Queen Elizabeth II – a gold show winner

Queen Elizabeth II – a gold show winner

Like the Queen this pretty pink rose is serene, elegant and timeless. So it was no surprise that it won a gold award and many admiring glances at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show last week. Harkness rose breeders launched the Queen Elizabeth II rose at the show to...
Prince William’s love of royal Norfolk estate

Prince William’s love of royal Norfolk estate

This evening I shall be glued to TV watching a tribute to Prince Philip called Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers. Prince Philip had a great fondness for Sandringham and spent his last few years in retirement on his royal Norfolk estate, where Prince William...
Christmas at Sandringham 1984

Christmas at Sandringham 1984

I stumbled across an old guide book of Sandringham House at an antiques store in Norfolk with this photo of the royal family at Sandringham at Christmas 1984. In the last 36 years, like any family, the royal family has suffered its share of deaths and divorce, as well...