Rare coins bearing the initials of three
of Henry VIII’s wives have been dug up. The gold pieces were
discovered by a family in the New Forest area of England who found
them while weeding their garden during the first lockdown. They are
part of a stash of forty coins from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Other items in the hoard include money from the reign of Henry
VIII’s grandfather…
The Queen will welcome two great
grandchildren in 2021 which means that the line of succession is
about to be shaken up again. Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack
Brooksbank, are expecting their first child in the coming year
while Zara and Mike Tindall also have…
Another great-grandchild for The Queen - Zara Tindall expecting third child
9th December 2020
Zara Tindall is pregnant with her third
child, her husband Mike announced on the podcast he co-hosts The
Good, The Bad & The Rugby, saying: “It’s been a good week for me,
had a little scan last week – third Tindall on its way.” Zara is
the second child of…
“The Crown” is fiction and Netflix trusts
that its subscribers realise that before hitting “play.” Last week,
United Kingdom Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden spoke with the press
asking Netflix to add a disclaimer, to make it clear that while
real people are being portrayed, it is a drama. Telling “The Mail
on Sunday,” Dowden said: “It’s a beautifully produced work…
It’s one of my all time favourite royal
wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so
slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a
lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a
masterclass in elegance and…
Windsor Castle is ready for Christmas as
the Queen prepares to spend the festive season there for the first
time in over thirty years. The tree is up in St. George’s Hall and
sparkling ready for the big day. Royal Collection Trust / © Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II…
Fans of the Netflix series “The Last
Kingdom” and the series of books by Bernard Cornwell, on which the
series is based, will know the main character Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
He is a fictional character; however, many events in the series
based in ninth-century England are historical as is the King he
served, Alfred of Wessex – known to history as Alfred the Great and
his wife, Lady…
It was the last major royal wedding of
the 20th century and it began a new chapter in a royal story that
would lead to a throne. On December 4th 1999, the then heir to the
Belgian throne, Philippe, married Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz before a
host of regal guests.
The tragedy of the last Stuart Monarch – Queen Anne’s 18 pregnancies
3rd December 2020
Queen Anne quite frankly had a tremendous
reign becoming the first Monarch of a united single sovereign
state, known as Great Britain in 1707 as well as showing her worth
as a Queen Regnant in a male dominated society. Though tragedy was
never far away from the last of the…
1 December 1135: On this day in 1135,
King Henry I died in Normandy, France. The fourth son of William
the Conqueror was married to Matilda of Scotland, with whom he had
three children, and to Adeliza of Louvain, after Matilda’s death.
He also had at least twenty-four illegitimate children with various
mistresses. The King reigned for 35 years and was succeeded by King
Stephen. 3 December…
