The Duchess of Cambridge will be busy on
Tuesday 27th October as she attends not one but two events in aid
of two charities that she supports. The first engagement of the day
will see the Duchess travel to Islington to meet children and
mentors from Chance UK’s early intervention programme. Later on in
the day, Kate will make her way to the Victoria and Albert Museum
where she will attend…
At the request of security services,
flying over the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk will be restricted,
not allowing aircraft within 1.5 miles of Anmer Hall, home of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The rules will apply to Anmer Hall
from the 1st November while similar…
It may have been the site where King
Richard III lost his life, but Bosworth Battlefield has been
labelled as one of the world’s top 25 places to see before you die.
It makes the bucket list of the best sights in the 21st century put
together by the internationally…
The Princess Royal was in Coventry on
Tuesday to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of
Warwick being awarded the Royal Charter of Institution. In 1965,
Her Majesty The Queen granted the charter and the university’s
first 450 undergraduates were welcomed to the campus in October of
the same year. Princess Anne on a previous engagement to the Open
University. Upon her…
The entrance to Powis Castle, which one
welcomed Queen Victoria and King George V, is set to be restored
after a public appeal raised a momentous £500k. Powis Castle is
located in Welshpool, Mid Wales, and Supporters of Powis Castle
were asked to help restore the…
Born on 6th February 1665, Anne is a
Queen whose reign is often overshadowed by her female forbear
Elizabeth I and one of her many successors, Queen Victoria. Both
Elizabeth and Victoria reigned for longer than Anne and, during
both their tenures, saw dramatic changes occur…
Though the sex to which I belong is
considered weak, you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to
no wind.” – Queen Elizabeth I. As the wife of King Henry II of
England, Eleanor of Aquitaine subsequently became Queen of England
in 1152. The couple would go on to have a very large and somewhat
dysfunctional family, which included two future Kings of England –
Richard I…
The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is a
royal peculiar and it dates back to 1520. It is situated in the
Tower’s Inner Ward, the name of the church comes from St Peter’s
incarceration under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem. Although the
present chapel dates back to 1520…
True Plantagenet, The Life of Edmund
Mortimer is a historical novel published on the life of
Edmund Mortimer, fifth Earl of March. Edmund was born in to a life
of turmoil following the deposition of King Richard II and the
accession of Henry Bolingbroke, whose claim to the…
Prince Harry will be in Devon on
Wednesday 7th October to present an RFU Gold Standard
Facilities Award to Paignton Rugby Club. While in Devon, Harry will
be checking in on how the RFU’s All Schools Programme, of which he
is Patron, is doing and how they are developing greater
opportunities for young people to enjoy rugby. Royalty and Rugby:
Prince Harry will also visit Sandy Park in…
