Will this coronation outdo the queen’s?

In spring 1953, Britain was looking forward. After the trauma of the war and its aftermath, people were no longer focused simply on surviving. Thanks in part to the postwar settlement and welfare stat

→ When John Logie Baird demonstrated the first working television set in 1926, a theatre impresario was so worried about the impact on the West End that he offered the scientist £1,000 to throw his de

At the age of five, the celebrated children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson attended London’s Festival of Britain – a summer of activities and exhibitions around the South Bank to throw off the postwa

As with most mums, the Princess of Wales no doubt faces her fair share of challenges when it comes to raising her children. But with Prince George about to enter his teenage years, and start a new sch

The King and Queen have been enjoying some holiday time in Scotland, but all the Palace talk is of a spring tour to the USA. After the welcome announcement late last year that His Majesty could scale

The Princess Royal’s lifelong expertise with horses was sealed with the top award at 1971’s European Eventing Championship, the same year she became the first member of the Royal Family to scoop the B