Tag Archives: royalty

Pineapples – From Regal luxury to 70’s chintz!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Do you like Pineapples? I don’t know about you but I don’t really like them at all. They burn my tongue which is as good a reason as any not to like a food but there was a time when … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Popular Culture | Tagged food, Gardening, King Charles II, Pineapple, royalty, Status Symbol | 2 Comments

The Queen homes in on being the longest serving monarch in history

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Last week Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II became the fourth longest-serving monarch today, surpassing legendary Mayan ruler Pakal the Great. The Queen has surpassed K’inich Janaab Pakal who ruled the Mayan city state of Palenque for 68 years and 33 days before … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, history, Life, News | Tagged Longest Monarchs, Louis XIV of France, Pakal The Great, Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Family, royalty, The Queen | 3 Comments

Less than 1% of the population own 50% of England…. how do I compare?

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

There can be few such good decisions by individuals in history as to have been a Norman baron in the mid 11th Century than pledging allegiance to William The Conqueror in return for land in the British Isles. It’s quite … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, News, Uncategorized | Tagged Aristocrat's, Land Ownership, Less than 1% of the population own 50% of England, national trust, Parliament, royalty, Who owns England? | 6 Comments

Is the Queen descended from the Prophet Muhammad?

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It is said that most of us have hundreds or thousands of living relations, if only we knew who they were. On one line of my family tree I have found to be descended from such people such as the … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged family tree, Genealogy, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, Royal Family, royalty, SOAS, The Queen | 6 Comments

King Edward III Manor House

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

This my second post resulting from my scouting out a new tour I have been wanting to start offering to my lovely tourists. As well as the regular tourist hotspots, I really enjoy taking people to the lesser visited parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bermondsey, Kind Edward III, Mansion House, River Thames, Rotherhithe, royalty | 11 Comments

Peter The Wild Boy

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

In the summer of 1725 an uncouth youth was found in the forest of Hertswold near Hameln in northern Germany. It was thought the boy was aged about 10 years old though he walked on all fours and fed on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life | Tagged Berkhamsted, County of Hertfordshire, Hannover, history, King George, Northchurch, Peter The Wild Boy, royalty | 10 Comments

Longest reign over us – Queen Elizabeth II becomes our longest serving monarch in history

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

Today is one of those typically historic but low-level sort of days when The Queen becomes the longest serving British monarch in history, surpassing the magnificent reign of Queen Victoria who reigned for 63 years and 216 days and died … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, News | Tagged Commonwealth Day, history, Life, London, Longest reigning monarch, monarchy, News, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, royalty, The Queen | Leave a comment

It’s a boy! New successor to the British Crown.

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Yesterday will go down in history, not only was it the hottest day since 2006 but at 4.24pm a new successor to the throne was born. For a couple of weeks the worlds press has been camped around the streets … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Baby birth, Culture, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, history, Kate Middleton, Life, Prince William, Royal Family, royalty, UK | 22 Comments

The State Opening of Parliament and the Official Role of The Queen

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Wednesday saw the annual State Opening of Parliament centred around the Queens Speech. It is perhaps the key moment for the Queen in political life and in it she explains of the coming policies and proposed laws for the future … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Politics | Tagged Culture, government, history, Life, News, Parliament, Politics, royalty, tradition | 17 Comments

Queen Victoria and her Munshi, Abdul Karim

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

As regular readers may be aware, I am putting out tentative feelers in the way of free-lance writing. Amongst the first of my commissions is to write a series of articles for The Muslim Academy Website which is a not … Continue reading →