There were big winners on the first day
of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, including Queen Elizabeth herself.
The monarch, who is in Windsor to take part in the major event of
her 90th birthday celebrations, received a £50 voucher to Tesco, a
British grocery company when her horse, Barber’s Shop, won the
Tattersalls & RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show Series Qualifier, in the
National Hunt…
When she was aged six, the young Princess
Elizabeth received a special present from the people of Wales. It
was a cottage of her very own. She came into possession of this
unique gift when her parents, the Duke and Duchess of York took
over the use of Royal Lodge in Windsor…
As the beginning of the celebrations of
her ninetieth birthday, the Queen accompanied by Duke of Edinburgh
had a couple of engagements in Windsor this morning. After earlier
helping to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Postal Service,
she came to a very sunny Alexandra…
It is The Queen’s weekend home and is
apparently her favourite royal residence. But did you know that
Windsor Castle is also the home of many royals from years and
centuries gone by. In this piece we explore the ghostly goings on
at Windsor Castle and just who haunts the 1000 year old fortress.
King Henry VIII The ghost of the second Tudor King is said to be
Windsor Castle’s most famous…
“The important thing is not what they
think of me, but what I think of them.” – Queen Victoria She is
this country’s second longest-reigning Monarch, and she reigned
over a grand industrial age for Britain as well as a British Empire
that stretched…
For many, Frogmore’s associations are
chiefly with those of royal burial. The estate, located between
Windsor Great Park and Home Park, is indeed the setting for two
important royal mausoleums – the Royal Mausoleum of Queen Victoria
and Albert, the Prince Consort…
