Tag Archives: History

Being able to casually mention you are related to a royal is a dinner party conversation showstopper that most people would love to have.  And while only a few normal people will be able to provide the evidence to make that claim, there are plenty of celebrities who can. Thanks …

Through her role as the head of the Church of England, the late Queen Elizabeth II regularly mentioned Jesus’ example of forgiveness and reconciliation.  However, one question that has puzzled royal experts since her death in September 2022 is whether she would have extended that Christian teaching to her disillusioned …

It was an ordinary Sunday night last month and the Prince and Princess of Wales and their young family were tucked up in bed as usual.  But just five minutes away from their home in Adelaide Cottage, two masked men had scaled a 6ft fence at Windsor Castle, snatched a quad bike from a barn …

He was disliked by his father and siblings and was unpopular with the public. So it is perhaps not surprising that, when the valet of the Duke of Cumberland was found dead in his room at St James’s Palace with his head partially severed, an element of suspicion fell on …

It was the royal arrival that should have been the most wonderful news for the whole country. On June 10, 1688, after 15 years of miscarriages, stillbirths and deaths in infancy, Queen Mary of Modena gave birth to a boy. In little James Stuart, the Catholic King James II finally …

A postman does not only bring posts and letters. They deliver love, joy, sorrow, and a lot of other emotions at people’s doors. They become a part of the community where they serve. When Graham McFiggins, a beloved Royal Mail postman, retired, the residents in the Poets area of Bedford …

They are the royals who were kept at arm’s length, albeit for starkly different reasons. Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon, severely disabled cousins of the late Queen, were cared for in an asylum and listed as dead from 1963, even though they were very much alive. Prince John, the youngest child …

Ever since the discovery of the New World in 1492 explorers had been seeking ways to travel beyond the continent to reach Asia. In 1578 Sir Francis Drake sailed into the Pacific Ocean via Cape Horn, but that route was a huge detour for ships seeking to reach the trade …

Tributes have been paid to a soldier believed to be the last Royal Navy veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation who has died aged 102. Lawrence Churcher was posted to HMS Eagle at the start of World War Two and landed in France in May 1940 to help get ammunition to …

T his month marks the 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, one of Britain’s most notorious crimes which continues to provoke fascination. One of the most infamous robberies of all time, the heist involved the hijack of a London-bound post train and the theft of millions of pounds. And …