last week’s episode, which focused
on the issues that the new Georgian dynasty faced with the
ascendance of George I, in the second episode Dr Lucy Worsley
continued with her investigation into the lives of the Hanovarian
Kings and focused on George II and Queen Caroline, whom she calls
her “favourite Queen”. Dr Lucy Worsley with a portrait of Queen
Caroline, wife of George II, by Joseph…
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, also known
as Bonnie Prince Charlie or the ‘Young Pretender’, was the grandson
of the Stuart King James II of England, and a claimant to the
throne. After James II, a Catholic ruler, was deposed in favour of
his Protestant daughter and…
On 4 May 1953, The Duke of Edinburgh
received his wings. The Duke was awarded his pilot’s wings in a
private ceremony that was held at Buckingham Palace. Air Chief
Marshall Sir William Dickson, Chief of Air Staff, present The
Prince with the award. Flight-Lieutenant Caryl…
The festival was coordinated to
commemorate the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It
exhibited Britain's c past, present, and future contributions to
society through the arts, science technology and industrial design.
Crowds gathered as the Royal Family made their way from Buckingham
Palace to St Paul’s. The Royal procession stopped at Temple Bar for
the traditional ceremony where…
Royal Central, we were delighted to have
the chance to interview Historic Royal Palaces’ Chief Curator Dr
Lucy Worsley last month about her upcoming television
series on the first Georgian Kings of Great Britain. Last
night, BBC Four aired the first episode of the…
On 29 April 1986 The Duchess of Windsor,
Wallis Simpson was buried alongside her husband, The Duke of
Windsor at Frogmore in Windsor. The Duchess was buried in an
English oak coffin that contained a silver inscribed plate stating,
“Wallis, Duchess of Windsor…
“Dear Dilys,” begins the letter, which is
addressed to Dilys Cheetham, a fellow humanitarian campaigner from
North Yorkshire who was hijacked by armed paramilitaries. Written
on paper bearing the official Kensington Palace
letterhead, the letter is dated 11 August 1997, less than three
weeks before Diana’s untimely death in a car crash in Paris. Dilys
Cheetham was the founder of the…
While we retain the Monarch as head of
state in Australia it isn’t to often that the Australian Royal
Family makes the news here, but local media has been sent into
meltdown with the royal tour currently underway in Australia. You
can’t turn on a television, read a paper…
In 1525, after 18 years of marriage to
Catherine of Aragon, daughter to Ferdinand II of Aragon and
Isabella I of Castille, the Spanish king and queen, Henry VIII
began to seek an annulment of his marriage. This was not unheard
of. In fact, the Pope had previously allowed…
The Earl and Countess of Wessex are set
for a week of engagements in Scotland during mid-May as Prince
Edward attends the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly from
16th-24th May. During this time, he and his wife will swap their
‘HRHs’ for the higher style of His and Her Grace, as Prince Edward
takes up his appointment as Lord High Commissioner to the General
Assembly – the first member…
