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Buckingham Palace, Summer 2015

My blog has provided me with several pinching myself to check that it is real moments over the years but perhaps none were quite…

Dismaland

“This event is so much more than just an art show, well, two things more. It’s got a bar and a cinema. Think of…

Fontainebleau

This is probably going to come as a huge surprise to anyone who knows about my serious passion for French history, but despite longing…

Venice

I’m really sad to admit that when I bought our plane tickets to Venice just before Christmas 2017, it was on a bit of…

Florence

Our visit to Venice in January 2018 made us fall completely in love with Italy and we could hardly wait to go back again…

Barcelona

I love cities and I love beaches so where better to spend my birthday a couple of years ago than Barcelona? I’d never been…

Chenonceau

I first visited Chenonceau as a history obsessed teenager many MANY years ago and have never forgotten it, even though I have visited many…

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Buckingham Palace, Summer 2015

Dismaland

Fontainebleau

Venice

Florence

Barcelona

Chenonceau

Latest Books

Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII’s Sister

The Life of Henrietta Anne: Daughter of Charles I

Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise

Latest Articles

Modern royal romances

Napoleon I & Marie Louise

29 July 1981: Prince Charles & Diana Spencer

Louis XIV & Maria Theresa

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