This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, born Alexandrina Victoria at Kensington Palace in London on 24 May 1819. Her husband Prince Albert was born later that same year in Coburg, Germany on 26 August. ...
Between 1227 and 1230 three towers were built along the western Castle wall at the direction of William de Milleriis for the total cost of £432 14s 4d. Their completion marked the entire replacement of the wooden defences of the ...
The wedding of Prince Henry of Wales with Ms Meghan Markle will be celebrated this Saturday, 19 May, in St George’s Chapel. The first Royal wedding known to have taken place in St George’s is that of Queen Victoria’s eldest ...
In April 1901 Major Charles Grantley Campbell Norton was admitted as a Military Knight. With him to Windsor came his wife, the popular guitarist, singer and songwriter, Mina Norton. Mrs Norton could sing in eight languages and had performed before ...
On Wednesday 9th September 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning British monarch. This record was previously held by Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and 7 months (or, to be precise, 23,226 days, 16 hours ...
Few of the Garter knights have as dashing an historical reputation as Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682), Charles I’s German-born nephew. A soldier from the age of just thirteen, he came to England in 1642 with his brother Prince ...
On 25 June 1892 ‘Buffalo Bill’ and his Wild West show gave a command performance at Windsor Castle in front of Queen Victoria. She recorded in her journal the entertaining events of the day [Royal Archives VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1892: 25 June]: ‘At ...
In October 1642, Colonel John Venn and twelve companies of foot soldiers took possession of Windsor Castle on behalf of Parliament. With Parliamentary troops occupying the Castle, it was merely a question of time before Governor Venn would seek to ...
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens on 6th April 1896, and one of the main events was the marathon, commemorating the legendary run by Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens to announce victory in battle. For the 1908 ...
The Black Book (Liber Niger) named because of its black velvet binding, is the earliest surviving register of the Order of the Garter. It was commissioned by Henry VIII who took a strong personal interest in the Order. It was ...