Watch Queen Elizabeth II Deliver the First Televised Christmas Broadcast The transition from radio to a televised broadcast marked a new era for the monarchy. Mary Beth Skylis 7 Formidable Facts About the Tower of London The Tower of London inspires awe, fear, and intrigue. Here are seven fac...
3. A very regal guest was in attendance It was estimated that up to 120,000 spectators lined the track on race day, though by far the most important was His Royal Highness King George VI, who attended the race with Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and guest...
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Both Queen Elizabeth I and James VI of Scotland and I of England would often hire Shakespeare’s company to come and perform at the royal court. 11) Plays in Shakespeare’s time were different to the ones we have today. There were no female actors (women’s parts were played by men!)...
6. Queen Elizabeth II was never supposed to be queen. When Queen Elizabeth II, the current reigning queen of England, was born in London in 1926, she was a princess who was never expected to become a queen. Her father was not heir to the throne because he was not the eldest son in...
With Elizabeth’s accession came more palatial times. The new queen immediately gave her old friend “the old manor” at Kew. Robert resided there (and even on one occasion hosted the queen) until he sold it in about 1563. Durham Place (or House) returned to Elizabeth’s possession after...
Queen Elizabeth II visited theGame of Thronesset but couldn’t sit on it because of an obscure rule. An old and relatively irrelevant rule states, “the ruling monarch can’t sit on a foreign throne.” Despite this throne being a work of fiction, the queen was a stickler for rules and...
Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Melissa Leo for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011) and Eddie Redmayne for ...
(Current) New 52 Origin: Wonder Woman’s previous origin turns out to be a lie and she is, in fact, the product of an affair between Queen Hippolyta and Zeus. Then Hera (Zeus' wife) swore that all Amazonians would forever be her enemies. And so in the New 52 Wonder Woman is a ...
Queen Elizabeth II was the UK’s longest-serving monarch. She died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.