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For those in the know, there are numerous special places where you can stay for a holiday which have connections to royalty, both past and present. Every summer Her Majesty the Queen heads off to her Scottish estate at Balmoral. You can follow in her footsteps over the rest of the year, staying in one […]
Visit the garden terrace where Queen Victoria once sat. Her Isle of Wight home, Osborne House, is opening to the public. Visitors can now visit Queen Victoria’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight where visitors can explore the private garden terrace where the queen once sat and painted. Designed by Prince Albert panoramic views across […]
Four years after the death of her loyal servant and confidant John Brown, which had again left her bereft, Queen Victoria decided to have servants brought from India during her Golden Jubilee Year in 1887, when she expected a large number of Indian princes to come for the celebrations. John Tyler, Superintendent of the Agra […]
