The future Empress Matilda was born around February 1102 as the daughter of King Henry I of England and Matilda of Scotland. A younger brother was born the following year. We know very little of Matilda’s early childhood and education. She probably remained with her mother, and she was known to be literate. By 1108, [read more]
On 2 June 1953, a new Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey. For weeks, Elizabeth had studied every part of the three-hour service. She met the Archbishop of Canterbury several times who also gave her prayer to say. Every day, she practised her lines with sheets stitched to her shoulders to simulate the weight of [read more]
Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother, is hosting a spectacular display of royal robes, 80 years since the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother. Several dresses, robes and coronets worn during the coronation ceremony on 12 May 1937 have been loaned to Glamis Castle for [read more]
On 30 September 1553 England’s first undisputed Queen regnant left the Tower of London to be crowned. She headed for the Palace of Westminster first in a procession through the city. Mary had given Elizabeth a prominent role in the proceedings. It would be an amazing event, to showcase the monarch’s magnificence and power, even [read more]
Yesterday the replica of the Russian Imperial Crown arrived in Amsterdam on a special transport. It is one of the main pieces of the new Catherine The Great exhibition, which opens to the public this Saturday. This particular model was made in 2012 to celebrate the coronation of Catherine The Great 250 years before. It [read more]
Last week I went on a day trip to Aachen in Germany. It was about a three hour journey by train but time went quickly and before I knew it I was standing in front of the Cathedral, which looks tiny from the front! Karlsschrein (contains the bones of Charlemagne) Marienschrein (contains the four great [read more]
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