Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon – From Duchess to Queen (Part 2)
Read part one here. Read part three here. Read part four here. On her first day as Duchess of York, Elizabeth awoke at 11 o’clock […]
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon – From Lady to Duchess (Part 1)
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 August 1900 as the 9th of 10 children born to Claude Bowes-Lyon, then Lord Glamis and later 14th […]
Château Villandry – A right royal visit
Villandry is perhaps the least royalty related in this series about my trip to France. Before the current château was built there stood a fortress […]
Glamis Castle opens coronation robes exhibition
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 […]
Luxury guest house to be built at Queen Mother’s Highland castle
A luxury guest house is to be created on the grounds of the Queen Mother’s Castle of Mey as plans for ten en-suite visitor rooms […]
England’s Queens from Catherine of Aragon to Elizabeth II by Elizabeth Norton Book Review
As you may remember, I reviewed part one of this book, England’s Queens from Boudica to Elizabeth of York, earlier this year. This second part […]