been planned on the occasion
they should die. The Queen and the Duke have alway been involved in
laying out their own funeral plans. Her Majesty’s funeral plans are
codenamed ‘London…
Mute swans are being targeted by people
with crossbows as the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals) say people are trying to catch them for food.
Unfortunately for these people, it is unlawful in the UK to hunt
Mute Swans because they’re all…
Yes, the day is getting closer. the day
when Britain’s future King or Queen is born. In this feature
article, we take a look at how royal babies’ births are handled by
an institution with over 1000 years’ history, how births are
proclaimed and received…
Everyone who loves the Royal Family will
tell you that there’s nothing to beat a good royalty-orientated
story or anecdote so here are our top 10 royal anecdotes from the
British Royal Family. Enjoy! ‘The Nervous Bishop’ Queen Elizabeth
II was hosting a meal for various clergy at Buckingham Palace when
one of the footmen brought to Her Majesty a silver platter
containing an…
There’s no denying that for a lot of
Brits, one of the most stirring and patriotic sounds is the sound
of our national anthem, God Save The Queen, but the tune is not
exclusive to the UK, in fact, the tune is used by many other
countries both as a patriotic song and in…
Earlier today, the University Of
Leicester confirmed that the bones it discovered in a car park in
Leicester do indeed belong to England’s last Plantagenet King, King
Richard III. The University publishes these findings after having a
tip off of the location of the…
This Monday, the University Of Leicester
are to announce whether the bones found in a Leicester car park in
September belong to England’s last King to die in battle. According
to many historians, the outlook is good. There are many
distinguishing features on the corpse that tally with what we
already know about King Richard III. However, other discoveries on
the corpse, if it does prove to…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news about
Her Majesty The Queen Of The Netherlands’s plan to abdicate from
the throne. In the Netherlands, this is more-or-less common
practise for the Sovereign to abdicate from the throne in old age.
In light of this…
When you spend as much of your time as we
do browsing for articles, photos and glimpses of our site’s
namesake, Kate (Better and more properly known as Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge) it’s easy to forget that there are other
Royal families out there beyond the…
Ever since William The Conqueror obtained
the crown of England, Monarchs have always been held in the highest
regard and treated with the uttermost reverence and deference. That
is, until now. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen such a rapid
change in royal protocol and its considered importance, and here we
explain how, why and what this means. Royal Protocol originates
from he historical…
