This year’s Christmas Broadcast by Queen Elizabeth II gives everyone the quiet but steady reassurance that despite the challenges and dangers brought forth…
Waddesdon Manor, image from Wikimedia Commons Some time in 1890, Queen Victoria arrived at Waddeston Manor, the country home of the wealthy Rothschild fam…
Prince Philip. Image from Wikimedia Commons Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, hits another milestone in his storied lifetime as he turns 100 in April 2021.…
The Royal Family observing physical distancing on the Windsor Castle grounds. Image from The Royal Family FB page. Just a few days before Christmas, Queen …
The Royal Collection Trust’s Facebook page recently shared photographs of Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse all decorated for Christmas.…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, then-Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and Lady Louise Windsor on Christmas Day 2017. Image from Wikimedia Commons Queen Eli…
Theatrical performances highlight Christmas festivities in the 16th and 17th century. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is said to have been written as a Twelfth…
King John ruled England from 1199 until 1216. He was the youngest of the four surviving sons of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Nicknamed John…
Sharing this short article from the London World , detailing the Christmas dishes preferred by Queen Victoria. The dishes, which always occupy the Queen'…
Queen Victoria present flowers to a convalescing Boer War soldier, c1900. From Wellcome Images. Queen Victoria's Christmas in 1899 was described as a …