Star of Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch,
will read a poem at the re-internment of the last Plantagenet King,
Richard III, on Thursday. The re-internment service will take
place at Leicester Cathedral three years after his remains were
discovered at the site of an archaeological excavation on a
Leicester City Council car park. The actor will read verses of a
poem written by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann…
On their first full day in Washington
D.C, Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall visited several
historic landmarks including the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther
King Memorial and Mount Vernon. The Duchess of Cornwall at Mount
Vernon. Charles and Camilla began a…
Prince William received some on-the-job
training from Her Majesty The Queen on Wednesday as he accompanied
her, for the first time, as she received foreign ambassadors at
Buckingham Palace. This particular regular royal duty saw The Queen
and Prince William greet the…
The Queen and Prince Philip to visit National Memorial to the Few and Canterbury Cathedral in Kent
17th March 2015
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will
be in Kent on Thursday 26th March where they will visit the
National Memorial to the Few in Capel-le-Ferne. Following their
visit to the national memorial, Her Majesty and Prince Philip will
attend a service at Canterbury Cathedral. The visit to the National
Memorial to the Few will see The Queen open The Wing, the Battle of
Britain Memorial Trust’s…
Prince Charles to open 'Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy' exhibition at British Library
12th March 2015
The Prince of Wales will be at the
British Library on Thursday 12th March as he opens the new
exhibition, ‘Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy’. Following the
opening of the commemorative exhibition, Prince Charles will attend
a reception in support of the British…
King George I, King George II, King
George III, King George IV and Queen Victoria. All Hanoverian
Monarchs of the United Kingdom but the House of Hanover also
presented us with another King – William IV. He may not have
brought the Hanoverians to Britain like his…
As Her Majesty The Queen is poised
to become the longest serving Monarch Britain has seen, Runnymede
Pleasure Ground will soon be unveiling a 10ft bronze statue of the
Monarch, in recognition of this remarkable achievement. The
project, which will cost an estimated £350,000, is the brainchild
of the Deputy Mayor of Runnymede, Councillor Derek Cotty. The
statue is currently being cast in bronze…
The Royal Family to commemorate the Centenary of Gallipoli Campaign and Anzac Day in UK and Turkey
6th March 2015
Members of The Royal Family will attend
various engagements in April to commemorate the centenary of the
Gallipoli Campaign as well as Anzac Day. The Gallipoli Campaign was
a First World War campaign that took place on the Gallipoli
peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between…
It has been claimed that The Queen could
miss Victory in Europe Day commemorations in May in order to
distance herself from any coalition talks following this years
General Election. Victory in Europe Day is on May 8th and marked
the end of the Second World War. With the…
At the height of the Second World War
Wallis Simpson, wife of the former King Edward VIII, ordered a top
level diplomatic mission to rescue a swimming costume that she had
left behind at her luxury South of France villa. Mrs Simpson
ordered the American Minister in Lisbon and American Consul in Nice
to find the swimming garment. Even though part of the South Coast
of France was occupied by Nazis…
