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When President Zelensky came to Sandringham
While the world watched in shock and disbelief as President Zelensky suffered humiliation from President Trump and VP Vance, the Ukrainian leader’s pain must have been felt strongly by King Charles who welcomed him at Sandringham House at the weekend. It was a display...
My Jean Adamson tribute
It was an honour to be asked by the family of Jean Adamson to speak at her funeral yesterday. I was worried I wouldn't make it as when I went to start my car it had a flat battery, but thankfully a kind neighbour dropped everything to take me there. In this photo...
Prince John, the royal station sweeper
I very much enjoyed the recent TV series on Sandringham – but presenter Nigel Havers only scraped the surface in recounting the extraordinary events that took place at the royal family’s Norfolk estate. Did you know that in real life, Prince John whose tragic life...
Book launch at King;s Lynn library
I had a brilliant book launch for The Royal Station Master's Daughters in Love at King's Lynn library yesterday and was overwhelmed by everyone's warmth. Huge thanks to library manager, Mary Grogan, for the fab display of my books, the yummy cakes and gorgeous...
A forbidden royal love story
I’ve written this love story for today’s Daily Express, a forbidden love between the Prince Eddy, the Duke of Clarence, the eldest son of King Edward VII, and Princess Hélène, a Catholic, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, a pretender to the French throne. They had...
Yippee! Publication Day for The Royal Station Master’s Daughters in Love
*** YIPPEE! IT'S PUBLICATION DAY **** All those months of research and writing and now, joy of all joys, The Royal Station Master's Daughters in Love is out today. I hope you love it as much as I have enjoyed bringing to life the untold story of an incredible real...
It’s been an honour to write Harry Saward’s royal story
It's been an honour to write Harry Saward's incredible story as royal station master at Wolferton for forty years, from 1884-1924, under the reign of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and George V. On the eve of the publication of the last book in the trilogy, The Royal...
Libraries are the life blood for historical authors
I would like to give a big shout out to libraries and their fabulous newspaper archives which are the life blood for authors like myself who rely on them for historical research. I used them widely for The Royal Station Master's Daughters trilogy and gained fantastic...
The Royal Station Master’s Daughters in Love – ‘one of the best books I’ve read this year’
There's only a week to go for the release of The Royal Station Master's Daughters in Love, and I've been thrilled with the book reviewers' comments so far. Shannaon, aka the 'notsolittleirishboorkworm, states, 'Is this book breaking my heart? Yes. Is it turning out to...