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Her Majesty The Queen and the exploding post box

When Her Majesty ascended the Throne back in 1952, she became known as ‘Queen Elizabeth II’. However, some of her subjects in Scotland considered her to be Queen Elizabeth I, considering that the original Elizabeth I had never ruled over Scotland. The fact that Her Majesty was considered their second Queen Elizabeth was somewhat unacceptable to many Scots. So let’s skip forward to 28th…
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The women behind the Crown: Influential Queen Mothers - Empress Matilda

“Great by birth, greater by marriage, greatest in her offspring: here lies Matilda, the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry” – The epitaph on Empress Matilda’s tomb In the first blog of this series, we looked at the prominent medieval figure of Eleanor of Aquitaine. However, Eleanor wasn’t the only dominant female, or ‘Queen Mother’ to be specific, of the Middle Ages. It is in…
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Will Camilla actually be Princess Consort?

why Camilla must become our Queen‘. Since its publication, the article became the site’s single most discussed article, receiving over several hundred comments with varying views and numerous email responses to the site’s editors. In the piece, I argued it would create a dangerous precedent for Camilla to be denied the rightful title of Queen and could create uncertainty about the future…
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History Rewind: The Battle of Bosworth

The Battle of Bosworth, which was fought on 22nd August 1485, is one of England’s defining battles as it resulted in the end of Richard III’s reign and led to Henry Tudor becoming King Henry VII. This marked the beginning of the infamous Tudor dynasty. Henry Tudor had a…
Interviews

Interview: etiquette with The Royal Butler

Hi Grant! Your Twitter handle is @TheRoyalButler. So can you tell me a little more about your background and your link with the Royal Family?? I work as an Etiquette and Household Consultant and PA to several VIP, European Royals and high-profile clients. I do this through…
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Gordonstoun: Prince Charles's school set for documentary series

The documentary, which will be simply titled ‘Gordonstoun’, will begin filming at the Elgin school at the end of this month and will comprise of six one hour episodes to be shown on Sky1. The school was founded in 1934 by German educator Kurt Hahn. The Duke of Edinburgh was one of the school’s first pupils, having previously been educated at Salem in Germany. Prince Philip clearly thought…
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