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The Queen of Hearts Celebrates Her 70 Year Reign
It’s impossible not to feel a huge thrill and sense of pride in our Queen on this historic and momentous day which marks a record breaking reign spanning seventy years. She is undoubtedly the Queen of Hearts for us in Great Britain and throughout the world. She is a...
Come peep inside the Royal Station, Wolferton
How lucky we were to have a tour around the royal retiring rooms at Wolferton Station last night. It was fabulous! Dr Jonathan Foyle, architecture historian, took viewers inside these sumptuous rooms in the latest Secrets of the Royal Palaces It's incredible to think...
The Royal’s Smuggled House Warming Gift at Sandringham
This smiling Chinese joss attracts curious glances from visitors strolling around the gardens at Sandringham House, where bookings can now be made for garden visits from next month. The story behind it is fascinating. The 17th century Buddha was bought as a house...
Pioneering Sandringham Estate Takes on Land Army Girls in 1916
The second book in my series, The Station Master’s Daughters at War, features one my lead characters becoming a land army girl. Most people associate land army girls with WW2. But did you know their origins go back to WW1? The Women’s Land Army was formed in 1917 in...
Happy 40th Birthday Kate, Sandringham’s glamorous Duchess of Cambridge
I'm sure fans of The Royal Station Master's Daughters will join me in wishing happy birthday to the Duchess of Cambridge who is 40 today. In this fabulous photograph released to mark her special day it shows how she is radiant, glamorous, feminine, confident, happy,...
A Royal Portrait like no other
A few days ago I asked how many of the Queen's royal relatives from Europe and beyond would attend her Platinum Jubilee celebrations this year, all gathered together in one place, and if the numbers would match the thirty-five who were all under one roof for her...
How many European royal relatives will visit the UK for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022?
This fabulous portrait always catches my eye when I step into the Saloon at Sandringham House. It was painted by Andrew Festing to mark the Queen and Prince Philip's Golden Wedding Anniversary, and includes nine monarchs (current at the time or deposed). Can you spot...
Will the Queen return to Sandringham in the New Year?
I wouldn't be surprised if the Queen returns to Sandringham sometime in the New Year, as soon as is safely possible, to reflect on the memories of happy days spent there with her beloved Philip, and to mark the anniversary of her father's death on 6 February - the...
The Queen’s annus horribilis 2021
This year must surely rank as the Queen's annus horribilis 2021, after 1992 It is memorable for being the year she lost her soul mate and beloved husband, Prince Philip, the year of Oprah's shock interview with Harry and Megan, while uncertainty still faces the fate...