Legend has it that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall. Now, the man who’s just taken charge of ensuring their safety, and with it that of the realm, has revealed just what The King thinks of the tradition.
Yeoman Michael Chandler, better known as Barney, is the new Ravenmaster of the Tower of London. His day to day activities includes supervising the…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in Jersey for a visit to the self-governing British Crown Dependency. The last King Charles also had a strong connection to the island nation.Â
The future-King Charles II sought sanctuary on Jersey twice during the Wars of the…
Painting by ground breaking artist rediscovered in a royal storage room
24th September 2023
The Royal Collection Trust has just announced that a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi has gone on display at Windsor Castle for the first time in almost two centuries.
The announcement comes at the end of a much-needed restoration work that the painting has…
The Crown of Scotland, a sceptre and the Sword of State make up the Honours of Scotland and they are the oldest regalia items in the British Isles.
The Sword of State dates back to 1507. It was a gift from Pope Julius II to King James IV. It was in honour of James’s defence of Christianity. A Sword of State symbolises the monarch’s power to use the state against its enemies and the duty to…
Looking back at the history of the Honours of Scotland, it would seem that they have spent more time hidden in the nooks and crannies of Edinburgh Castle, than they have out in the open.
The Honours of Scotland are the oldest pieces of regalia in the British Isles. The…
King Charles III will be presented with the Honours of Scotland at a Service of Thanksgiving at St. Giles’s Cathedral on 5 July. However, King Charles II was the last monarch to be crowned with the Honours of Scotland in 1651.
King Charles II was crowned in…
The idea of the Crown Jewels being stolen might seem like a movie.
Well, it’s not. They really were stolen thanks to one Irishman, Thomas Blood.
Born in County Meath in 1618, Blood came from a good family. His father was a prosperous blacksmith, and his grandfather was a Member of Parliament. That said, one might assume he might not get into trouble.
When the English Civil War…
The weighty reminder of power that will be placed in the hands of King Charles III
20th April 2023
It’s one of the oldest and storied item in the Crown Jewels, the Sovereign’s Orb.
Created in 1661 by Sir Robert Vyner for Charles II’s coronation, the orb is a hollow gold sphere with a cross on top. It symbolizes the monarch’s Christian sovereignty and their…
With the death of his mother on Thursday 8 September 2022, King Charles III is now the sovereign of the United Kingdom, as well as fifteen other nations. While it was thought previously that he may take the regnal name of George VII, The King has chosen to keep his given…
Between myth and legend: the day will come and the kingdom shall fall
24th February 2022
In 1938, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, cousin to King George V, wrote in his memoirs: “Monarchy can never die out in England, whatever its fate in other countries. It is too deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people.”
Perhaps this is a truth that only time will reveal, but the monarchy’s future does not lie with the people of England at all; instead, its…
