Trafalgar Square – the history you didn’t know!
Trafalgar Square is a relatively recent addition to the centre of London dating back 150 years and it has a strange and turbulent history
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Queen Victoria and her love of narcotics!
This is your blog author appearing in the latest episode of Private Lives of the Monarchs on Yesterday TV/UKTV – looking at the secret life of Queen Victoria. She spent much of her time in our city of London at Buckingham Palace and Windsor but what was this seemingly respectable woman getting up to behind…
Queen Victoria in Pall Mall -1897 Diamond Jubilee
Queen Victoria experienced a very long reign and by 1897 had been on the throne for an astonishing sixty years. She processed through the city of London as part of her celebrations. Vast crowds assembled to see the sovereign drift past in her carriage. The Diamond Jubilee festivities saw dignitaries and soldiers come to London…