It’s the starting point for many a summer
break from the UK and this week, it gets a regal visitor. The
Princess Royal is set to open the new terminal extension at London
Luton, arriving at the departure gates at the height of holiday
season. It will be the latest in a long line of official royal
inaugurations for airports around the country. Grab your boarding
pass and enjoy this trip to…
The future King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. Prince
Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen
Mary, while Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and…
The Castle of Mey is perhaps best known
as the holiday home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who
purchased it in 1952 after the death of her husband King George VI.
She restored it to its former glory, even giving it back its
original name. She made regular visits to the…
