Category: United Kingdom

Why was Westminster Abbey Originally built? Between 1042 and 1052, King Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St Peter’s Abbey to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was the first church in England built in the Romanesque style. The original church was built on the site of a monastery in the 11th century by…

How long did it take to build Westminster Abbey? St. Edward the Confessor built a new church on the site, which was consecrated on December 28, 1065. It was of considerable size and cruciform in plan. In 1245 Henry III pulled down the whole of Edward’s church (except the nave) and replaced it with the…

Westminster Abbey in central London has been the site of coronations, weddings and burials of English and then British royalty for nearly 1,000 years. Who first built Westminster Abbey? Westminster Abbey was first built on the site of a monastery in the 11th century by King Edward the Confessor. The origins of the Abbey date…

For 70 years, The Queen remained steadfast as the head of the Royal Family. For much of Her Majesty’s lengthy reign, she lived at Buckingham Palace in Central London – which has been the official residence of British monarchs for centuries. During the last years of her life, The Queen didn’t live in London –…

The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I (who reigned 1100–1135), it has been used by the reigning monarch and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The castle’s lavish early 19th-century state apartments were described by early 20th-century…

Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral may be an event of public significance but sprinkled throughout the historic event are personal nods to the monarch, who, alongside her duty to the Crown, balanced the important roles of wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. One such personal touch to Her Majesty lay on the coffin itself, which sat…

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and 15 at the time of her death. Will Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend Queen’s State Funeral? George and Charlotte are the…

Queen Elizabeth II appeared in her famous on-screen cameo with James Bond in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The monarch’s cameo was met with rapturous applause in the Olympic stadium on the evening of the opening ceremony. The film depicts Craig’s James Bond arriving at Buckingham Palace to collect the Queen…

The royal family and the queen have long been associated with the classic children’s book character Paddington Bear. In celebration of her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, the queen appeared in a skit with the beloved character. In that sketch, the Queen offered the clumsy bear her usual good-natured hospitality while pulling a marmalade sandwich…

Eleanor Tomlinson, a Yorkshire artist, sketched a painting of the Queen and Paddington for the Platinum Jubilee. She drew a picture of the Queen, Paddington, and one of her trusty corgis trailing a length of red, white, and blue bunting, as if they were walking away from the festivities, with a marmalade sandwich left on…