Trooping the Colour – The Queen’s Official Birthday
Today is the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and it will be marked by the annual Trooping…
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee River Pageant
I had a wonderful day yesterday enjoying a barbecue with my parents and then watching the Queen's Diamond…
The Fall of Anne Boleyn Book Tour Day 5 – The Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide
Day 5 of my virtual book tour sees me over at the Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide Blog.…
31st May 1533 – Anne Boleyn’s Coronation Procession
Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus, by Hans Holbein the Younger At 5pm on the 31st, Anne left…
30th May 1533 – The Knights of the Bath
Part of coronation celebrations in medieval and Tudor times was the Order of the Bath ceremony, where men…
29 May 1533 – Anne Boleyn’s Coronation Pageantry Begins
The Tudor river pageant, organised by Historic Royal Palaces marking the 500th anniversary of King Henry VIII's coronation.…
21 April 1509 – Death of Henry VII and Accession of Henry VIII
At 11pm on Saturday 21st April 1509, Henry VII died. He had known that he was dying for…