This autumn, the heart of a Queen and
British-born princess will be laid to rest in Romania. Born in Kent
as Princess Marie of Edinburgh, the second child and eldest
daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess
Marie Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander II, she received the
names Marie Alexandra Victoria but was always known as “Missy” in
the intimacy of the family. She…
Her Majesty The Queen is the epitome of
grandeur and magnificence. She lives in the lap of luxury, and is
always impeccably dressed, and surrounded by splendour. Which makes
it hard to believe that there was a time when her ancestors, Kings
of England themselves, spent…
Though her reign is disputed by many,
Lady Jane Grey is undoubtedly this country’s shortest reigning
monarch. Jane is popularly known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’ because
of her curtailed reign. It is often a view of many she was a victim
of her cousin, Edward VI’s…
Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria was
the third daughter and youngest surviving child of the Prince and
Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of
Denmark, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of
Hesse-Kassel. Princess Maud was born at Marlborough House on 26
November 1869. She was baptised by John Jackson, Bishop of London
at Marlborough House on 24…
In medieval times royal brides were often
quite young when they married, though consummation was usually
forbidden until a more appropriate age was reached. A certain young
bridge might ring a bell as the founder of the Tudor Dynasty. Lady
Margaret Beaufort was first married…
The Stories of Queen Victoria's Grandaughters: Princess Viktoria of Prussia
3rd August 2015
Like the majority of her granddaughters,
Princess Viktoria of Prussia was named after both her mother and
grandmother. Born on April 12, 1866, in Potsdam Palace. Friederike
Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria was the fifth child and second daughter
of Frederick III, Emperor of…
Growing up my father set out to build a
dollhouse for my sister and me. It was three stories high, nine
rooms, complete with an elevator on the outside operated by a
pulley system. My mum used wallpaper samples to cover the walls and
left over carpet and lino from our home renovation for the floors.
The dollhouse was our pride and joy, and we played for it,
admittedly, longer than we should have.
Oak Apple Day was a formal public holiday
celebrated in England on the 29th May in recognition of the
Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 following ‘The Commonwealth’ of
England and rule of Oliver Cromwell from 1649. It is so named ‘Oak
Apple Day’ because of King…
On this day, 126 years ago, a shy young
woman married a man almost two decades older than her in London.
But this was no ordinary wedding. The bride was Princess Louise of
Wales, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and her marriage had set
tongues wagging for her groom was a…
The weather might not be all that
sunny but it is definitely summer season at Buckingham
Palace. Today, the doors of The Queen’s London home are
opened up to visitors from around the world for eight weeks. The
State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open every year to the public,
allowing visitors a chance to see the Royal Family’s most famous
residence for themselves. There are nineteen…
