The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge marked
World Mental Health Day today by visiting a project in Harrow run
by the mental health charity, Mind. William and Kate spent several
hours meeting young people affected by mental health issues and
hearing about how they have gone on to use their experiences to get
involved with projects that help others who find themselves in
similar situations. William and…
On this day, in 1344, a little girl was
born to a famous king and queen. She entered the expected role of a
royal daughter from birth as her future husband, an important
political ally, was already living in the regal nursery she would
call home. This royal baby spent her…
William III and Mary II are an odd couple
in British royal history. They are our only joint sovereigns, so
far, and they swept to power in a series of events that were
romantically named the ‘Glorious Revolution’. The deal they did
with parliament to make…
Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married
King Louis XII of France on October 9th 1514 On this day, 501 years
ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married the French
king, Louis XII. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in
Northern France transformed Mary into the Queen of France. No
other English princess held that title after her. In fact,
only one other daughter of a King of England…
King Felipe of Spain speaks of the refugee crisis as he addresses the European Parliament
8th October 2015
King Felipe VI has told the European
Parliament that it can count on the support of a united Spain. The
promise came in a speech to delegates in Strasbourg just days after
elections in Catalonia gave a majority to parties which ultimately
favour independence from the rest of…
The new Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy
Corbyn, will not be at the meeting of the Privy Council today – it
would have been his first opportunity to take up membership of the
body. The Labour leader has said he is too busy to attend
today’s meeting of the council…
The Prince of Wales has denied claims of
intervening in the judicial proceedings against Peter Ball, a
former leading Church of England clergyman, who was jailed
yesterday for sex offences against young men. During the
sentencing hearing, which took place at the Old Bailey, the court
heard that when Ball was first accused of indecent assault in 1993
letters of support for him came from several…
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked…
The Duke of Cambridge has made an
impassioned plea for a coalition of politicians to tackle the
illegal wildlife trade. And he has shown just how personal the
issue is to him by explaining why his fight to preserve endangered
species is linked to the world he wants Prince…
George I became an international name in
1714 when he became King of Great Britain and Ireland. Until then,
he was one of many German princes and dukes with their own patch to
rule but not much reason for the rest of the world to take notice
of them. George had acquired some notoriety because of his
action-packed private life, but nothing could have prepared him for
the changes that inheriting the…
