HMY Britannia by Tower Bridge. Credit:
Lynda Poulter via Wikimedia Commons. In service from 1954 until
1997, HMY Britannia is the former royal yacht of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II
acceded to the British throne in 1660 and had HMY Mary built for
him by the Dutch East India Company, and the second royal yacht to
bear the name, the first being a…
The Queen fell victim to a cruel internet
death hoax this week, with a viral story circulating that the
90-year-old died in her sleep. Nigerian television among others
took to twitter to report that Her Majesty had died, despite it
being a fabrication created by an imitation…
Francis, Duke of Teck, was born on this
day in 1837. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of King
George V, and therefore a great-grandfather of the present Queen.
He was born Count Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander of
Hohenstein in Esseg, Slavonia (present-day…
Prince William of Gloucester died on this
day in 1972. He was born at Hadley Common, Hertfordshire, on 18
December 1941, the eldest son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
(the fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary) and Princess
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. As a grandson of the monarch in the
male line, he was a Prince of the United Kingdom and Northern
Ireland and styled His Royal…
Sophia Dorothea of Celle would have been
Queen of Great Britain as the wife of George I and the mother of
the future George II. However, this most unhappy match ended
in scandal. It was doomed from the beginning with Sophia Dorothea
exclaiming, “I will not marry the…
You're invited to Royal Central & WWKD's Royal Tour Celebration Tea Party
24th August 2016
You are invited to the party of the year,
Royal Central and What Would Kate Do? are hosting afternoon tea for
royal watchers, royal fans and anyone else just caught up with
royal fever on 24 September in Vancouver in honour of the
Cambridge’s royal tour. For $35, you…
Members of Royal Family congratulate Team GB & Commonwealth athletes following Olympic success
22nd August 2016
The Queen has sent a message of
congratulations to all of the Team GB athletes following their
success at the 2016 Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro. In her
message, Her Majesty wrote: “I offer my warmest congratulations to
the athletes of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
Commonwealth, for their success at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio
de Janeiro. “The outstanding…
Itinerary for Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Second Canada Tour announced
22nd August 2016
It was recently announced that the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge will be going on their second Royal Tour
of Canada, this time making stops on the West Coast. Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau invited the entire Cambridge family to the
country via a formal invitation sent to…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are
very much looking forward to visiting Cornwall and the Isles of
Scilly on 1 and 2 September, Kensington Palace have announced. The
trip to South West England will be marked by the
Cambridges’ first visit to projects in the Duchy…
It was recently announced that the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge will be going on their second Royal Tour
of Canada, this time making stops on the West Coast. While no
official release from Kensington Palace has been made, The
Sunday Times has sources that determine that Prince George and
Princess Charlotte will be joining their parents. Prince George
undertook his first Royal Tour in 2014 of…
