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Robbie’s Royal Gig at Sandringham
The royal family has welcomed musicians and artistes to Sandringham since newly weds Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra were gifted the estate in the 1860s. But next year it will be breaking new ground by staging its first ever large scale live music event with...
The Royal Station Master’s Daughters at War
Great news! I'm thrilled to be able to tell you that The Royal Station Master's Daughters at War, book 2 in the trilogy inspired by a real royal station master and his family, will be released on 2 March 2023! Whether you like to read from a paperback or kindle or sit...
Shackleton’s Royal Command Appearance at Sandringham House
There was great excitement in March when Endurance was discovered after laying in its watery grave for more than one hundred years following Sir Ernest Shackleton's failed exploration to the South Pole that had to be abandoned. But how many people are aware that the...
Thank you readers!
I can’t believe how quickly time has flown by since The Royal Station Master’s Daughters came out. I would like to thank my fantastic readers for their wonderful support. It is much valued and appreciated and never taken for granted. I always love hearing from you and...
Hip, hip hooray for our Platinum Queen Elizabeth 11
Never has the nation's love and respect for our Platinum Jubilee Queen Elizabeth been more evident than today as we begin four days of celebrations to mark her record breaking reign. Tens of thousands of ecstatic and loyal, loving fans thronged London and all over the...
Queen spends birthday at Sandringham
Many happy returns to our wonderful Queen who is 96 today and has returned to Sandringham to celebrate it quietly. The fact that she chooses to be there, a place that Prince Philip was so very fond is, and is filled with many happy childhood memories, is a testament...
Now in paperback, The Royal Station Master’s Daughters!
Yay! The Royal Station Masters's Daughters is now available in paperback from all good book stores! I was thrilled beyond words when I popped into Topping book store in Ely, the day before publication to collect tickets for a couple of their future author events when...
Harry Saward, “the adventurer”
I am delighted to share some anecdotes by Penny Coe about her great uncle Harry Saward, Royal Station Master Extraordinaire. Another great niece, Shirley Britten, shares her reminiscences- and wishes she had asked her mother, Beryl Saward, more about her distinguished...
WW1 National Egg Collection for the Wounded
Did you know that more than 32 million eggs were dispatched overseas during WW1 to base hospitals in France and Belgium for the British wounded? The nutritional benefits of an egg were well recognised in WW1, as my research for The Royal Station Master’s Daughters led...