In a week when we got our first news of
royal history to come (yes, I’m talking baby Sussex here) there
were also plenty of tidbits from times gone to whet the appetite of
even the hungriest fan of the royal past. From once in a lifetime
exhibitions to the promise of majestic and princely tales as we’ve
never seen them before, here’s a round up of the highlights of the
past week…
On 24 March 1603 Queen Elizabeth I
breathed her last and – left with no legitimate heir – the House of
Tudor came to an end after more than 100 years on the English
throne. Beginnings The House of Tudor was founded in 1485 when
Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III in…
Wolf Hall, the historical drama based on
Thomas Cromwell’s rise in King Henry VIII’s court, leads the Bafta
nominations with a total of four nominations. The series has been
nominated in Best Drama, Mark Rylance, who played Cromwell has
been nominated for…
It is The Queen’s weekend home and is
apparently her favourite royal residence. But did you know that
Windsor Castle is also the home of many royals from years and
centuries gone by. In this piece we explore the ghostly goings on
at Windsor Castle and just who haunts the 1000 year old fortress.
King Henry VIII The ghost of the second Tudor King is said to be
Windsor Castle’s most famous…
Catherine Howard was born around 1520 as
the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, and through
her father’s side of the family she was a first cousin of
Henry VIII’s second wife Anne Boleyn. Though she was of
aristocratic birth, her father was…
One of Britain’s most colourful King’s
and is easily most well known- but not for his heart-warming
personality. Henry VIII most extraordinary claim to fame would be
six wives and their unfortunate fates. Henry accomplished a lot
more in his time as King, like…
Today you may not have to worry about the
hazards of being married to a King, but it wasn’t always that way.
King Henry VIII’s wives suffered fates that would far outweigh the
perks of being Queen! Here is a guide of each of six wives and
their unfortunate destinies. Catherine of Aragon King Henry’s first
wife was the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon. She and Henry
had a…
Anne Boleyn is probably best remembered
as the most controversial Queen in British history, which is
perhaps not entirely deserved. Even though much is said about her,
there are a lot things we don’t know, such as her birthday.
Unfortunately for women of that time…
On 17 November 1558 England’s first
undisputed Queen regnant, Mary I, died, paving the way for the
accession of her half-sister Elizabeth I. Mary had been a
staunch Roman Catholic and she had been determined to bring England
back to what she believed to be the true…
