Christmas at Kew: what the royal household of King George III ate for their festive dinner in 1788: Picture the scene: a cosy but grand rural retreat. A long mahogany table is dressed for Christmas with evergreen foliage. Flickering flames in a huge stone fireplace reflect off crystal chandeliers, gold candelabras, and the jewelled tiaras …
How the Christmas royal broadcast evolved – from the first reluctant monarch to an enduring queen and a new king: On Christmas Day, many in the UK will pause their festivities at 3pm to watch King Charles give his Christmas message – his second since his mother, Queen Elizabeth, died in September 2022. The century-long …
Why Royal Mail is struggling to deliver: Deatonphotos/Shutterstock Royal Mail, the UK’s oldest postal service, has received plenty of bad news in recent weeks. It has been fined for failing to achieve its delivery targets, lost an exclusive deal with the Post Office and recorded operating losses of £319 million – £100 million higher than …
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Royal Charter storm of 1859: how an almighty tempest led to the birth of the UK’s shipping forecast: The Royal Charter was shipwrecked at Porth Alerth near Moelfre on Anglesey. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland You can read this article in Welsh. In British weather history, one storm stands out as a catalyst …
Storm y Royal Charter 1859: y sbardun ddinistriol ar gyfer creu’r rhagolygon tywydd i forwyr: Cafodd y Royal Charter ei llongddryllio ym Mhorth Alerth ger Moelfre ar Ynys Môn. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Yn hanes tywydd Prydain, mae un storm yn dod i’r amlwg fel sbardun ar gyfer newid – Storm y …
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Red, White & Royal Blue review – this queer romcom puts a new spin on the US and UK’s ‘special relationship’: Warning: contains spoilers for Red, White & Royal Blue. Global interest in the British royals has increased in recent years, thanks, in part, to the prominent romance between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. So, …
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Does British tourism really need the royal family?: JC Cuellar/Shutterstock Love them or loathe them, the royal family are up there with red telephone boxes and scones when it comes to images of Britishness. Souvenir shops are full of their faces, newspapers across the world discuss them, and television dramas based on their lives have …
Royal Academy’s Spain and the Hispanic World – an expert in Spanish art reviews the exhibition: The Royal Academy’s first big show of 2023 is unusual. As well as presenting an impressive collection from Spain and the Hispanic world (around 150 items covering over 4,000 years, including paintings, sculptures, maps, books and manuscripts), it also …
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Spare: how the soap opera around Prince Harry’s memoir will affect the royal brand: As one of the world’s most famous brands, the British royal family has a strong, tailored narrative of patronages, pageantry and people. The monarchy has long demonstrated its value in contemporary consumer culture, and kept its buyers engaged. But what sets …
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Royal warrants are good for business – and benefit the British monarchy too: Shutterstock/chrisdorney When Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 2022, so too did 686 royal brand endorsements she had granted over the 70 years of her reign. Famous British products including Colman’s mustard, Twining’s tea and Weetabix all lost a valuable part …
Netflix’s Harry & Meghan: the Sussexes are not unique in being royal victims: To our surprise, one of us (Robert Hazell) appeared in episode one of the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan. His contribution was based on our book The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy, a comparative study of the other monarchies in western …