Tag: Royalty Records and researchThe coronation of James IIFriday 21 April 2023A lavish volume in our library's rare books collection gives us a glimpse into...Behind the scenesSacrifices for loveFriday 22 May 2020What would you sacrifice for love? And who sacrifices more: those who have it all,...Records and researchRoyal weddings in history: Prince, Earl and DukeFriday 30 March 2018No other monarch has, arguably, had a bigger impact on the thrones of Europe...Records and researchRoyal weddings in history: a Stuart ValentineFriday 16 March 2018As a contribution to our series of blogs on royal weddings, I have been...Records and researchRoyal weddings in history: dynasty and diplomacyWednesday 21 February 2018Since the announcement last year that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to marry...Records and researchWettin to Windsor: changing the royal nameMonday 17 July 2017In July 1917 King George V issued a proclamation renouncing all German titles and...Records and researchA coronation to remember: the price of crowning VictoriaWednesday 15 July 2015Last week two students, Bushra and Joshua, visited The National Archives for their Lord...Records and researchDeath of a PrinceMonday 27 October 2014On 27 October 1914 at Zonnebeke in the Ypres Salient, Prince Maurice of Battenberg,...Records and researchThe death of Queen AnneFriday 1 August 2014This August marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Queen Anne, the last of...Behind the scenesWhat history textbooks don’t tell you about the Jacobites…Monday 7 July 2014I had a sketchy knowledge of the period relating to the Jacobites and had...Records and researchA Royal bundle of joyFriday 12 July 2013With the birth of the royal baby expected soon, and the announcement from The...Records and researchPrincess Beatrice of BattenbergWednesday 5 December 2012With royal succession in the news, I find myself reminded of the life of... 1 2 »