The “self-indulgent” King Henry VIII has
earned himself the title of the worst monarch in history granted by
the Historical Writers Association. Twenty per cent voted the
obsessive tyrant the worst monarch citing his “self-indulgent” and
“syphilitic” wife-murdering ways. The Spider of Sarajevo, by
prize-winning author Robert Wilton, described King Henry as a…
A royal tribute to Britain's worst rail disaster is destroyed by vandals
4th September 2015
It was a sad day for the community of
Gretna Green last weekend. Vandals destroyed a tree that was
planted by the Princess Royal earlier this year to honour those who
perished in the Quintinshill Rail Disaster. On May 22, The Princess
Royal planted a tree near the railway…
A slice of wedding cake from the marriage
of Princess Elizabeth of England (the future Queen Elizabeth II) to
Philip Mountbatten recently sold for £500 at an auction. [getty
src=”107070380″ width=”594″ height=”482″] The slice was
taken…
Kensington Palace marks longest serving monarch with film installation
4th September 2015
Kensington Palace is to mark the date
Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-serving monarch with a
new film installation celebrating the reigns of The Queen, and her
predecessor as longest serving monarch, Queen Victoria. The Palace
is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens and has been a
residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century.
Kensington Palace Drawing…
A new portrait of The Queen to mark the
occasion of Her Majesty becoming Britain’s longest-reigning monarch
has been unveiled. The new portrait was commissioned by Illustrated
London News Ltd (ILN), with collaboration from The Queen Elizabeth
Scholarship Trust (QEST) and…
Royal Mint issues commemorative £20 silver coin honouring The Queen's record breaking milestone
1st September 2015
Fewer and fewer people in Britain can
remember a time when another head adorned our currency or indeed
our stamps. In fact, the Royal Mint has confirmed that of the 28.9
billion coins in circulation, never have all of them carried the
portrait of the same monarch. The new…
Things are starting to bloom this month as Duchess of Cornwall accepts garden presidency
1st September 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall has recently
agreed to become president of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in
Hampshire. The Duchess of Cornwall is pictured here visiting the
Big Lunch Project at the Skainos Centre in East Belfast in May
2015. Founded in 1953 by nurseryman Harold Hillier, it began as the
Hillier Arboretum after he acquired Jermyns House and its grounds.
The gardens are a charitable trust…
Duchess of Cornwall to present medals to Navy personnel who helped with the Ebola crisis
28th August 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall begins the new
royal season on 10 September honouring Navy personnel who helped
with the Ebola crisis last year. The Duchess of Cornwall is
pictured here in 2012 at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth. There she
presented operational medals to Royal Navy…
A wave of applause for The Queen at a river based tribute marking her historic reign
26th August 2015
People in London are being encouraged to
line the banks of the Thames on September 9th 2015 to cheer The
Queen as she becomes the longest reigning monarch in British
history. Organisers of a special flotilla of boats which will take
to the river to mark the occasion are…
As commemorations continue around the
world to mark the centenaries of many battles of World War One,
Prince Charles has paid his own tributes to soldiers from a remote
part of Scotland. Charles laid a wreath at a new memorial cairn
built to honour soldiers from the Moray farming community and
several of the neighbouring parishes who died in the conflict. The
Prince of Wales has paid tribute to…
